Overview

We are looking for a team player with solid technical skills to work with our core engineering team. Candidates must have a strong technical background and be capable of coming up to speed on new technologies quickly. Good communication skills, great problem solving skills, and the ability to work both individually and collaboratively in a team environment are required. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with the smartest team and the very latest technology, then this is the job for you!

This is a mid-level cross-functional engineering position, supporting the development of our satellite communications equipment. Our products incorporate FPGAs and CPLDs from a variety of vendors including Xilinx and Altera/Intel. In this role, the engineer will be responsible for the creation, simulation, and validation of RTL based designs, including both digital and DSP/Waveform functionality. In addition, the engineer will be expected to work closely with hardware and software engineers to ensure designs can be successfully integrated into the larger system.

We are dedicated to providing next generation solutions for broadband IP networking via satellite networks. As the leading innovators in this new space, our diverse and talented team of Internet, satellite and telecommunications professionals continues to break new ground and create significant opportunities for network operators, for service providers and resellers, and for corporate networking professionals. 

Responsibilities

The FPGA Waveform Engineer is responsible for:

• Designing and testing complex, high speed, FPGA designs implementing DSP algorithms
• Designing and supporting top-level system simulations
• Translating requirements into FPGA architectures
• Implementing and documenting FPGA designs using HDL (System Verilog, VHDL, etc.)
• Supporting systems integration and Test Engineering to produce functional design
• Implementing and contributing to the architecture of next generation satellite communication systems such asDVB-S2x
• Producing simulations of and designs for communication channels enabling the study of both channel improvement measures, such as pre-distortion/pre-coding as well as overall satellite communication system efficiency, such as interference mitigation/cancellation, successive interference cancellation, multiuser detection, and phased array antenna techniques (both space and ground segments)
• Designing the implementations for further advances in adaptive TDMA, SCPC return channels, including modeling and design of algorithms for real time embedded system implementation
• Designing and the implementation of anti-jam DSP techniques implemented in FPGA logic
• Creating test plans to assure integrated performance meets specification
• Writing internal and external facing documents about iDirect Government physical layer FPGA technology

Qualifications

• FPGA design experience using Verilog, VHDL or System Verilog language targeting Xilinx/Altera FPGA’s
• FPGA design experience with physical synthesis, static timing analysis, formal verification, power analysis, and other DRC centric tools
• Experience with ModelSim/QuestaSim simulation tools
• Experience Matlab/Simulink or equivalent for development of DSP algorithms implemented in FPGA’s
• Experience with Altera/Xilinx development tools
• Demonstrated ability to verify digital logic designs with System Verilog
• Experience with digital PCB design, and hardware test equipment
• Demonstrated digital signal processing and FPGA waveform implementation knowledge
• Experience with JTAG, DAC/ADC functional and RF parametric test development
• Experience with high speed interfaces such as JESD-204B, 10/40G Ethernet, XAUI, etc.
• Ability to plan/perform analysis, studies/trade-offs in support of subsystem specification and hardware, FPGA and software design recommendations
• Comfort working closely with senior engineering specialties on simultaneous top-down/bottom-up design and configuration for RF communication and monitoring systems
• Experience in architecting or designing and testing systems/fixtures in a multi-disciplinary environment including developing and writing software for test and integration, e.g. C, LabView, Python, etc
• Experience in design of RF signal conditioning subsystems including switches, cables, amplifiers and filters
• RF measurement experience and use of RF test and measurement Equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, Network Analyzers, signal generators, etc.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with modulators/demodulators, forward error correction, adaptive channels, anti-jam algorithms, etc
• Extensive experience with both Altera and Xilinx design and verification tools
• Experience of RFIC design, designing microwave blocks such LNA, PA, TTD, and Phase shifters
• Experience with Xilinx and Altera System-on-Chip devices: Xilinx Zynq-7000, Xilinx Zynq MPSoC, Altera SoC FPGA
• Background in RF chain design and considerations
• Background in anti-jam methodologies and design considerations
• Familiarity with Networking, TCP/IP, UDP, SIP/RTP, DNS, DHCP, etc.
• Experience with scripting tools and languages such as Make, Tcl, or Python
• Experience with C/C++, bash, Python programming, etc.
• Experience with Xilinx and/or Altera high level synthesis tools
• Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Satellite Communication experience

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or closely related field (must be from accredited college or university); MSCS/MSEE would be a plus; minimum five years related experience.

