DMOC L2 Engineer

Western Alliance Bank; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

An ownership stake in the company

Medical and dental insurance

Time off

A great 401k matching program

Tuition assistance program

An employee volunteer program

Wellness program

Job summary

Western Alliance Bank in Columbus, OH is seeking a DMOC L2 Engineer to support distributed and middleware operations. You will manage server, database, middleware, AD and M365 workloads, triage incidents, implement reliability practices, and collaborate across IT Operations and automation teams.

The role emphasizes production stability, change management, and documentation, with opportunities to mentor L1 staff and drive runbook improvements in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience in IT App Support, IT Development, IT Networking, or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Advanced proven experience supporting production operations through break/fix engineering, incident triage, root cause analysis, service restoration, and coordination across infrastructure, engineering, and application support teams.
• Intermediate to advanced ability to understand operational impact of production issues and align break/fix priorities with service stability, customer impact, risk reduction, and business continuity.
• Strong troubleshooting and support experience across one or more of the following key areas. Server, database, middleware, active directory and M365 technologies.
• Working knowledge of ITIL practices including incident, request, change, problem, and knowledge management.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Take assignments that can be worked on individually without supervision and manage work effort from concept to completion.
• Design and implement engineering principles aimed at reliability practices and sound recovery procedures.
• Design transaction specific application performance monitoring metrics that can be captured and passed to business partners. In Addition, will layout reference architecture and visual diagrams that capture work.
• Ensure compliance with IT policies, procedures, and industry standards, including reviewing and refining IT control enhancements.
• Manage ServiceNow queues and ensure timely resolution of incidents, service requests, and operational work.
• Perform daily health checks and infrastructure readiness validations across on-premises and cloud network infrastructure.
• Maintain, support, and troubleshoot enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Remediate technical and security-related incidents and service issues while maintaining accurate ServiceNow work notes, ownership updates, resolution details, and closure information.
• Perform infrastructure maintenance activities, patching, and vulnerability remediation following established change management processes.
• Provide technical triage and troubleshooting support during major incidents, outages, service disruptions, and high-impact operational events.
• Create and maintain operational procedures, knowledge articles, and runbooks.
• Mentor and support ITOC L1 Staff in their responsibilities.
• Partner with automation and observability teams to identify and implement automation opportunities for repeatable operational processes.
• Work and communicate effectively in a dynamic team environment.

Skills

Server

Database

Middleware

Active Directory

M365

Incident triage

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

What You’ll Do

As a Distributed and Middleware Operations Center IT Staff Engineer I, you'll work in a role with proficiency in one or more of the following key areas. Server, database, middleware, active directory and M365 operations. You’ll be responsible for helping to manage and support the organization's IT infrastructure. You'll identify development and support needs, take on design responsibilities supporting project tasks, and facilitate dialogue across IT Operations staff. This role supports production infrastructure stability through incident triage, fulfillment execution, service request handling, network readiness, documentation, and repeatable operational improvement.

• Take assignments that can be worked on individually without supervision and manage work effort from concept to completion.
• Design and implement engineering principles aimed at reliability practices and sound recovery procedures.
• Design transaction specific application performance monitoring metrics that can be captured and passed to business partners. In Addition, will layout reference architecture and visual diagrams that capture work.
• Ensure compliance with IT policies, procedures, and industry standards, including reviewing and refining IT control enhancements.
• Manage ServiceNow queues and ensure timely resolution of incidents, service requests, and operational work.
• Perform daily health checks and infrastructure readiness validations across on-premises and cloud network infrastructure.
• Maintain, support, and troubleshoot enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Remediate technical and security-related incidents and service issues while maintaining accurate ServiceNow work notes, ownership updates, resolution details, and closure information.
• Perform infrastructure maintenance activities, patching, and vulnerability remediation following established change management processes.
• Provide technical triage and troubleshooting support during major incidents, outages, service disruptions, and high-impact operational events.
• Create and maintain operational procedures, knowledge articles, and runbooks.
• Mentor and support ITOC L1 Staff in their responsibilities.
• Partner with automation and observability teams to identify and implement automation opportunities for repeatable operational processes.
• Work and communicate effectively in a dynamic team environment.

Job Title

DMOC L2 Engineer

Location

OH - Columbus

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years of related experience in IT App Support, IT Development, IT Networking, or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Advanced proven experience supporting production operations through break/fix engineering, incident triage, root cause analysis, service restoration, and coordination across infrastructure, engineering, and application support teams.
• Intermediate to advanced ability to understand operational impact of production issues and align break/fix priorities with service stability, customer impact, risk reduction, and business continuity.
• Strong troubleshooting and support experience across one or more of the following key areas. Server, database, middleware, active directory and M365 technologies.
• Working knowledge of ITIL practices including incident, request, change, problem, and knowledge management.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.

Benefits You’ll Love

We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands‑on experience to help grow your career!

• competitive salaries
• an ownership stake in the company
• medical and dental insurance
• time off
• a great 401k matching program
• tuition assistance program
• an employee volunteer program
• a wellness program

About The Company

Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands — Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank — that remain part of the company’s heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email [e-mail] or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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