What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Platform Engineer position at Software Guidance & Assistance?
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Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Principal Platform Engineer for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in Stamford, CT. Hybrid schedule 2-3x weekly onsite
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Required Skills :
Preferred Skills :
SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .
SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.
Responsibilities :
- Engineer new solutions to upgrade EOL ESX/VSI platform environments and thin client services. Collect application requirements to drive on prem to private/public cloud standards
- Discover design, document migration plans, working closely global platform architects, app owners, batch/storage systems and network SME
- Develop complex planning cycles with global teams to implement solutions based on global OneBank standards, without service outages or impacts to applications
- Upgrade for 86 EOL devices in UAT, Dev and Prod environments to comply with global standards for service and support
- New Thin Client upgrades, and upgrades to Hosting infrastructures
- Sybase to SQL migration
- Implement production cutover event
Required Skills :
- Collaborative style, with ability to rapidly discover our current platform environments, build trusted relationships with application and security owners to collect requirements, and work closely with a tenured team to drive strategic priorities.
- Experience with application architecture, ability to communicate comfortably with both application and infrastructure teams and bridge the technology requirements between them
- Familiarity with specific requirements of global applications where the application may reside in a different region than its users (for example, latency implications, support hours, maintenance periods, data residency, regulatory requirements, etc).
- Experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, Unix/Linux, VMWare, DNS, Infoblox, Messaging, Databases, Finance and Banking Applications, Security and Vulnerabilities.
- Weekend availability is required
Preferred Skills :
- Previous experience in financial companies with SME levels in RHEL, Linux, Windows and MSSQL database for both on prem and cloud
- Experience with JavaScript, SQL, Python, Jenkins, GITLab/Hub, automation pipelines, and software development
- Automation skills are highly desirable
SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .
SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.
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