Clearance- Active DoD clearance or ability to obtain a DoD clearance

Job Description

Minimum of either a Bachelors and five (5) years of experience or a Masters and one (1) year of experience.
Degree and experience may be in Computers, Engineering, or IT related field and foreign educational equivalent is acceptable. Any suitable combination of education, training or experience is acceptable.

Responsiblilities
Must be able to analyze, design, develop, customize and integrate applications using either .NET; ASP.NET or VB.NET.
Able to travel/relocate to different client sites as needed. 9-5, 40 hrs/wk. Salary $138,341 per year.

Ref# NET–1219 AW and send resume to HR, Allwyn Corporation, 459 Herndon Parkway, Suite 13,
Herndon, VA 20170.
Allwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D.

Key Skills

Must have experience in either .NET; ASP.NET or VB.NET.

Able to travel/relocate to different client sites as needed. 9-5, 40 hrs/wk.

Description:
In Digital Labs, Digital Engineer – Front End (Angular) supports innovative member and team member experiences that leverage the latest technologies in open source and the cloud technologies. This engineer will be part of a Digital Delivery team responsible for the client side of our service. Primary focus of this role will be to implement a complete responsive UI layout (desktop, iPad, Tablet and mobile view). Your main duties will include in ideating, experimenting and developing modules, components, and coupling them into a functional applications.

Required Skills

• Experience using Angular 8+ and/or Vue.JS, AngularJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Jasmin Framework
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) and Agile (XP)
• Experience with Microservices
• Experience working with Azure DevOps and/or AWS
• Knowledge of Java8 and spring boot
• Follow best practices with client side Angular code
• Be able to create self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components
• Be proficient in TypeScript development
• Be able to document code inline using JSDoc or other conventions
• Ensure frontend code is compliant with latest accessibility standards.

