Lead Cloud Platform Engineer
About The Position
The Lead Cloud Platform Engineer serves as a specialist in a group of technologies and services supported within technology. The role works with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams to implement and manage technical solutions that meet or exceed the organization’s current and future needs. Work may include infrastructure architecture and design; research and development of new or expanded systems; development of technology standards and policies; analysis of user requirements and operational constraints; and unit, system integration, and user acceptance testing. The engineer independently engages business partners at varying associate and management levels to clarify problems and opportunities and gather business requirements. The position may coordinate vendor interactions and resources, mentor and coach less experienced staff, and review their documentation, proposals, and proposed changes. It also requires ongoing learning about Financial Services trends and technologies, promoting industry practices and standards, maintaining knowledge of Bank applications and vendor technologies, and following the Company’s risk, regulatory, and internal-control standards. This role is based at the Seneca One location in Buffalo, New York, with four onsite days per week and the flexibility to work from home one day per week.
Requirements
- Combined minimum of 8 years of higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management, and/or architecture.
- Strong understanding of the system development and infrastructure lifecycle and architecture, vendor best practices, IT Service Management, and systems design.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
- Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, and system design and/or development for complex applications.
- Ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into structured, high-quality implementations using industry-standard approaches.
- Advanced technical, analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Verifiable knowledge and advanced expertise in industry and/or vendor technologies.
- Ability to gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements with clients at varying levels, and work with integrators, developers, and testers in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Effective facilitation skills for eliciting and reviewing requirements from diverse stakeholders and groups.
- Understanding of how organizational people, processes, and technology interact to create feasible solutions for projects of medium to high complexity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Effective influencing skills.
- Process-oriented approach and logical thinking.
- Strong knowledge of server/client and virtual technologies.
- Ability to complete complex tasks with minimal supervision.
- Adaptability and ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Work with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams to implement and manage technical solutions for current and future organizational needs.
- Contribute to infrastructure architecture and design, research and development, technology standards and policies, requirements analysis, and unit, system integration, and user acceptance testing.
- Interact independently with business partners to clarify problems and opportunities and elicit business requirements.
- Coordinate vendor interactions and vendor resources as needed.
- Mentor and coach less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators; review their documentation, proposals, and proposed changes.
- Continuously expand knowledge of Financial Services trends, practices, and technologies.
- Follow and promote industry best practices, standards, and procedures.
- Maintain working knowledge of Bank applications, systems, development environments, and vendor technologies and services used by the Bank.
- Adhere to Company risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls; identify risk-related issues requiring escalation.
- Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
- Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of audit points and applicable issues raised by external regulators.
- Complete other related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
