Lead Integration Engineer, Application Systems

The opportunity

As the Lead Integration Engineer, Application Systems, you will be accountable for coordinating a set of Technology Infrastructure (TI) services – application platform integration, release and environment orchestration, DevSecOps, and environment delivery – to support Product portfolio teams.  You will lead activities around planning, requirement analysis, solution alternatives engineering and implementation for application platforms residing in the cloud or on-premises.

Who you'll work with

You will lead a multi-functional service delivery group – application vendors, Product portfolio squads and Technology Infrastructure teams – to engineer solutions that meet the needs of Developers and Product Teams.  You will work under the mentorship of our Senior Manager, Product Delivery Support.

What you'll do

• Analyse existing application platforms to ensure optimal operations and analyze new application system requirements to identify where the integration of newest technology and application patterns can be applied

• Based on the knowledge Product portfolio needs and their application platform uniqueness, perform  research, conduct proof of concepts, and then recommend solution alternatives or improvements after the detailed assessment

• Technically plan, direct and implement, TI activities with collaboration from TI DevSecOps & Environment Automation, TI Engineering, TI Infrastructure Operations, and vendor teams to deliver the Technology Infrastructure solution

• Lead the design walkthrough and operational readiness review of new systems / application platform to ensure compliance with security, availability, performance, BCP/DR, and other Teachers’ standards / strategies.

• Promote DevSecOps, support CI/CD pipelines, optimize release delivery agility, design fit-for-purpose environment strategy, deliver automated services and provide L3 level support

What you'll need

• Strong ability to interpret and translate the needs of the customer into pragmatic solutions and executable actions

• Design level knowledge of system architecture and patterns, cloud (PaaS/SaaS) principles, and integration and interdependencies of application systems

• In-depth knowledge of application, data and infrastructure integration between application platforms in a multi-cloud / SaaS approach connecting to critical technology components residing on-premise.

• 5 years of operational experience with providing L2/L3 application support, leading changes through change management and situation-managing incidents and problems

• Very self-motivated, ability to quickly learn, lead deliverables, influence, facilitate decisions, coach and lead technical staff

• Preferably, experience in working with Azure, AKS, Tanzu, http, java, F5, sqlDB, oracleDB, linux, windows, sso, scripting languages

• Excellent in critical thinking and problem solving skills, excellent planning and organization skills

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What we’re offering

• Pay-for-performance environment that offers competitive salary and incentive

• Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development

• Comprehensive employer paid benefits coverage

• Retirement income through a defined benefit pension plan

• The opportunity to invest back into the fund through our Deferred Incentive Program

• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working

• Competitive time off

• Our Flexible Travel Program gives you the option to work abroad in another region/country for up to a month each year

• Employee discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis

• Degreed: a digital platform that helps you quickly and easily discover, share, and track various learning resources — from courses to videos to articles and more

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How to apply

Are you ready to pursue new challenges and take your career to the next level? Apply today! You may be invited to complete a pre-recorded digital interview as part of your application.

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