* Prior Financial institution experience a plus

Technical Lead: API & Platform Engineering

Responsibilities

• Engagement Planning - technical understanding, strategic mindset, translating MuleSoft vision (API-Led) into a tangible project plan.
• Engagement Execution - identify and mitigate risk, status reporting, and operations.
• Post Engagemnet - Ability to identify renewal and add-on opportunities, using lessons learned and looping them back into our internal best practices
• Track record of executing projects from start to finish with a strong prioritization and time management POV.
• Proven successful outcomes for projects and programs of 5 million dollars of budget/revenue and higher
• Highly collaborative with Services sellers, architects, consultants, third-party partners, and customers.
• Function as the Technical Lead across multiple work streams during the implementation of Cloud Native API Exchange Platform on Mulesoft
• Leads the product backlog development working closely with Business Analyst/Requirements Analyst and Scrum Master   for  Cloud Native API Exchange implementation
• Coordinates the scrum planning  and development of Technical Program BackLog items development  working closely with the scrum master and release
• Actively collaborate with multiple stakeholders in an agile environment across the business.
• Work in an agile, fast paced, entrepreneurial environment with short release cycles.
• Oversee peer code reviews and provide active guidance and direction on development.
• Develops/updates Services and APIs using Java technology for use in current and future projects
• Serves as subject matter expert for Enterprise Integration Services (SOA and API)
• Follow SDLC and Service/API development best practices while executing the tasks
• Provides guidance to ISD development teams in support of Tactical and Strategic SOA and API initiatives
• Provides input and leadership to continuously improve processes and resulting output quality
• Works with development teams to assure alignment with current SOA and API governance processes
• Collaborates with development teams, business units, and other ISD areas to identify, define, develop/ modify and implement enterprise reusable Services and APIs
• Provides input to the definition and communication of the organization’s standards and procedures for SOA/ API approaches,
• Provide leadership to project teams for enterprise services development and validation
• Ensures developed Services and API comply with established enterprise integration governance rules, maturity and monitoring
• Provides leadership and input into achieving objectives and maintaining efficient enterprise integration standards
• Collaborates with ISD management, business units, and stakeholders to ensure SOA and API strategy aligns with business strategy
• Participates in developing, communicating and documenting organization’s SOA and API direction and service levels
• Ensures continuous transfer of knowledge by providing senior technical SOA expertise and guidance
• Leads, mentors and educates ISD staff regarding  SOA and API best practices
• Remains current on SOA and API development, testing industry trends and best practices
• Plays a key role in the evolution of SOA and API governance
• Works within the enterprise integration team to develop and maintain policies, procedures, and standards
• Provides expert knowledge and input into the refinement/documentation of additional SOA and API governance processes and maturity
• Apply creative thinking approach to develop technical solutions that further business goals and align with corporate technology strategies, keeping in mind performance, reliability, scalability, usability, security, flexibility, and cost
• Create architectures around cloud native applications which can work across public, private and hybrid clouds
• Develop architectures around modern API Management frameworks that can be deployed in both B2B and B2C scenarios
• Research and evaluate new and/or alternative solutions and technologies to enhance operational effectiveness, reduce costs and/or system risks
• Anticipate internal and/or external business challenges including regulatory; recommend process, product or service enhancements
• Articulate architectural solutions and explain the competitive advantages of various alternatives
• Provide technology thought leadership around modernizing the banking core by creating a data virtualization layer accelerating the path to cloud enabled core enabling real time transactions
• Continually monitor the financial services technology landscape to track the latest innovations across the industry and communicate relevant information to ISD leadership
• Develop and apply architectural governance based on business and information technology strategies
• Develop/apply architectural reference patterns that guide the selection, development, implementation and use of information technology within the enterprise
• Plan, develop, review and enforce enterprise architectural standards and ensure architectural strategies are consistently applied
• Provide forward thinking technical expertise in current and emerging technologies, trends and practices
• Provide technical leadership in the architecture discipline and development of information technology solutions
• Build and maintain relationships with team members, management, key stakeholders and/or external contacts (vendors, etc.)
• Develop architectural documentation and/or artifacts for use in technology projects, mentoring, internal training and product evaluation

