Senior Engineer

Job#: 3022932

Job Description:

Apex Systems is partnering with one of our top Financial Services clients to find a talented Senior Engineer to join their growing team in Minneapolis, MN.

If you're looking for a role where you can make an impact, grow your skills, and work with a respected organization-this could be the perfect fit!

Job Description:

As a Sr Engineer you will be considered a technical expert in one or more phases of application and/or systems engineering. This includes providing design recommendations based on long-term IT organization strategy and expertise regarding the integration of applications across the business. You will determine specifications, plan, design, and develop business critical software solutions, utilizing appropriate software engineering processes - either individually or in concert with product team.

Designing Solutions

Apply technical knowledge to drive outcomes for customers

Ability to work and problem solve independently on initiatives that align and supports the broader software engineering strategy

Implementing Solutions

Member of team that can work independently, as well as collaboratively with team, in developing core processes and automation for the product that delivers outcomes.

Consistent and dependable in delivering core processes and automation that delivers outcomes and meets/exceeds the teams expectations for stability, scalability, resilience, etc.

Learning and Applying New Techniques

Shares new ideas and techniques with team; Encourages other engineers to invest in learning as a part of their job.

Collaborating within the Team

Participate in team's collaboration sessions to provide technical expertise to solve a problem/remove technical roadblocks for the team

Participate in product planning and implementation. Helps team to understand and decompose work

Defining Engineering Standards and Patterns

Contribute to develop engineering practices , templates and frameworks in collaboration with the team.

DevOps

Continuously assessing technology to build more stable, scalable, and resilient software; Use data to measure progress

Promote and expand on the use of the CI/CD pipeline to improve the deployment and build process.

Participates in the team support rotation and provides expert knowledge on focus subsystems.

Selecting & Managing Technology Vendors

Contribute to define the selection criteria for selecting the right technology vendors

Participate in proof of concept / technology along with the vendor

Coaching Engineers

Provide guidance to the engineering community to assist with optimal plaform utilization.

Provide technical expertise and help the team to solve technical/software issues.

Provide domain expertise on platform products in their area to engineering community to help them learn/grow their skills.

Education

Required:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience

Required Work Experience / Skills

4+ years of experience in engineering environments, taking abstract concepts and ideas and formulating a detailed software engineering plan to deliver

Sound knowledge of industry standard Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices

Sound knowledge of version and revision control practices and procedures

Sound knowledge of systems design concepts that provide security and stability

Expertise in debugging code and/or complex log files for troubleshooting and analysis of product defects

Perform code reviews with team members

Preferred Work Experience / Skills

Kubernetes cluster administration (OpenShift preferred)

Sound knowledge of Linux Environments (RHEL, CentOS and/or Fedora)

Java Web Application Server Administration (Apache Tomcat, Tanzu TC Server and/or IBM Websphere preferred)

Apache HTTP Server Administration

AWS Experience (EC2 and/or Lambda)

Intermediate script writing (Bash and/or Python)

Sound knowledge automation tools(Ansible, Terraform, and/or GitHub Actions)

Configuring and analyzing telemetry from observability tools (DataDog, ELK and/or Prometheus)

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.