Application Architect

Genesis10 is currently seeking an Application Architect with our client in the financial industry located in Charlotte, NC, Pennington, NJ, and Plano, TX. This is a 12+ month contract position.

Responsibilities:

• Support of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, JFROG Artifactory, XLRelease, Cloudbees Jenkins, Bitbucket or similar version control tool
• Provide end-to-end support of production applications, ensuring their stability, reliability, and performance
• Conduct in-depth problem analysis of application, troubleshoot system errors, and performance issues
• Perform proactive application stability analysis to investigate performance concerns, system errors and improvement opportunities
• Take ownership of problem root cause analysis and implement appropriate remediation
• Lead chronic issue investigations to minimize business impact and maintain system health.
• Drive proactive monitoring review and implementation strategies
• Collaborate with Engineering, Application Development, and Infrastructure teams to implement break fixes, code updates, configuration changes, and production enhancements
• Handle application management, business continuity, server patching coordination, vulnerabilities remediation, Splunk monitor setup
• Lead production incident triaging calls
• Provide production on-call support
• Execute disaster recovery procedures and strategies
• Respond to and resolve production tickets promptly to meet SLA requirements

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information technology, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in production operations
• Proven experience in a production support or similar role, preferably in a CICD Platform environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for effective work across cross-functional teams
• Hands-on experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, JFROG Artifactory, XLRelease, Cloudbees Jenkins, Bitbucket or similar version control tool
• Expertise in Unix systems
• Experience in artifact repositories, dependency management and compliance engines to scan artifacts in Artifactory for vulnerabilities and policy violations
• Strong experience on OpenShift containers, Apache Kafka
• Strong understanding of CICD pipeline
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Bash for automation
• Experience with monitoring tools like Dynatrace and Splunk to maintain platform reliability
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to automation efforts for improved operational efficiency
• Kafka
• Python

Desired skills:

• Familiarity with database platforms such as Oracle or PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of F5 Load balancer, GTM, high availability architectures and disaster recovery strategies
• Certification in Red Hat Linux, DevOps methodologies or related fields

Pay Range: $58.31-$66.31

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.