Qualifications – All required unless otherwise noted

• Extensive experience that demonstrates expert knowledge of JAVA, SOA environments and techniques
• Five years’ experience with developing J2EE based web services and service client
• Experience developing Restful services utilizing a lightweight data-interchange format such as JSON
• Experience mapping between XML to JSON and JSON to XML
• Experience with relational database such as DB2 or Oracle
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, complex activities while maintaining control over the quality of all deliverables
• Demonstrated skill in identifying industry trends and define their potential use in Navy Federal applications
• Demonstrated skill in leading efforts in all phases of SOA and API governance development and standardization
• Proficiency in developing high level documentation and presentations
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or the equivalent combination of training, education, and experience
• Expert knowledge and hands on experience with Mulesoft Anypoint/Apigee, Microservices, Istio/Service Mesh, Spring Framework and Open API Specification/RAML
• Expert knowledge and hands on experience with Azure Architecture, Pivotal/Tanzu platform/Tanzu Kubernetes Grid etc.
• Integration experience with enterprise platforms Salesforce, Oracle HCM/PeopleSoft and CRM/Dynamics
• Expert skill in implementing security using OAuth, SAML, JWT and OpenID Connect etc.
• Extensive experience in enterprise-wide infrastructure digital technologies and platforms in the following: PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, iPaaS, APIs, MicroServices, Analytics, hybrid cloud, mainframe, storage, network etc.
• Extensive experience in digital banking business transformation, strategy development, business model innovation, service design and architecture, operating model design and transformation planning
• Extensive experience in architecting and implementing cloud native architectures across Azure and AWS
• Extensive experience in cloud native architectures and technologies (e.g., Azure, AWS, Containers, Continuous Integration and Delivery, API Management Platform, API Security, B2B, B2C etc.)
• Expert knowledge of IT architectural paradigms and concepts, including Cloud Infrastructure, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), event-driven architecture (EDA), and API development
• Deliver ideas for Proof of Concepts (POCs) and clearly articulate business value, and alignment with evolving market needs and best practices
• Assist with developing and presenting recommendations to executive leadership based on Proof of Concepts (POCs) of emerging technologies that clearly articulates business value, and alignment with Navy Federal business strategy
• Extensive experience in work as an engineer or technical subject matter expert in the following areas: infrastructure (hybrid cloud), data, application, APIs, integration patterns, security related technologies
• Significant experience in the financial services sector and a good understanding of operational and regulatory risks and controls
• Advanced skill in formulating a strategic vision and defining and implementing action plans to achieve strategic goals
• Scout market trends, new ideas and perspectives and draw on simple observations of sector research/deep marketplace/business environment awareness, global factors and patterns to drive breakthrough potential
• Participate in efforts to build short and long-term technology plans for assigned business domains
• Participate in vendor evaluations as needed to ensure vendor selections meet desired technology capabilities
• Develop and champion innovation tools, methodologies, and approaches to cultivate ideas and opportunities that are diverse, unique, drive quality and speed to market
• Advanced knowledge of Agile frameworks (e.g., SAFE)
• Expert problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, team building, and presentation skills
• Expert knowledge of project management methodologies such as Agile or other project management practices used in iterative development environments
• Expert skill to influence, guiding strategic thinking, negotiate and persuade to reach agreeable exchange and positive outcomes
• Expert skill in effectively communicating technical and non-technical issues and information clearly and concisely to all levels of management and staff
• Advanced skill creating system, architecture diagrams and presentations for review by both technical and non-technical audiences
• Expert skill translating complex business requirements into functional architecture solutions
• Significant experience in working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders and vendors
• Significant experience in leading, guiding and mentoring professional staff
• Expert verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
• Advanced skill troubleshooting and resolving technical problems
• Expert skill in results-oriented leadership in a challenging environment
• Desired - Certifications in Azure development/architecture, Mulesoft Anypoint, Apigee, Azure APIM, Java, Pivotal Cloud Foundry etc.
• Desired – Advanced knowledge of banking/financial industry standards and practices
• Unusual Working Conditions: May require some call in and at home work on nights and/or weekends.

We will only accept the following: US Citizens, Green Card Holders, TN Visa, Green Card EAD's.
Location: Remote or Headquarters (Vienna, VA)
Description:
Below are the primary skills required for the role:

• SQL, Oracle, DB2 server
• Hands on experience of building and maintaining artifacts in Datawarehouses, Data lakes etc for both on-prem (Teradata) and on-cloud (preferably on Azure)
• Hands on experience of using ETL tools such as Informatica
• Hands on experience on MS Azure; such as, Azure Data Factory , Azure Data Bricks(pyspark), Synapse, Azure DevOps
• Business analytics and Intelligence tools such as Tableau, Power BI etc
• Experience with Agile frameworks

Job Description
Software Developer (Java) (Multiple Positions with National Placement out of Fairfax County, Virginia)

Experience

• Minimum of either a Bachelors and five (5) years of experience or a Masters and one (1) year of experience.
• Degree and experience may be in Computers, Engineering, or IT related field and foreign educational equivalent is acceptable. Any suitable combination of education, training or experience is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Must be able to analyze, design, develop, customize and integrate applications using Java, Oracle, PL/SQL, JavaScript and SQL.

                Able to travel/relocate to different client sites as needed. 9-5, 40 hrs/wk.

               Salary $138,341 per year.

Ref#  JAV1219 AW and send resume to HR, Allwyn Corporation, 459 Herndon Parkway, Suite 13, Herndon, VA 20170. Allwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D.

Key Skills

 Must be able to analyze, design, develop, customize and integrate applications using Java, Oracle, PL/SQL, JavaScript and SQL. Able to travel/relocate to different client sites as needed. 9-5, 40 hrs/wk.

Description

This role is 6 months temp-to-perm.

We will only accept the following: US Citizens, Green Card Holders, TN Visa, Green Card EAD's. ***Will work remotely. They will need to work in Vienna once we return to the office.

