Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Talentify; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance is seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Architect to lead the design, development, and deployment of high-level technical solutions. You will work closely with technology management, customers, and support teams to ensure architectures meet current and future needs.

The role requires a combined minimum of 12 years of education and/or work experience in systems design, management, and/or architecture, with strong vendor and regulatory awareness.

Qualifications

• Combined minimum of 12 years of education and/or work experience in systems design, management, and/or architecture.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, IT service management, and infrastructure lifecycle.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into structured high quality implementations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Verifiable industry and/or vendor expertise in relevant technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and execution of technical solutions meeting business needs.
• Guide infrastructure architecture and vendor interactions.
• Mentor engineers and coordinate with management and partners.
• Ensure compliance with risk, regulatory standards, and internal controls.

Skills

Infra Architecture

Vendor Management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Job description

OVERVIEW

Provides technical solutions, designs, documentation, and guidance, specifies solutions, and provides technical guidance at the highest level of technical direction in the development and deployment of new or existing technical solutions.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Work closely with Technology management, customers, and support teams on a regular basis to lead the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed the current and future needs of the organization. Primary responsibilities may include infrastructure architecture and design, research and development of new or expanded systems, creation of technology standards and policies, thorough analysis of user requirements and operational constraints, unit test and system integration, and user acceptance testing. Regularly and independently interact with business partners of varying associate and management levels to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements. Estimate the size of the effort required to complete complex, moderate to large scale projects where applicable. Coordinate vendor interactions and manage contract and/or vendor resources as needed. Mentor and coach less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators. Review documentation, proposals, and changes proposed by less experienced staff. Seek to expand knowledge and understanding of Financial Services trends, practices, and technologies on a continuous basis. Follow and promote use of industry best practices, standards and procedures. Maintain an expert level of technical aptitude and expert working knowledge of supporting application(s), development environments and the supported client environment. Maintain an expert level understanding of vendor products, services, and future updates. Assist in developing expense and capital budgets. Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management. Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the *** brand. Maintain Company's internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable. Complete other related duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY/MANAGERIALS RESPONSIBILITIES

Not Applicable.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Combined minimum of 12 years higher education and/ or work experience in systems design, management, and/or architecture. Thorough understanding of the system development and infrastructure lifecycle and architecture, vendor best practices, IT Service Management, and systems design.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering. Minimum 12 years advanced experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, system design and/or development for complex applications. Ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into structured high quality implementations using any variety of industry standard approaches. Demonstrated ability to develop alternative solutions to complex problems and recommend the best solution to the technology business, and project teams. Advanced technical skills. Advanced analytical skills. Advanced troubleshooting skills. Advanced problem solving skills. Verifiable industry and/or vendor expertise in relative technologies. Able to meet with clients of varying levels to gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements, work closely with integrators, developers, and testers in the fast-paced environment. Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others in team environment. Ability to use effective facilitation skills and techniques to elicit and review requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders and group size. Understanding of how the people, processes and technology within an organization interact in relationships and patterns to create a feasible solution on projects of medium to high complexity. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Possesses effective influencing skills. Process-oriented. Logical thinker. Strong knowledge of server/client and virtual technologies. Ability to master complex tasks with minimal supervision. Experience with project estimation and budget/planning activities. Adaptable. Able to learn quickly in a rapid pace environment.

EEO

"Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."