IT Sr. Solution Engineer – Development / Integration

AWG Enterprises•Kansas City, KS

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The IT Sr. Solution Engineer is a customer-facing advisor, subject-matter expert, and delivery partner who guides customers from concept through development and testing to go-live and rollout. The role develops new functionality and modifies existing functionality, researches existing and legacy code to determine needed interfaces and capabilities, and works with SaaS products to support underlying business functions. The engineer collaborates with customers and teammates to understand business needs, deliver reliable technical solutions, support services, contribute to IT strategy, and promote continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, computer information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of application development experience.
Experience developing applications and APIs using React, Java, and Spring Boot, or similar technologies.
Experience with source-code repositories such as GitHub or Azure DevOps and branching approaches such as Gitflow or trunk-based development.
Knowledge of microservices architecture and of designing, developing, and implementing high-performing, large-scale, complex systems, including third-party integrations.
Experience executing organizational operations, vision, and goals in alignment with department leadership.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including clear written and verbal communication with audiences at various levels.
Ability to work independently; self-starter, highly motivated, and resourceful.
Demonstrated knowledge of multiple technologies and ability to learn new technologies.
Ability to work as a committed member of a cross-functional team and contribute different perspectives toward an exceptional product experience.
Solid experience across the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment, using waterfall and/or agile methodologies.
Experience with relational databases and SQL.
Ability to work effectively with remote team members.
Experience in the retail, wholesale, or consumer packaged goods industry.
ETL development experience.
Knowledge of solution evaluation, selection, and implementation in large-scale, complex environments.
Knowledge of Azure, AWS, cloud, or managed services.
Knowledge of security best practices, such as OWASP, CBE, and NIST.
Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
Experience with common programming languages and technologies including React, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS.
Knowledge of event-based or message architecture.
Knowledge of virtual networking, including public, private, and hybrid networks and subnetworks, network interfaces, and identity/access management.
Knowledge of DevOps technologies such as Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as Ansible.

Responsibilities

Develop solutions from requirements using AWG standards, with limited supervision, and collaborate with other team members.
Deliver high-quality technical solutions on time and within budget.
Design and execute small sets of new software functionality using Java, Spring Boot, React, or similar technologies.
Troubleshoot problems and develop solutions with teammate support; support other development teams and perform on-call duties as needed.
Collaborate with customers to understand business problems, needs, and desired outcomes.
Contribute to technical research on new technologies.
Build reusable assets and materials with teammates for the AWG community.
Work closely with team members to develop, troubleshoot, and deliver solutions, while giving and receiving constructive feedback and supporting continuous improvement.
Research existing and legacy code to determine required interfaces and functionality.
Work with existing and new SaaS products to support business functions.