OVERVIEW:

There’s an immediate opening for a Mortgage Data Engineer in the Capital Markets division of a large financial institution that requires the use of programming, math, knowledge of automation tools, and analytical/business intelligence tools. Key responsibilities include the creation of end-to-end architectural solutions, portfolio & liquidity monitoring dashboards, and automation of existing processes. In addition, candidate is expected to independently collaborate with business units to develop actionable analytics. Position will have exposure to market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, portfolio valuation and is expected to utilize a variety of technology tools.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrate a high degree of independence and out of box thinking
• Support Capital Markets in financial modeling, analytics, visualization, and data management.
• Develop/maintain data processes using Powershell, VBA, Tableau, R, SQL and other appropriate scripting/programming tools.
• Manage aggregation of data from multiple sources including different types of databases and flat files
• Communicate reporting and analysis to senior management.

OVERALL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Science/Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years of experience with various aspects of data modeling/analytics/testing.
• 2+ years of experience with a scripting/programming.
• Willingness to learn new languages and technology solutions.
• Must be a self-starter with a strong desire for continuous learning.
• Display strong communication skills (verbal, written, grammar, spelling) and be willing to ask questions and learn.
• Experience with mortgages/finance preferred, but not required.

Minimum of 6 years of direct hands-on experience with load and performance testing with performance testing and tools (LoadRunner or JMeter).

Experience creating, executing, and managing automation scripts

Performance monitoring tool - Dynatrace

Good knowledge of SQL, query execution plans, and optimization techniques

Good understanding of core Java, server-side Java technologies, and Spring frameworks

Good knowledge of Linux environment

Thorough understanding of throughput, latency, memory, and CPU utilization

Experience with cloud base technology, AWS and devops tools a plus

Extensive experience in functional, regression, system integration (SIT), user acceptance (UAT), GUI, security, and performance/stress testing; data-validation, browser, and Operating System (OS) compatibility testing.

Experience working on Agile teams, using Scrum methodologies

Strong experience in working with developers, system analysts and business partners to establish response time and TPS requirements and creating tests that accurately measure against them

Must have experience with performance diagnostics, performance architecture design, performance tuning, performance monitoring, capacity planning, and/or software development in a n-tier environment

Experience designing discipline that resolves critical and complex application performance issues.

Identifies and drives optimization changes in the application design to improve customer experience for mission/business critical IT applications

Experience with database analysis and validation

Must have strong experience with Vugen scripting

Must have strong SQL knowledge

Financial background is required

Knowledge of Mortgage Industry data standards

Experience with Agile project delivery methods, tools, and concepts

Strong communication and team skills

Defect management experience

The client is seeking an IT Engineer III to plan and execute cloud engineering development projects, utilizing advanced cloud engineering principles, architecture, and cloud compliance practices . Uses cloud engineering expertise to apply principles and methodologies to accomplish complex automation assignments. An IT Engineer is responsible for IT build planning, design, analysis, development, test and stakeholder management.

Job Responsibilities:
Enhance Cloud engineering practice by automating manual business and IT processes in Amazon Web Services (AWS) with common Infrastructure as Code services such as CloudFormation, CodePipeline, SSM Automation Documents, Config Rules.
Build CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of both large and small scale systems.
Write unit tests and integration tests to validate infrastructure code.
Identify engineering defects in the existing code base and constantly improve the code quality.
Actively support operational teams and other stakeholder teams to maintain business continuation and maintain customer satisfaction.
Maintain configuration and support documentation.
Manage assigned project components to deliver services in accordance with established objectives.
Education/Experience:

Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required.
5-7 years experience required.
Broad knowledge of IT Systems engineering.
Coding skills in one or more languages.
Extensive understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment methodologies.
Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and cloud services.
Infrastructure scripting experience with maven, Linux/bash, python, groovy, PowerShell a plus.
Experience with RHEL 8 a plus
Experience with developing harden baseline automation a plus

Java Developer will help support the API Platform implementation. The Platform engineer will be responsible for Technical Product backlog development by working closely with the scrum master and requirements analyst. Will be responsible for developing microservices and API to help the overall modernization effort.

