Client: Fortune 50 Financials Org."Candidates local to DC Area should apply" Location: Reston, VA or Plano, TX or Urbana, MD JOB INFORMATION The role of the technical engineer is to develop application design and/or design IT infrastructure components to meet business and technical requirements. IT infrastructure may include systems, middleware, database, storage and/or network infrastructure. The engineer must demonstrate the ability to efficiently code, test & certify technology platforms, software and applications. Troubleshoot, debug application(s) and/or IT infrastructure component(s) and recommend enhancements for stable operations. Maintain and patch systems, software and applications to eliminate bug fixes, security vulnerabilities and maintain technology currency of systems and applications. Document design and engineering standards; develop key performance metrics and operational guidelines for consistent & stable design, build, implement and operational processes. KEY JOB FUNCTIONS Interface, partner, and influence stakeholders to promote simplification, standardization and innovation and to ensure risk are understood and minimized Establish policies and standard operating procedures to enable consistent and repeatable execution Propose appropriate changes to standards, policies, and procedure based on emerging business/technology trends and operational challenges with the existing guidelines utilizing performance metric and operational SLA Plan for adequate capability on systems based on utilization metrics and planned projects to establish supply and demand forecasts Design and verify the technology solution meets business and technical requirements and is following enterprise architecture guidelines, technology standards and methodology, and compliance and security standards Maintain and operate the application design. It includes but not limited to monitoring, performance and capacity metrics , SLAs, resiliency and disaster recovery plans Define success criteria for validation of technology solution and application designs Develop and document an integrated test plan for certification of technology solutions and application design in compliance with existing best practices Provide work guidance or technical assistance to less senior engineers QUALIFICATIONS Education Level Required (if any): Bachelor s degree or Equivalent Education Level Preferred (if any): Masters or Other Advanced Degree Area of Study Preferred (if any): Computer Science or Engineering SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS 6 to 8 years of related experience A minimum of 5 years with assessing architecture quality and resiliency viz. scalability, availability, throughput, failover, etc. Experience in Public Cloud Architectures, Cloud brokering solutions or Cloud Management Solutions for Public Cloud Experience with Infrastructure Automation, Infrastructure capacity monitoring and automated scaling solutions +2 years Docker and +1-year orchestration (Kubernetes) administration and troubleshooting +2 years AWS experience +3 years working in Enterprise DevOps model - Automation of application code deployment (Jenkins, Maven, Git, Nexus etc.) Linux Expert level and experience in Scripting Python, Perl, Bash Experience with automation/management frameworks (Puppet, Chef, Ansible, SaltStack) Technology Ventures is a leading technology services company delivering a broad portfolio of business and technology solutions, along with staff augmentation, to help its clients improve their business performance. Technology Ventures collaborates with both the public sector and private sector to maximize performance and create sustainable value for our customers and job opportunities for our consultants. - provided by Dice