STAFF ENGINEERProvides engineering support for system management activities related to system software, hardware, performance, problem determination or resource management requiring communication and coordination with vendors, technicians, clients, and management. Provides technical input to management decision making in the area of software, hardware, and performance. Responsibilities include defining networking requirements: Performing detailed analysis of various projects and requests Developing designs for projects that have medium to high complexity Formulating procedures Monitoring key performance indicators Implementing advanced business solutions May integrate systems or build systems via the DevOps model depending on the maturity of the organization and/or product. Leads the software design, integration, and performance and or operate in a dev/ops model of complex initiatives. Also contributes to developing, implementing, and ensuring conformance with the related application standards, procedures, and best practices.
Position Responsibilities:Design Methodology- Investigate propose a strategic fit solution technology.
- Work closely with Business Units, Application teams, infrastructure areas. Vendors to identity, review and evaluate the solution requirements.
- Investigate propose strategic fits for Virtualization, Consolidation, Rationalization solution opportunities within the infrastructure or business.
- Propose changes to the technical design solutions as applicable.
- Review and provide recommendation/input if/as applicable on new technologies/roadmap/presentations and Vendor product offerings specific to "System" Server, System Software technologies; Solutions and products.
- Evaluate align strategic fit solutions across platforms, solutions specific to "System" hardware amp; software technologies.
- Understand, participate, review, influence long term capacity planning, technology investments.
Technical Consulting- Provide Client consulting and planning guidance as applicable for moderate projects/programs.
- Provide consultation and works closely with other functional infrastructure areas/departments on multiple initiatives to meet common organizational/business goals amp; objectives.
- Participate in and provides consulting and planning guidance on short term amp; long-term planning in order to meet ongoing business amp; operational needs.
- Participate in and provides consulting to project teams on design development, integration opportunities, planning of systems and assures it is aligned to our established strategies, guiding principles, rationales and practices.
- Develop and provide estimates for projects/programs, initiatives during consulting, planning and implementation review if/as applicable for projects and initiatives.
Planning and Organizing- Identify and evaluate projects/programs/initiatives and design processes that enhance rationalize existing and upcoming solutions.
- Map requirements into standard services solution, identity opportunities for integrating to existing or reuse technology and provide cost effective solutions for moderate to large highly complex project/programs/initiatives.
- Review and propose alternate solutions to non-standard solutions if/as applicable to meet business applications needs.
- Review, identify and manage requirements for moderate solutions and do a cost value, feasibility, and risk analysis as appropriate.
- Assist and provide guidance on project/program planning phases amp; process. Direct and/or indirect management responsibility for large to enterprise size projects/programs/initiatives/services with high complexity across multiple functional area(s).
Risk Management- Participate in CAB/ECAB and active assess risk of proposed changes.
- Review, participate, develop (if/as applicable), update guiding principles, rationales and strategies.
- Evaluate, review, approve design solutions for business and Infrastructure project or programs or initiatives.
Administration- Keep management informed of status of on activities through accurate, timely, and appropriate reporting.
- Actively participates in committees representing the department and/or planning unit.
- Keep abreast of leading-edge technologies in engineering space.
- Estimating cost saving targets. Other duties as assigned.
