Job Description :
Location: Reston, VA
Type: Full Time
Job Description
The role of the technical engineer is to develop application design and/or design IT infrastructure components to meet business and technical requirements. IT infrastructure may include systems, middleware, database, storage and/or network infrastructure. The engineer must demonstrate the ability to efficiently code, test & certify technology platforms, software and applications. Troubleshoot, debug application(s) and/or IT infrastructure component(s) and recommend enhancements for stable operations. Maintain and patch systems, software and applications to eliminate bug fixes, security vulnerabilities and maintain technology currency of systems and applications. Document design and engineering standards; develop key performance metrics and operational guidelines for consistent & stable design, build, implement and operational processes.
KEY JOB FUNCTIONS
Interface, partner, and influence stakeholders to promote simplification, standardization and innovation and to ensure risk are understood and minimized
Establish policies and standard operating procedures to enable consistent and repeatable execution
Propose appropriate changes to standards, policies, and procedure based on emerging business/technology trends and operational challenges with the existing guidelines utilizing performance metric and operational SLA
Plan for adequate capability on systems based on utilization metrics and planned projects to establish supply and demand forecasts
Design and verify the technology solution meets business and technical requirements and is in compliance with enterprise architecture guidelines, technology standards and methodology, and compliance and security standards
Maintain and operate the application design. It includes but not limited to monitoring, performance and capacity metrics , SLAs, resiliency and disaster recovery plans
Define success criteria for validation of technology solution and application designs
Develop and document an integrated test plan for certification of technology solutions and application design in compliance with existing best practices
Provide work guidance or technical assistance to less senior engineers
EDUCATION
Bachelor Degree or Equivalent (Preferred - Computer Science or Engineering)
Certifications Preferred(if any)
Amazon AWS or similar providers certification and experience is a plus
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
6 to 8 years of related experience
SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Thorough knowledge of operating systems, cloud technology, clustering, database, and other associated enterprise technologies
Demonstrate a solid understanding of Infrastructure architecture in high availability, scalability, resiliency and disaster recovery solution designs
Experience with hardware server technologies, Cross-platform operating system experience is highly desirable
Demonstrate thorough knowledge of virtualization technologies particularly VMware ESX server, and VMC
Good understanding of network topology, DMZ solutions and systems security
Understanding of SAN technologies and storage replication
Understanding of networking principles including routing, and basic protocols including multicast
Experience in server performance management and statistics to identify bottlenecks and translate application load requirements into server utilization projections