Technical Engineer II

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CTG is seeking to fill a Technical Engineer II opening for our client.

Location: Amherst, NY

Duration: 6 months

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technologist for an individual technology or set of technologies.

• Work closely with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams to implement and manage the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet current and future organizational needs.

• Perform infrastructure reviews, implementation, and design activities.

• Create and maintain support and architectural documentation, standards, policies, technical analyses, and testing documentation.

• Independently interact with business partners at varying associate and management levels to clarify problems and opportunities and elicit business requirements.

• Facilitate meetings and conference calls with vendors, internal staff, and senior technical professionals.

• Mentor and coach less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators.

• Review documentation, proposals, and technical changes developed by less experienced staff.

• Support quality testing of new software and new features.

• Continuously expand knowledge of financial services trends, practices, and technologies.

• Follow and promote industry best practices, standards, and procedures.

• Maintain working knowledge of systems and services supported by the department and collaborate with senior technical staff to support elements of the service catalog.

• Understand and adhere to risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls.

• Identify risk-related issues requiring escalation to management.

• Maintain internal control standards, including timely resolution of internal and external audit findings and applicable regulatory issues.

• Promote an inclusive work environment that supports diversity.

• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Scope of Responsibilities:

• Provide technical engineering and systems expertise across infrastructure, system design, architecture, and technology implementations.

• Translate complex business and functional requirements into structured, high-quality technical solutions.

• Analyze system specifications and requirements and develop appropriate implementation approaches.

• Apply advanced troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills to resolve technical issues.

• Understand how supported technologies interact with other systems and services.

• Work effectively with business partners, vendors, architects, engineers, and support teams.

• Develop and interpret architecture diagrams and technical documentation.

• Balance independent work with collaboration in a team-oriented environment.

• Adapt quickly to changing priorities, technologies, and business requirements.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:

• No direct supervisory responsibilities.

• Provide mentoring, coaching, and technical guidance to less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators.

• Review technical documentation, proposals, and changes submitted by less experienced staff.

Education and Experience Required:

• Combined minimum of 5 years of higher education and/or professional work experience in systems design, management, architecture, infrastructure, data management and interchange, or application development.

• Experience supporting quality testing of new software and software features.

• Ability to communicate effectively with business partners and technical teams.

• Experience creating and interpreting architecture diagrams.

• Ability to learn quickly and work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

• Advanced technical, analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to solicit, gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Understanding of server/client and virtual technologies.

• Knowledge of industry and/or vendor technologies.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Education and Experience Preferred:

• College degree.

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, system design, and/or development for complex applications.

• Experience translating complex business and functional requirements into structured, high-quality implementations using industry-standard approaches.

• Advanced knowledge of technical engineering concepts and methodologies.

• Strong understanding of how supported technologies integrate with other systems and services.

• Effective influencing and collaboration skills.

• Process-oriented approach with strong logical-thinking abilities.

• Adaptable and able to learn new technologies and processes quickly.

• Experience working with financial services technologies, practices, and regulatory requirements.

Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.

CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee based recruitment services for this role.

To Apply:

To be considered, please apply directly to this requisition using the link provided. Kindly forward this to any other interested parties. Thank you!