Lead Solutions Engineer

2022-05-19

Information Technology

Banking

Michelle Lu

Job Responsibilities:

Ownership of infrastructure solution designs for all assigned projects
Determine business requirements, collaborate with other infrastructure teams to create & lead an end to end solution design that meets bank standards and aligns with organization strategy and meets business requirements
Manage & optimize the infrastructure footprint to drive operational improvements & cost efficiencies
Proactively identify risks, come up with possible remediation options & provide governance around infrastructure
Consultant to the line of business for “non-standard” exceptions and requests across the complete infrastructure stack
Using knowledge of existing business, applications and infrastructure to pro-actively make recommendations where demonstrable improvements can be made
Investigating new infrastructure technologies which provide solutions to current problems· Engaging in POC style work
Keeping up to date with business road maps, technology roadmaps and feeding wider business IT requirements into central infrastructure engineering and strategy teams, including partnering with external vendors/suppliers
Work closely with the technical project managers within the team and in the wider TI space, to provide effort & cost estimates and for successfully delivery of projects, in time & on budget

Job Requirements:

Degree in computers or information technology
Must have at east 8 years of expert level solution design experience comprising one or more infrastructure areas like Unix, Windows, Middleware, Database
Must have experience in system/database/middleware administration, design & support in a large scale environment preferably in a financial services industry with exposure to various line of businesses like Equities, Fixed Income & Banking
Must have good understanding of overall infrastructure domain including networks and how all the components in the stack are put together to deliver application services
Experience working on DC migration projects with ability to come up with best design/migration approach to achieve successful results with tight timelines
Be familiar with the implementation, configuration and troubleshooting of applications hosted on windows & unix platforms
Good knowledge of ESX/Vmware/vSAN and other virtualization technologies /platforms
Understanding of enterprise automation & orchestration tools like Ansible and have the ability to influence the strategy in this space to meet the organizational objectives
Ability to identify gaps/opportunities to streamline and automate processes
Able to handle multiple critical projects simultaneously in a fast paced and demanding environment. Occasional weekend implementations are part of work duties
Able to communicate clearly and effectively with peers in other worldwide solutions
Able to work with other departments to implement new solutions
Be self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership
Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
Be outspoken and show initiative