Senior Enterprise Applications Engineer

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP•New York, NY

8d•$175,000 - $195,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a senior member of the Information Technology team, the Senior Enterprise Applications Engineer provides technical leadership and hands-on ownership of the design, implementation, support, maintenance, and ongoing optimization of the firm’s enterprise business applications. The role serves as a senior technical resource for application architecture, integrations, workflow automation, databases, and related Windows Server-based components, supporting secure, reliable, scalable, and efficient business operations. The successful candidate brings advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills and substantial experience supporting enterprise applications in a professional services environment. The role requires independent technical judgment, strong analytical skills, ownership of complex initiatives from requirements through implementation and operational handoff, and the ability to guide technical colleagues. The engineer partners with business stakeholders, vendors, and IT teams to evaluate solution options, communicate risks and dependencies, deliver enhancements, and resolve complex issues. The position reports directly to the Senior Manager of Enterprise Applications and Endpoint Engineering. It follows a hybrid schedule, with a minimum of three in-person days per week in the NY Office, and requires availability outside normal working hours. Periodic off-site travel is required. The employee is expected to carry a company-approved mobile device and respond when necessary.

Requirements

At least eight years of progressively responsible experience administering, supporting, and engineering enterprise applications and related SQL Server environments.
Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, T-SQL, SSIS packages, query analysis, stored procedures, and complex application database troubleshooting, including performance and operational issue resolution.
Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server, IIS, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Agent, scheduled jobs, application services, and systems integrations, including database connectivity, authentication, permissions, certificates, and cross-system dependencies.
Demonstrated experience independently leading and implementing complex application projects and upgrades under established change management processes.
Demonstrated experience leading technical vendor engagements, evaluating recommendations, and driving complex issue resolution.
Demonstrated ability to coach engineers, explain technical decisions, and reinforce established processes and procedures.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or a related field.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills.
Ability to work independently across multiple projects, shifting priorities, and deadlines.
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.
Ability to travel off-site periodically to meet job responsibilities and firm needs.
Availability outside normal working hours and ability to carry a company-approved mobile device and respond when necessary.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Power Automate or similar workflow automation tools, including approvals, notifications, data movement, and operational workflows.
PowerShell or other scripting experience, particularly for automation, monitoring, job validation, Windows Server administration, and application support.

Responsibilities

Own hands-on implementation, support, and optimization of enterprise applications, integrations, and automation solutions.
Lead requirements discovery with business stakeholders, translate business needs into technical designs, and evaluate solution options, risks, and dependencies.
Lead application-specific database troubleshooting and coordinate with third-party database support providers on SQL Server reliability, performance, security, and availability.
Design, develop, and support complex SQL-based data solutions, integrations, and automation workflows, ensuring data integrity, maintainability, business process efficiency, and secure information exchange.
Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot application components hosted on Windows Server, including IIS-hosted applications, integrations, and scheduled processes; partner with infrastructure teams and vendors on dependencies, performance, reliability, and lifecycle requirements.
Serve as a senior technical escalation point for complex application, integration, and automation issues; coordinate root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and prevention of recurrence.
Lead and directly implement application patches, upgrades, integrations, and platform changes, including impact assessments, testing, deployment and rollback planning, and operational handoff; follow change management standards and minimize business disruption.
Develop and maintain proactive monitoring, alerting, and operational controls for applications, integrations, automation workflows, and scheduled processes.
Develop and maintain technical designs, support procedures, troubleshooting documentation, and reusable guidance for engineering practices, change management, escalation, and operational handoffs.
Guide applications engineers through hands-on coaching, paired troubleshooting, technical peer reviews, process walkthroughs, and knowledge sharing.
Partner with Infrastructure, Security, and Engineering teams to maintain compliance with security standards and support secure, reliable enterprise applications.