Software Engineer 4

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is looking for a Software Engineer for a long-term contract position in Charlotte, NC. This hybrid role involves working with a leading financial services company to address complex software engineering challenges, including automation and cloud platforms.

The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in software engineering, scripting capabilities, and be proficient in GCP services, Docker, and Kubernetes. This role offers a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience required.
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Shell needed.
• Experience with GCP services is essential.

Responsibilities

• Consult on complex initiatives for Software Engineering.
• Ensure high availability and security of production systems.
• Develop automation scripts to enhance incident response.

Skills

Software Engineering experience

Scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Shell

GCP services experience

Container technologies: Docker and Kubernetes

Linux system administration

Infrastructure‑as‑code tools: Terraform, Ansible

Active Directory, DNS, DHCP knowledge

Security certifications (CISSP, Security+, GCP)

CI/CD tools knowledge

ITIL practices familiarity

Financial Services industry experience

Job description

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Software Engineer in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 5 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Shell.
• Hands‑on experience with GCP services, including GKE, IAM, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Monitoring.
• Proficiency in container technologies: Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Linux system administration and hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tools: Terraform, Ansible.
• Strong understanding of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Windows security principles.
• Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, Security+, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI and Jenkins).
• Familiarity with ITIL practices and change management.
• Exposure to ServiceNow, load balancers, certificate management, and endpoint protection tools.
• Financial Services or highly regulated industry experience.
• Ability to be on‑call over weekends and possibly holidays as needed.

What You Will Be Doing

• Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large‑scale planning for Software Engineering.
• Review and analyze complex multi‑faced, larger scale or longer‑term Software Engineering challenges that require in‑depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors.
• Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi‑faced situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that meet deliverables.
• Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel.
• Platform Reliability & Cloud Engineering
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of production systems across Windows, Linux, and GCP environments.
• Engineer and support containerized workloads using Kubernetes (GKE) and Docker, enabling scalable microservices architectures.
• Lead infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, and GCP‑native tools.
• Automation & Observability
• Develop automation scripts and pipelines to eliminate manual toil and accelerate incident response.
• Implement observability frameworks using SLIs/SLOs, Prometheus, Grafana, and GCP Operations Suite.
• Drive proactive monitoring, alerting, and telemetry across hybrid environments.
• Incident Management & Resilience
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems.
• Build self‑healing systems and automated remediation workflows using GCP‑native services and scripting.
• Security & Compliance
• Collaborate with InfoSec to enforce hardening standards, manage vulnerabilities, and support compliance initiatives.
• Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and container platforms using IAM, encryption, and policy enforcement.
• Collaboration & Enablement
• Partner with developers, application owners, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, cloud‑native platforms.
• Document configurations, runbooks, and operational procedures to enable cross‑team reuse and transparency.