Principal Platform Engineer

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Principal Platform Engineer for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in Stamford, CT. Hybrid schedule 2-3x weekly onsite

Job Highlights:

• EOL focus

• 1 st aspect of the role: Focus on Replacement and Upgrade (servers, etc - standard changes) - drive the projects and hands-on leadership
• 2 nd aspect of the role (long-term): Moves to Cloud - architect application team move to cloud - help facilitate these changes
  • Application integration
  • They need someone to help them get from older servers to cloud environment - bridging the gap
  • Google Cloud Platform centric but may be looking at AWS
• Not looking for someone focused primarily on DevOps or Cloud optimization

Responsibilities :

• Engineer new solutions to upgrade EOL ESX/VSI platform environments and thin client services. Collect application requirements to drive on prem to private/public cloud standards
• Discover design, document migration plans, working closely global platform architects, app owners, batch/storage systems and network SME
• Develop complex planning cycles with global teams to implement solutions based on global OneBank standards, without service outages or impacts to applications
• Upgrade for 86 EOL devices in UAT, Dev and Prod environments to comply with global standards for service and support
• New Thin Client upgrades, and upgrades to Hosting infrastructures
• Sybase to SQL migration
• Implement production cutover event

Required Skills :

• Collaborative style, with ability to rapidly discover our current platform environments, build trusted relationships with application and security owners to collect requirements, and work closely with a tenured team to drive strategic priorities.
• Experience with application architecture, ability to communicate comfortably with both application and infrastructure teams and bridge the technology requirements between them
• Familiarity with specific requirements of global applications where the application may reside in a different region than its users (for example, latency implications, support hours, maintenance periods, data residency, regulatory requirements, etc).
• Experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, Unix/Linux, VMWare, DNS, Infoblox, Messaging, Databases, Finance and Banking Applications, Security and Vulnerabilities.
• Weekend availability is required

Preferred Skills :

• Previous experience in financial companies with SME levels in RHEL, Linux, Windows and MSSQL database for both on prem and cloud
• Experience with JavaScript, SQL, Python, Jenkins, GITLab/Hub, automation pipelines, and software development
• Automation skills are highly desirable

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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