Application Delivery Engineer - Intermediate

UPMC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC is seeking an Application Delivery Engineer at the intermediate level to join a remote-first team. You will support information assurance efforts, ensure highly available and secure applications, and collaborate with data stewards and support representatives to optimize delivery of secure systems.

In this role you will participate in on-call rotations, analyze and improve application delivery through automation, and mentor colleagues on best practices for security and reliability within a

Responsibilities

• Assists with Auditing exercises. Develops and executes plan to remediate shortfalls.
• Evaluate application and infrastructure designs for compliance with hardening standards, monitoring and compliance, incident response, and disaster recovery requirements.
• Participates in 24x7 on call rotation and supports Application Delivery changes and issues outside of standard business hours as needed.
• Demonstrate a high-level functional understanding of network routing and switching technology for the purpose of solving network connectivity problems and implementing network configurations.
• Uses sniffers and other advance tools to troubleshoot and isolate source of application issues at the packet level.
• Escalates and communicates issues as appropriate to management and stakeholders.
• Promote/teach IT security awareness, basics and literacy, and training to IT and non-IT employees commensurate with their responsibilities.
• Proactively apprises management of issues effecting project status and offer solutions to solve the issues.
• Seeks to improve overall service to our customers by analyzing past events & issues and looks for improvement opportunities.
• Improves security and efficiency of applications delivery through automation and the use of technical capabilities.
• Coach and mentor team members on managing and troubleshooting the Application Delivery architecture and supporting systems.
• Assists and mentors others involved with project planning and execution. Offers constructive criticism and contributes in a positive manner.

Job description

UPMC is looking for an Application Delivery Engineer Intermediate to join their team. This position will be a fully remote role.

Description

Support Information Assurance Services efforts to develop secure systems and networks through the identification and use of automated tools, execution of security processes, procedures and reporting. Work with Data Stewards and Application Support representatives to ensure delivery of highly available and secure applications.

Responsibilities

• Assists with Auditing exercises. Develops and executes plan to remediate shortfalls. Evaluate application and infrastructure designs for compliance with hardening standards, monitoring and compliance, incident response, and disaster recovery requirements.
• Participates in 24x7 on call rotation and supports Application Delivery changes and issues outside of standard business hours as needed.
• Demonstrate a high-level functional understanding of network routing and switching technology for the purpose of solving network connectivity problems and implementing network configurations. Uses sniffers and other advance tools to troubleshoot and isolate source of application issues at the packet level.
• Escalates and communicates issues as appropriate to management and stakeholders. Promote/teach IT security awareness, basics and literacy, and training to IT and non-IT employees commensurate with their responsibilities. Proactively apprises management of issues effecting project status and offer solutions to solve the issues.
• Seeks to improve overall service to our customers by analyzing past events & issues and looks for improvement opportunities. Improves security and efficiency of applications delivery through automation and the use of technical capabilities.
• Coach and mentor team members on managing and troubleshooting the Application Delivery architecture and supporting systems. Assists and mentors others involved with project planning and execution. Offers constructive criticism and contributes in a positive manner.