Responsibilities:

· Extensive IT experience in analysis, design, development, documentation, implementing and testing of software systems in Java, J2EE technologies.

 · Strong Knowledge on Application Development using Software Development Life Cycle SDLC using various methodologies like Waterfall, Agile/Scrum.

 · Expertise in working with various J2EE technologies including Hibernate, Servlets, JNDI, JMS, JDBC, SOAP and Rest based Web services, Concurrent programming.

· Strong experience in Spring Framework such as Spring MVC, IOC, AOP and Spring JDBC. · Extensive experience in developing Microservices using Spring Boot.

· Experience in using build/deploy tools such as Jenkins, Docker for Continuous Integration & Deployment for Microservices.

· Experience in implementing Java EE design patterns.

· Experience in Configuring and deploying applications on Tomcat/WebSphere server.

· Knowledge of XML Suite of Technologies XML, XSL, XSLT.

· Hands on experience with build and deployment tools including Ant / Maven, logging and Debugging using Slf4 and Log4j, unit and integration testing using JUnit. Experience with modelling languages.

· Good working experience in GUI design and application development using IDE's like IntelliJ, Eclipse.

· Participate in scrum planning, product backlog development working closely with Business Analyst/Requirements Analyst and Scrum Master for Cloud Native API implementation

· Oversee peer code reviews and provide active guidance and direction on development.

· Develops/updates Services and APIs using Java technology for use in current and future projects

· Align/drive Organization architectural strategies with business and strategic goals

· Excellent team player with good analytical, strategic planning and interpersonal and communication skills. Highly motivated, enthusiastic and self-starter 1. Services and API Development Page 2 of 3

Desired Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or the equivalent combination of training, education, and experience

• Desired knowledge in any API gateway solution.

• Desired knowledge in API Specs (Swagger/RAML)

• Desired knowledge with Azure Architecture, Pivotal/Tanzu platform/Tanzu Kubernetes Grid etc.

• Integration experience with enterprise platforms Salesforce, Oracle HCM/PeopleSoft and CRM/Dynamics

• Implementation knowledge in security using OAuth, SAML, JWT and OpenID Connect etc.

• Extensive experience in digital banking business transformation, strategy development, business model innovation, service design and architecture, operating model design and transformation planning • Extensive experience in architecting and implementing cloud native architectures across Azure

• Deliver ideas for Proof of Concepts (POCs) and clearly articulate business value, and alignment with evolving market needs and best practices

• Assist with developing and presenting recommendations to executive leadership based on Proof of Concepts (POCs) of emerging technologies that clearly articulates business value, and alignment with Navy Federal business strategy

• Significant experience in the financial services sector and a good understanding of operational and regulatory risks and controls

• Advanced skill in formulating a strategic vision and defining and implementing action plans to achieve strategic goals

• Participate in efforts to build short and long-term technology plans for assigned business domains

• Participate in vendor evaluations as needed to ensure vendor selections meet desired technology capabilities

• Develop and champion innovation tools, methodologies, and approaches to cultivate ideas and opportunities that are diverse, unique, drive quality and speed to market

• Expert problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, team building, and presentation skills Page 3 of 3

• Expert knowledge of project management methodologies such as Agile or other project management practices used in iterative development environments

• Expert skill to influence, guiding strategic thinking, negotiate and persuade to reach agreeable exchange and positive outcomes

• Expert skill in effectively communicating technical and non-technical issues and information clearly and concisely to all levels of management and staff

• Advanced skill creating system, architecture diagrams and presentations for review by both technical and non-technical audiences

• Expert skill translating complex business requirements into functional architecture solutions

• Expert verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills

• Advanced skill troubleshooting and resolving technical problems

• Expert skill in results-oriented leadership in a challenging environment

• Desired – Advanced knowledge of banking/financial industry standards and practices • Desired – Advanced knowledge of Navy Federal’s functions, philosophy, operations and organizational objectives

