Technical Engineer (IaC, Terraform, Ansible, Pipelines, & Automation)

MUST possess EXCEPTIONAL communication skills (must be able to speak & articulate clearly)

MUST meet ALL of the required skills

W2 only - No visa sponsorship or transfer offered

Only looking for candidates in EST or CST open to working EST hours w/ no issues

Prior experience in Banking and/or Financial domains highly preferred

Our client, a top 11 American bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, NY w/ footprints throughout the U.S., is currently seeking a Technical Engineer III (IaC, Terraform, Ansible, Pipelines, & Automation) to join their team on a 12+-month contract basis.

Client: M&T Bank

Job #: 1937

Job Title: Technical Engineer III (IaC, Terraform, Ansible, Pipelines, & Automation)

Location: Remote

Duration: 12+-month Contract

Rate: $70-80/hrly on W2

Note: No visa sponsorship/transfer - must be USC, Perm Resident GC Holder, GC EAD, H4 EAD (visa card must be valid for the next 18+-months)

Notes from Manager / Required Skills & Exp.:

Skill Set 1: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Skill Set 2: Terraform and Ansible

Skill Set 3: Pipelines and automation

• OVERVIEW:

• Serves as advanced technologist for an individual technology or set of technologies.

• PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams on a regular basis to implement and manage the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed current and future needs of the organization.

• Responsibilities may include infrastructure review, implementation, and design, creation of support and architectural documentation, standards, policies, analysis, and testing.

• Regularly and independently interact with business partners of varying associate and management levels to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements.

• Coordinate vendor interactions and/or vendor resources as needed.

• Mentor and coach less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators. Review documentation, proposals, and changes proposed by less experienced staff.

• Seek to expand knowledge and understanding of Financial Services trends, practices, and technologies on a continuous basis.

• Follow and promote use of industry best practices, standards and procedures.

• Maintain a strong aptitude and working knowledge of Bank applications, systems, development environments. Maintain a detailed understanding of vendor technologies and services used by the Bank.

• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.

• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.

• 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.

• Complete other related duties as assigned.

• EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Combined minimum of 6 years higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture.

• EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.

• Minimum 6 years 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 any variety of industry standard approaches.

• Advanced technical skills.

• Advanced analytical skills.

• Advanced troubleshooting skills.

• Advanced problem solving skills.

• Advanced knowledge and advanced expertise in industry and/or vendor technologies.

• Able to solicit, gather, document, and analyze system specification and requirements.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others in team environment.

• Ability to use effective facilitation skills and techniques to elicit and review requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders and group size.

• Understanding of how supported technologies interact with other systems and services.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Effective influencing skills.

• Process-oriented.

• Logical thinker.

• Strong knowledge of server/client and virtual technologies.

• Adaptable.

• Able to learn quickly in a rapid pace environment.

• Please ask the candidate to provide responses for ALL of the questions below to confirm they have ALL of the required skills/experience, & send w/ the initial submittal (please reply ASAP as submittals to our client are time sensitive):

• LinkedIn profile link?

• Are you located in Eastern or Central time zones & able to work Eastern time zone hours w/ no issues?

• Yrs. of IT exp. overall?

• Yrs. of exp. as a Senior-level Technical Engineer?

• Yrs. of exp. w/ IaC?

• Yrs. of exp. in Ansible (required)?

• Yrs. of exp. in Terraform (required)?

• Yrs. of exp. in Automation (required)?

• Yrs. of exp. in Pipelines (required)?

• Yrs. of exp. working specifically for banks and/or financial institutions?

• Do you possess a combined minimum of 6 years higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture?

• Do you possess exceptional communication skills (verbal/written)?