Lead Azure Administrator

OCLC

About The Position

Together we make breakthroughs possible. At OCLC, we build technology with a purpose: to connect libraries and make knowledge accessible worldwide, because we believe that what is known must be shared. Our teams work with complex global datasets, AI and machine learning, hybrid cloud solutions, and other technologies that connect people and organizations to the information they need. We value the power of unique perspectives and experiences to unlock innovation. At OCLC, your ideas matter, whether you have two years of experience or 20. You’ll learn, create, and problem-solve with technologists, product developers, librarians, researchers, marketing pros, and support teams around the world. Why join OCLC? OCLC is consistently recognized as a best place to work by several independent programs. We recognize and reward people and results with a comprehensive Total Rewards package. This means competitive compensation that reflects your unique contributions—performance, experience, and skills—along with exceptional benefits, including best-in-class health coverage, retirement plans with generous company contributions, and a commitment to your overall well-being. Tuition reimbursement and Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility Paid parental leave and adoption assistance Fitness facility reimbursement benefit Join us in transforming how people everywhere access information and be part of a mission-driven team that makes a global impact. The job details are as follows: The Lead Systems Engineer performs a higher level analysis and design of software programs and systems. Create, analyze, design, modify and test programs and systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Science related discipline required and 5-8 years of software development or project management experience
Ability to implement industry standard programming techniques by Mastering advanced fundamental software development concepts, practices, and procedures, and Having the ability to analyze and solve problems in existing systems.
Must have the ability to concentrate on a strictly technical focus, project management or a combination of the two depending on interests and project load of the work unit.
Technical Focus Expert in at least one discipline (UI, telecom, database, performance, etc.) on a single product or research project.
Has successfully implemented multiple major areas of functionality.
Participates as technical lead in sub-projects.
Works with other areas in implementing significant architectural changes.
Project Management Focus Successfully manages multiple projects or sub-projects, at a Project Initiation approved level of up to $1,000,000, using proven project management techniques.
Expert in negotiating skills.
Demonstrated ability to lead and communicate in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent

Responsibilities

Leads and mentors junior technical staff.
Serves as resource on issues of design and coding.
Creates and manages the hardware environment management process to reduce the number of snowflake configuration across hardware environments.
Uses industry standard programming techniques to translate requirements and designs into code.
Analyze and solve problems in existing systems.
Design, code and test multiple modules of a system in a timely manner.
Assists in developing functional requirements from prototype systems.
Plans and participates in load, capacity, and performance analysis and/or testing. Along with recommending/making improvements/fixes to systems.
Leads in developing and interpreting requirements.
Participates in major architectural reviews and plans.
Interprets all OCLC ISO-9000 procedures and the SDLC, as they pertain to their work unit, and continually seeks improvements to development procedures
Leads the implementation of all relevant ISO and NISO standards within OCLC projects
Participates in unit, system and acceptance testing by designing tests, building test data, test execution and evaluation.
Participates in the analysis and implementation of 3rd party solutions for OCLC applications with the ability to understand the impact and analyze the risk.