Data Engineer - II

You will be a "jack-of-all-trades” – working cross-functionally with Architects, Engineers, Business Analysts, and Service Managers across multiple teams in a rapidly evolving environment – completing design documentation, consulting with other engineers and architects, completing network and server build requests, installing and configuring software, etc. With 850+ global consultants, VARITE is committed to delivering excellence to its customers by leveraging its global experience and expertise in providing comprehensive scientific, engineering, technical, and non-technical staff augmentation and talent acquisition services.

VARITE is looking for a qualified Data Engineer – II in Richmond, VA
 
What does the client do?
A U.S. based regional bank and financial services company that provides a wide range of banking products and services, including personal banking, business banking, mortgages, wealth management, and investment services.
 
What do we do?
Established in the Year 2000, VARITE is an award-winning minority business enterprise providing global consulting & staffing services to Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies. With 850+ global consultants, VARITE is committed to delivering excellence to its customers by leveraging its global experience and expertise in providing comprehensive scientific, engineering, technical, and non-technical staff augmentation and talent acquisition services.


Job Title: Data Engineer - II
Job ID: 2270
Locations: Richmond, VA 23219
Mode: Hybrid role
Duration: 18 Months
Pay Rate: USD 85 /hr. - USD 94 /hr. on W2
 
Here’s What You’ll Do 
Job Description:
Summary:

• At the *** we believe in the diversity of our people, ideas, and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive culture that is representative of the communities we serve.

• The *** is looking for a motivated, talented, and experienced Engineer who is passionate about innovation and developing emerging technology. This role will be a key member of the National Integration Services (NIS) team, part of the Information Technology Services (ITS) department of the ***. NIS' middleware technologies support business objectives for internal departments such as Cash, Markets, Statistics and ***, Bank Supervision and Regulation, and external departments including the US Treasury.

• This is an exciting opportunity to work with NIS and broadly apply your MQ engineering skills across various NIS technology solution efforts, as well as build your skills in other areas by being exposed to various aspects from inception through design, build, and deployment. You will be a "jack-of-all-trades” – working cross-functionally with Architects, Engineers, Business Analysts, and Service Managers across multiple teams in a rapidly evolving environment – completing design documentation, consulting with other engineers and architects, completing network and server build requests, installing and configuring software, etc.

Candidate Profile:

• To be successful in this role, you must be an organized self-starter with stellar leadership and communication skills who can work independently, building relationships and driving technical solutions from inception to completion. This position requires the candidate to have strong MQ architect/integration experience and the candidate must be technically savvy, with a proven ability to work well in a highly dynamic environment and maintain a strong relationship with our customers and partners.

• This is an Integration Engineer/MQ Architect role requiring deep, advanced knowledge of IBM MQ and IBM MFT
• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC – Terraform, packer etc.) is required
• Experience in Cloud infrastructure and DevOps is required

Technical Qualifications:

• Candidates need 5-10 years of recent and related experience as an MQ Architect/Integration Engineer from Design through the Implementation of technical solutions
• Strongly prefer recent, demonstrable experience with automated build and system configuration tools such as Terraform, Packer, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc. Experience with Terraform is strongly preferred
• Experience with common AWS services such as S3, EC2, ASG, ELB, SFTP, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc.
• AWS Certification and/or experience utilizing AWS services in a production environment is preferred
• Strong knowledge of high-availability, load-balancing, and failover configurations across application, infrastructure, and platform components
• Understanding of security design for enterprise software systems
• Proven ability to write clear and concise technical documents, including design documents, specifications, and technology roadmaps
• Preference for proven ability to design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure environments
• Experience with source code management tools such as GIT, SVN, etc.
• Proven depth of knowledge and experience with Python scripting language
• Experience with a variety of other programming languages such as JSON, YAML, Boto3, etc.
• Familiarity with the implementation of CI/CD pipelines and test automation within CI/CD is a plus

Responsibilities:
Required Skills

• Ability to coordinate and work with diverse groups of subject matter experts
• Demonstrated initiative and self-motivation
• Ability to work effectively independently or in a team environment
• Strong analytical, collaboration, leadership, critical thinking, multitasking, and time management skills
• Customer/people-focused orientation that drives and informs engagement with partners, leadership, and peers
• Ability to influence successfully in a highly matrix or virtual organization
• Demonstrates independent thinking and decision-making abilities
• Ability to quickly receive and process information
• Judgment to escalate risk-based decisions appropriately
• Must be a U.S. Citizen, or a Green Card holder with the intent to become a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Skills:

• Working knowledge of other technology solutions/products such as MQ Salesforce Bridge, Grafana
• Experience with Agile and DevOps in a cloud environment
• Practical experience and knowledge of Service-Oriented Architecture, Microservices, and API
• Expertise in Application Server and Web Server architecture in a large enterprise environment
• Experience with both internally-facing integrations as well as externally-facing solutions

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field; or equivalent work experience

 
Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and financial security of our employees and their families. Eligible employees may receive:
Health Insurance: Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Retirement Plans: Participation in a company-sponsored retirement savings plan
Legal Service Plans – Offering access to attorneys for legal advice and representation
 
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In case you are not currently available or interested in pursuing this opportunity, please forward this email among your circle who might be suitable and interested in any of our open requirements. VARITE has a robust Candidate Referral Fee plan where you will receive a one-time referral fee if the referred candidate successfully works with VARITE on an assignment for at least 1 month or 160 Hours.
 
VARITE is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.