Application Engineer - Technical Lead

Enterprise Technology (ET) provides reliable, secure and resilient technological services and solutions to support over 350,000 EY people. As part of ET, you’ll be at the forefront of enabling innovative technologies including emerging collaboration tools and world-class technology infrastructure.

Risk Management Solutions Delivery Portfolio within ET is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of programs to develop and maintain EY’s internal Risk Management systems. The team is geographically dispersed and comprises all disciplines required to deliver IT solutions for our customers, including project managers, business analysts, software engineers, and quality assurance & testers. In addition, the function works closely with the Enterprise & Solution Architecture and Infrastructure & Operations teams. That means more growth for you, exciting learning opportunities, career choices, and the chance to make a real impact.

The opportunity

• The Application Engineer – Technical Lead will be a subject matter expert on the technical implementation of business process to which their tool(s) supports and have a good understanding of the business problem and/or requirements to be solved by partnering with application architecture, the business sponsor and business team experts to develop a cost-effective solution that is fit for purpose.
• The Application Engineer – Technical Lead is a supervisory resource responsible for managing the technical deliverables of a project within the agreed timelines and ensuring the team utilizes the appropriate methodologies to meet high quality coding standards. Application Engineer will work with other leads to implement best practices and take lessons learned into future projects. This role includes the management of technical tasks within the project plan, coordination with the project manager, and ensures the project team follows the processes for quality delivery. The expectation is that the Application Engineer is a hands-on developer who speaks with authority on the solution based upon real life scenarios and skills of code development.

Your key responsibilities

•      Development of robust, high performance enterprise software.
•      Code reviews of peer submissions.
•      Provide appropriate development effort estimates for all applicable phases of planned project.
•      Provide feedback regarding application engineering methodologies, standards and leading practices.
•      Provide input to technical resource onboarding.  
•      Research and evaluate alternative technical solutions and propose the most efficient and cost-effective solution
•      Maintain adherence to architectural standards/principles, global product-specific guidelines, usability design standards, etc.
•      Provide support resources with guidelines to efficiently support the project during the transition to production. 
•      Monitors and manages adherence to Application Engineering methodologies, standards, code reviews to ensure activities are occurring as planned.  Identifies potential points of contention for missed activities and notify project leadership of situation and remediation plan.
•      Minimizes technical exposure and risk on projects
•      Responsible for translating Design and Solution Architecture deliverables into more detailed design and build deliverables.
•      Distribute technical information to the project team or to all impacted Team Leads based on the needs of the project.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have

•      Proficiency and working experience in the following technologies:
• .NET skills (C#.NET, ASP.NET, MVC, Windows Service)
• Database skills (SQL Server, stored procedures, views, functions, T-SQLs, SSIS, SSAS)
• Client Web Technology (JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap, JQuery, NodeJS, AngularJS, HTTP REST calls)
• Azure Technologies – Cloud infrastructure, Azure Services, Cloud Computing, OpenAI,

     It would be an added benefit to have the following:

Reporting skills (Power BI, Power Query, PowerAutomate)

•      Utilize strong analytical and problem-solving skills needed to manage multiple technical challenges simultaneously per project assigned.
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•      Proactively anticipate project issues, risks, and threats before they occur; defines the problem; identifies possible causes; works with team to identify solutions; selects and implements most appropriate solution.
•      Apply judgment in implementing Application Engineering methodologies, processes, and practices to specific requirements of projects/programs which may include product design engineering, information security, code maintainability and reliability.

Ideally, you’ll also have

•      Ability to lead with respect to your assigned project(s) utilizing both local and remote resources, internal employees and contingent staff -- directly mentoring staff working on the project, working with Application Engineering Lead if issues arise within your project, working with the Team Lead if issues arise with engineering staff and supporting and monitoring your project’s progress towards delivery goals.
•      Provides necessary supervision and support to ensure quality, adherence to application engineering methodologies, standards, leading practices, budgets, and timelines are met.

What we look for

•      Serves as a role model by demonstrating commitment to Application Engineering methodologies, processes, best practices and quality delivery standards for both EY and industry-wide, recommending process improvements when necessary.  
•      AGILE development methodology experience.
•      Experience managing and motivating virtual teams.
•      Strong communication skills and an ability to translate technical context to non-technical project team members.
•      Experience in Application Design and implementation.

What working at EY offers

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

About EY 

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