Software Engineer II

M&T Bank•Buffalo, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Complete and oversee basic to complex systems analysis, design, and development. Play a key role as an individual contributor on complex projects while maintaining an excellent functional understanding of the supported application(s). Direct and monitor less experienced resources and coordinate development tasks on small to large scope projects. Prepare and manage the technical component of project plans. Participate with other Development, Operations, and Technology staff in overall systems development direction from technical analysis to user acceptance testing. Prepare and review test data and execute detailed test plans, completing any required debugging. Evaluate and understand complex interrelationships and effects among programs, interfacing applications, and platforms. Provide highly analytical consulting and leadership in identifying and implementing new uses of information technologies to assist business units in meeting strategic objectives. Prepare thorough, clear technical and functional specifications and update systems documentation. Prepare charts, tables, and diagrams to assist in analyzing problems, and review documentation prepared by less experienced staff. Prepare and review assessments to include required tasks, estimated time frames, and effort for any scope project. Maintain efficient operation and effectiveness of supported applications. Recommend new technology, policies, or processes to benefit the organization and improve deficiencies, and may lead or participate in technical evaluations of vendor software. Follow and promote the use of development standards and procedures. Maintain a good understanding of the business being supported and its functions, processes, operations, and strategic direction. May assist in developing expense and capital budgets. Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite, identifying risk-related issues needing escalation to management. Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or a related technical field
Five (5) years of experience in the job offered or as Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or related occupation.
Five (5) years of experience with building CI-CD pipelines with Jenkins or Azure DevOps for build and code promotion
Five (5) years of experience creating automated deployment pipelines for .NET, Java or open-source applications
Five (5) years of experience with integration of automated test suites using Selenium and xUNIT frameworks
Five (5) years of experience with integration with repositories including jFrog or Sonatype Nexus for automated builds/deployments
Five (5) years of experience creating and implementing containers on Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift
Five (5) years of experience migrating and managing applications on Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure
Five (5) years of experience creating custom scripts for automation using Python, YAML and Shell scripts
Five (5) years of experience integrating code scanning in pipelines using SonarQube or VeraCode
Five (5) years of experience with source control using Azure DevOps, Git, TFS or SVN
Five (5) years of experience with automating manual tasks and deployments with Ansible automation
Five (5) years of experience with troubleshooting and issue resolution using automated scripts
Five (5) years of experience participating in and driving ceremonies for Agile teams
Five (5) years of experience converting business requirements into detailed design and architecture diagrams
Five (5) years of experience installing, configuring and troubleshooting issues with monitoring tools including Elastic, DynaTrace or Grafana
Five (5) years of experience with monitoring and maintenance of server infrastructure through monitoring tools
Five (5) years of experience creating and executing recovery plans for deployment automation

Responsibilities

Complete and oversee basic to complex systems analysis, design, and development.
Play a key role as an individual contributor on complex projects.
Direct and monitor less experienced resources and coordinate development tasks on small to large scope projects.
Prepare and manage the technical component of project plans.
Participate with other Development, Operations, and Technology staff in overall systems development direction from technical analysis to user acceptance testing.
Prepare and review test data and execute detailed test plans, completing any required debugging.
Evaluate and understand complex interrelationships and effects among programs, interfacing applications, and platforms.
Provide highly analytical consulting and leadership in identifying and implementing new uses of information technologies to assist business units in meeting strategic objectives.
Prepare thorough, clear technical and functional specifications and update systems documentation.
Prepare charts, tables, and diagrams to assist in analyzing problems, and review documentation prepared by less experienced staff.
Prepare and review assessments to include required tasks, estimated time frames, and effort for any scope project.
Maintain efficient operation and effectiveness of supported applications.
Recommend new technology, policies, or processes to benefit the organization and improve deficiencies.
May lead or participate in technical evaluations of vendor software.
Follow and promote the use of development standards and procedures.
Maintain a good understanding of the business being supported and its functions, processes, operations, and strategic direction.
May assist in developing expense and capital budgets.
Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite, identifying risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.