Responsibilities
• Evaluate operational efficiency and effectiveness
• Analyze information, requirements, data, work quality, work methods, processes, service-specific practices, standards, and metrics/statistics
• Uses elicitation techniques to gather information at the right level of detail and scope to represent all of the stakeholder’s needs
• Analyze, define and document technical design for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware, and operating systems environment, interface with other systems, internal and external controls, and output
• Supervise modeling efforts to ensure that specifications and constructs adhere to appropriate mathematical and statistical standards and answer particular analytic questions
• Identifying business requirements (e.g., needs, objectives, functions, features, input and output)
• Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis using analytical techniques, tools, models, simulation, etc.
• Develops, recommends, and documents adjustments to workflow to streamline processes
• Coordinate integration of solutions with existing applications; identify and resolve existing conflicts to ensures compatibility
• Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant industry standards, best practices, business processes, and technology used within related business areas to ensure compliance with policy, vendor contractual requirements, procedures, processes, and standards
• Involved in cross-organizational task groups concerning new automated systems, products, and/or services
• Work with project teams to plan, coordinate, and rollout software change/release to Controlled Testing and Production, obtain required approvals as scheduled, and transition project to Production
• Interact with other ISD staff, business units (end users) in problem resolution efforts
• Utilize performance measurements and indicators to identify areas for improvement; develop process improvement plans for each performance indicator or area identified
• Partner with other business units and vendors to improve procedures, resolve problems, and implement initiatives; presents conclusions and recommendations to management
• Implement new/enhanced products, services, and/or operational changes
• Identify and communicate key responsibilities and practices, evaluate results, and provide leadership and guidance to ensure successful implementation of business unit projects
• Interpret results of analysis; present recommendations, alternatives, and implications
• Write requirements and define the editorial workflow for business owner projects
• Develop and oversee project plans and roadmaps that outline preventative and corrective actions necessary to remediate control deficiencies, maximizing effectiveness and mitigating future exposure
• Ensure preventative, detective, and corrective controls are properly identified and documented
• Develop test plans, test criteria, scenarios, and documentation; ensure acceptance of delivered solutions
• Conduct and/or facilitate user acceptance testing to include developing and executing test cases, communication with project teams, validating and documenting results
• Report testing activity including time spent, testing time lost and discrepancies found
• Apply and communicate changes and new trends in systems/technology
• Represent the business unit in identifying, analyzing, and communicating system solutions
• Conduct root cause analysis to identify development opportunities and recommend applicable business solutions
• Research emerging technologies and recommend solutions that align with business goals
• Monitor performance of systems to ensure continued systems efficiency
• Collaborate with key partners in the development and delivery of solutions

Qualifications
• Experience in solving routine or standard administrative, operational, and/or system problems and issues
• Exposure to the application of statistical methods, mathematical techniques, forecasting, cost-benefit analysis, and related analytical tools
• Exposure to managing multiple priorities independently and/or in a team environment to achieve goals
• Familiarity with data querying, reporting, forecasting, analysis, and operations research, including statistical methods and modeling
• Basic research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Effective organizational, planning, and time management skills
• Effective skill following, interpreting, and applying relevant data/instructions to guidelines, procedures, practices, and regulations
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Effective word processing and spreadsheet software skills
• Basic skill identifying and analyzing business requirements and recommending solutions
• Exposure to SQL and VBA database languages
​​​​​Additional skills required - Agile, user stories, workflow designs, process mapping, technical documentation, requirements, etc.
Return to campus in the fall either HQS, WCC, or GPO

We are seeking a Release Train Engineer to support a Cloud Core banking transformation program. Core banking transformation to the Cloud involves migration and modernization of on premise core banking infrastructure to a Cloud native solution supporting near Real-time Data Virtualization with Intelligent APIs .

Duties:

· Act as a galvanizing force for sharing Agile and SAFe knowledge across the organization.

· Work with program management to provide direction for the overall development of all program budgets and integrated cost profiles.

· Assists the ART in communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery across multiple initiatives Cloud Core banking transformation and Application Rationalization

· Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.

· Drive cross team, ART, and departmental impediments, planning, collaboration, and coordination.

· Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.

· Facilitating the ART team’s refinement of features to be considered in the next PI planning cycle to meet the Feature Definition of Ready.

· Lead project teams and provide and leadership; act as consultant/coach to management in resolving unusually difficult problems.

