Comfortable troubleshooting vendor software systems
Deep familiarity with Linux and related technologies
Familiarity with Windows and related technologies
Experience developing software in Python (or equivalent), Terraform (or equivalent), and Ansible (or equivalent)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate complex concepts to various audiences helping them to understand the benefits of technologies and recommended course of action
Preferred Competencies:
Experience with any of the following: Airflow, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure
Working knowledge of security best practices for SDLC (e.g., the Secure Software Development Framework)
Experience working in or with an SRE or DevOps team
Experience with agile/scrum methodologies
Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification or equivalent
Financial services industry experience
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Additional Information
Job Description:
About Dimensional:
Dimensional was built around a set of ideas bigger than the firm itself. With a confidence in markets, deep connections to the academic community, and a focus on implementation, we go where the science leads, and continue to pursue new insights, both large and small, that can benefit our clients.
The Technology Department at Dimensional leverages the rapidly evolving state of the art to engineer scalable, innovative, and research driven solutions to improve our client's financial lives.
The Platform Engineers at Dimensional are focused on leading, designing and developing the platform and services that underpin all of Dimensional's applications and business processes across a variety of technical domains. Application services are key components of the platform, as they provide foundation services that include workflow automation, event-driven integration, ETL, and security tooling in support of software development.
We are looking for a hands-on engineer to join our team and own the platform's monitoring and alerting strategy. This strategy includes supporting the platform's current monitoring capabilities in addition to evolving them for future use.
You may be a fit for this role if you:
Are open-minded, curious, and resourceful
Are passionate about/stay current with modern technologies
Solve problems systematically and transparently
Share ideas, solicit/integrate feedback, design and solve collaboratively
Take a software engineering approach and demonstrate automation and security mindsets
What you might work on:
Design and engineer one or more application services, including workflow automation, messaging/queuing systems, application security, and ETL
Engage with application development teams and internal customers to assist with their utilization of application services
Develop software solutions using scripting, back-end, and/or front-end technologies
Build automation to support the configuration, testing, and deployment of software and infrastructure
Collaborate with subject matter experts in a variety of areas to drive the success of our developers, business users, and clients
Stay abreast of emerging technologies and partner with technical product owners to define service roadmap