Enterprise Application Engineer

STCU•Liberty Lake, WA

2d•$44 - $62

About The Position

The Enterprise Application Engineer is a highly skilled engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining STCU’s server infrastructure. The role focuses on long-term system architecture, advanced automation, and strategic decision-making to enhance performance, security, and scalability. It serves as a technical leadership role, driving innovation, optimizing system efficiency, and ensuring seamless integrations between platforms, databases, and business-critical applications. The position supports enterprise application deployments, infrastructure stability and security, automation, monitoring, documentation, change management, and disaster recovery planning. The employee must currently live in Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, or Wyoming. The role includes participation in an on-call rotation with a one-hour response time.

Requirements

Currently live in Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, or Wyoming.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, specialized training from an accredited vocational school, or equivalent years of experience in enterprise environments supporting systems and applications.
At least five years of experience working with a combination of core IT technologies such as SQL Server, IIS, and SharePoint.
Hands-on experience with PowerShell automation, system monitoring, and application deployment.
Strong documentation and troubleshooting skills.
Previous mentoring experience and ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams.
Experience managing Windows Server–based applications and infrastructure in an enterprise setting.
Proficiency with PowerShell or other scripting languages, including creating and modifying scripts for automation and system maintenance.
Experience with SQL-based applications and familiarity with VMware vCenter and/or Horizon View in enterprise deployments.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams.
Hands-on experience with routing and switching in an enterprise network environment.
Mastery-level understanding of enterprise server infrastructure.
Ability to regularly talk, hear, and operate a computer, keyboard, and mouse; occasionally lift, pull/push, and carry up to 50 pounds, with accommodations.

Nice To Haves

Current applicable industry-standard certifications relating to Microsoft Server, Security, or SQL.
Juniper, Aruba, or Cisco certification.

Responsibilities

Ensure organizational technology standards are followed across applications and server infrastructures; use advanced troubleshooting to diagnose and resolve complex system issues, provide expert-level support, and systematically eliminate potential causes.
Maintain a stable IT environment by following established procedures, keeping documentation current with best practices, and coordinating preventive maintenance with teams and end users.
Maintain awareness of security implications when making environmental changes and respond to patch vulnerability management systems to enhance the organization’s IT security posture.
Lead enterprise application deployments, ensuring adherence to IT standards, developing system flow diagrams, and planning for disaster recovery and business continuity.
Serve as the technical expert for supported applications and advocate for proper change management.
Support the deployment of new applications and technologies across departments by participating in projects and developing subject matter expertise in systems being implemented.
Design, build, and maintain automated processes using PowerShell and other automation platforms to improve operational efficiency and accuracy.
Establish alerting systems to monitor application availability, performance, and resource utilization; analyze system metrics to identify and address issues before they affect users.
Maintain and enhance documentation for application configurations, automation workflows, and support procedures.
Contribute to change management by assessing potential risks and validating updates before deployment.
Contribute to a positive, effective, high-performing, cohesive work environment, and work independently with minimal supervision.