Job Title: Technical Engineer III (Active Directory and Entra)
Location: Buffalo, NY
Work Model: Hybrid (4 days in office, 1 WFH)
No C2C, C2H, 1099, or VISA Sponsorship/Transfers available
Nature & Scope:
Positional Overview
The Imagine Group is recruiting for a Technical Engineer III on behalf of our client, a leading financial institution in Buffalo, New York, serving individuals, businesses, and communities across the eastern United States. Known for its strong regional presence, commitment to community engagement, and focus on long-term customer relationships, the organization offers a stable and collaborative work environment with opportunities for growth
In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting complex technical systems and infrastructure to ensure reliable and secure operations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues, enhance system performance, and develop scalable solutions that align with organizational and regulatory requirements. This position also involves evaluating new technologies, providing technical guidance, and contributing to ongoing system improvements and project initiatives.
Role & Responsibility:
Tasks That Will Lead to Your Success
- Work closely with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams on a regular basis to implement and manage the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed current and future needs of the organization.
- Responsibilities may include infrastructure review, implementation, and design, creation of support and architectural documentation, standards, policies, analysis, and 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.
- Coordinate vendor interactions 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 a strong aptitude and working knowledge of Bank applications, systems, development environments. Maintain a detailed understanding of vendor technologies and services used by the Bank.
- 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 Bank brand.
- Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
Skills & Experience
Qualifications That Will Help You Thrive
- Combined minimum of 6 years higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture.
Education & Experience Preferred
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
- Minimum 6 years professional experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, system design and/or development for complex applications.
- Advanced technical skills with Active Directory and Entra
- Advanced analytical skills.
- Advanced troubleshooting skills.
- Advanced problem solving skills.
- Advanced knowledge and advanced expertise in industry and/or vendor technologies.
- 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 supported technologies interact with other systems and services.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Effective influencing skills.
- Process-oriented.
- Logical thinker.
- Strong knowledge of server/client and virtual technologies.
- Able to learn quickly in a rapid pace environment.
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