Staff Engineer Jobs in Phoenix, AZ

Job Title:

Staff Engineer II

Location:

Block 23

What you'll do:

As a Staff Engineer II, you'll provide expertise in a suite of technical tools and products in a given domain to ensure solutions are safe, secure, compliant and reliable. You'll identify, develop and support needs, as well as taking on design responsibilities supporting project tasks. As the Staff Engineer II, you'll facilitate dialogue and activities to ensure team collaboration including teams outside of your domain. You'll develop effective presentations and narratives for their teams.

• Lead the strategic planning of a project as it relates to technical solution design.
• Design and implement engineering principles aimed at reliability practices and sound recovery procedures.
• Design transaction specific application performance monitoring metrics that can be captured and passed to business partners.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system configurations and procedures while also ensuring compliance with IT policies, procedures, and industry standards. Develop desktop procedures when needed that others follow.
• Support and manage cloud environments using Azure and AWS technologies.
• Troubleshoot and optimize system and application performance issues.
• Ensure compliance with IT policies, risk controls, and industry standards.
• Expand and maintain application and infrastructure monitoring solutions (e.g., SolarWinds, AppDynamics).
• Collaborate with business units and technical teams on cloud solutions and project delivery.
• Develop performance metrics, reference architectures, and technical diagrams.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to build and integrate cloud-based applications.
• Apply engineering practices to ensure system reliability, scalability, and recovery capabilities.
• Prepare reports and maintain technical documentation.
• Execute assignments independently from concept through completion.

What you'll need:

• 7+ years of related experience IT App Support, IT Development, IT Networking, or similar field.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Systems or Engineering (Software, Network, Electrical, etc.).
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Advanced proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously. Additional experience with pipeline development and leveraging Azure DevOps while working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Advanced ability to see the big picture and align projects with organizational goals. Capable of leading and motivating cross-functional teams. Expertise in resolving conflicts and addressing challenges as well as skilled at identifying and mitigating risks at the project level. Proficient in governance patterns tied to intake, technical reviews and architectural compliance.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• May require up to 25% travel.
• Strong knowledge of Azure and AWS cloud services.
• Experience working with both infrastructure and development teams.
• Proven ability to design and implement modern infrastructure solutions.
• Experience with monitoring and analytics tools (AppDynamics, Dynatrace, SolarWinds, Splunk/ELK, etc.).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and pipeline development (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Strong understanding of governance, risk management, and compliance processes.
• Experience leading and managing cross-functional projects.
• Familiarity with financial services or banking industry environments preferred.

Benefits you’ll love:

We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands — Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank — that remain part of the company’s heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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