Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

M&T Bank•Buffalo, NY

8d•$116,400 - $194,000•Hybrid

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 includes infrastructure architecture and design, research and development of new or expanded systems, technology standards and policies, analysis of user requirements and operational constraints, and unit, system integration, and user acceptance testing. The role regularly interacts independently with business partners at varying associate and management levels to clarify problems and opportunities and elicit business requirements. It coordinates vendor interactions and resources as needed, mentors and coaches less experienced colleagues, and reviews their documentation, proposals, and proposed changes. The engineer maintains knowledge of Financial Services trends and Bank applications, systems, development environments, and vendor technologies; promotes industry best practices; and follows applicable risk, regulatory, and internal control standards. This position is based at the Seneca One location in Buffalo, New York, and requires working onsite four days per week, with the flexibility to work from home one day per week. The annual pay range is $116,400 to $194,000 (USD).

Requirements

A 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, 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 to work closely with integrators, developers, and testers in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Ability to use effective facilitation techniques to elicit and review requirements from diverse stakeholders and groups.
Understanding of how an organization’s 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

Implement and manage the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed organizational needs.
Contribute to infrastructure architecture and design, research and development of systems, and creation of technology standards and policies.
Analyze user requirements and operational constraints and support unit testing, system integration testing, 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 documentation, proposals, and proposed changes from less experienced staff.
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.
Adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls, and escalate risk-related issues to management.
Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points and applicable issues raised by external regulators.
Complete other related duties as assigned.