· Manage program level coordination, such as creating timelines, milestones, and cadence of increments and releases and oversee the development of reports and analyses that document program activity.

· Managing change to the ART’s PI plan and the impacts of those changes.

· Participate with management and cross-functional teams as subject matter expert to develop and improve operating policies and procedures related to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and be an advocate in adopting Agile and SAFe best practices and processes.

· Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments.

· Support the configuration of SAFe to the needs of the organization, standardizing and documenting practices.

· Understand, visualize and manage upstream/downstream dependencies.

· Work across stakeholders and teams to continuously improve.

· Working with the ART team who prioritizes the features to be considered in the next program increment (PI) planning cycle.

Required Skills:

· 8+ years agile team facilitation experience

· SAFe 5 certification

· Experience on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.)

· Some knowledge of development environments, platforms, and technologies

· Well versed in a variety of agile approaches (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Lean at a minimum)

· Experience providing program, portfolio and team level process, mentoring and coaching to senior leadership, portfolio managers and teams

· Experience with ad-hoc coaching and mentoring techniques

Responsibilities

• Provide Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehousing (DW) solutions and support by leveraging project standards and leading analytics platforms
• Evaluate and define functional requirements for BI and DW solutions
• Define and build data integration processes to be used across the organization
• Build conceptual and logical data models for stakeholders and management
• Work directly with business leaders to understand data requirements; propose and develop solutions that enable effective decision-making and drives business objectives
• Assist with preparation of advanced project implementation plans which highlight major milestones and deliverables, leveraging agile methods and work planning tools
• Analyze and validate data accuracy of report results
• Analyze and interpret collected data; spotting trends; writing reports and recommendations for internal or external clients
• Recognize potential issues and risks during the analytics project implementation and suggest mitigation strategies
• Assist with the preparation of high-quality project deliverables that are valued by the business and present them in such a manner that they are easily understood by project stakeholders
• Interpret data presented in models, charts, and tables and transform it into a format that is useful to the business and promotes effective decision making
• Use statistical practices to analyze current and historical data to make predictions, identify risks, and opportunities enabling better decisions on planned/future events
• Identify improvements to the way in which analytics services an entire function
• Communicate and assist with the process of manipulating and merging large datasets
• Point of contact between the data analyst/data scientist and the project/functional analytics leads

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Proficient skill in Microsoft Excel and Operation Data Integration (OLTP)
• Developing skills in Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Azure, Informatica, MS Office Products, SQL
• Developing skills in Hadoop, Azure Data Catalog, Microsoft Power BI, Data Architecture, Apache Spark
• Novice skill level in Python, Agile Frameworks (SAFE), Microsoft Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, HDInsight, Hive (Apache), Cognos
• Knowledge of statistical analysis such as measures of central tendency, normal distribution, variance, standard deviation, basic tests, correlation, and regression techniques
• Ability to understand the business problem and determine what aspects of it require optimization; articulate those aspects in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to define and analyze models that predict the probability of an outcome
• Familiar with ETL tools and techniques
• Demonstrated understanding of SQL
• Ability to understand other projects or functional areas in order to consolidate analytical needs and processes
• Developing in change management and/or communication skills
• Working knowledge of sourcing, maintaining and updating data
• Familiar with data warehousing, data cleaning, data pipelines, and other analytical techniques required for data usage
• Familiar with multiple data related concepts
• Knowledge of various data structures and the ability to extract data from various data sources (such as Cognos, Informatica)
• Familiar with the concepts and application of data mapping and building requirements
• Familiar with data models, large datasets, business/technical requirements, BI tools, data warehousing, statistical programming languages, and libraries
• Familiar with various data structures and the ability to manipulate data within visualization tools such as Microsoft Power BI, Tableau
• Familiar with manipulating raw data into effective visualization dashboards
• Moderate ability to communicate end to end data outcomes visually
• Developing in managing the process between updating and maintaining data source systems and implementing data-related requirements
Return to campus in the fall either HQS, WCC, GPO. Additional skills required - Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, SSIS ITL, query/index tuning, designing data architectural systems.