Design Engineer

Company: UST Global Inc
Location: Aliso Viejo
Posted on: October 16, 2020

Job Description:

Description:
UST Global is looking for Linux Cloud Design Engineer to build end to end business solutions and to work with one of the leading financial services organization in the US. This Business Analyst team up with the Product Manager and business unit SMEs to elicit business requirements and translate into user stories and acceptance criteria

Our Design Engineer s primary focus to develop detailed Low Level Designs to enable the delivery of technical components or solutions in accordance with a pre-defined set of business requirements and outcomes as specified by our Solution or Domain Architects.

Our Design Engineers will leverage a standard set of enterprise wide artefacts such as Design Patterns and Standards. Follow guiding design principles ensuring the develop solutions or technical components deliver GBS strategic intent; whilst meeting the solution requirements providing business value.

Strategy and Architecture:
Undertakes analytical activities and delivers analysis outputs; in accordance with customer needs and conforming to agreed standards.
Maintains knowledge of specific specialisms; provides detailed advice regarding their application and executes specialised tasks. The specialism can be any area of information or communication technology; technique; method; produt or application area.
Development and implementation:
Specifies user/system interfaces; and translates logical designs into physical designs taking account of target environment; performance security requirements and existing systems. Produces detailed designs and documents all work using required standards; methods and tools; including prototyping tools where appropriate.
Defines test conditions for given requirements. Designs test cases and creates test scripts and supporting data; working to the specifications provided. Interprets; executes and records test cases in accordance with project test plans. Analyses and reports test activities and results. Identifies and reports issues and risks.
Assists in the configuration of software and equipment and the systems testing of platform-specific versions of one or more software products. Documents faults; implements resolutions and retests to agreed standards.
Designs computing and communications equipment; taking account of target environment; performance; security and sustainability requirements. Translates logical designs into physical designs; and delivers technical prototypes of proposed components for approval by customer and execution by technicians. Designs tests to measure performance of prototypes and production output against specification and inform iterative development.
Undertakes routine installations and de-installations of items of hardware and/or software. Takes action to ensure targets are met within established safety and quality procedures; including; where appropriate; handover to the client. Conducts tests of hardware and/or software using supplied test procedures and diagnostic tools. Corrects malfunctions; calling on other experienced colleagues and external resources if required. Documents details of all hardware/software items that have been installed and removed so that configuration management records can be updated. Develops installation procedures and standards; and schedules installation work. Provides specialist guidance and advice to less experienced colleagues to ensure best use is made of available assets; and to maintain or improve the installation service.

Delivery and Operation:
Contributes to the availability management process and its operation and performs defined availability management tasks. Analyses service and component availability; reliability; maintainability and serviceability. Ensures that services and components meet and continue to meet all of their agreed performance targets and service levels. Implements arrangements for disaster recovery and documents recovery procedures. Conducts testing of recovery procedures.
Engages with project management to confirm that products developed meet the service acceptance criteria and are to the required standard. Feeds into change management processes.
Applies tools; techniques and processes to track; log and correct information related to CIs; ensuring protection of assets and components from unauthorised change; diversion and inappropriate use.
Develops; documents and implements changes based on requests for change. Applies change control procedures.
Uses the tools and techniques for specific areas of release and deployment activities. Administers the recording of activities; logging of results and documents technical activity undertaken. May carry out early life support activities such as providing support advice to initial users.
Reviews system software updates and identifies those that merit action. Tailors system software to maximise hardware functionality. Installs and tests new versions of system software. Investigates and coordinates the resolution of potential and actual service problems. Prepares and maintains operational documentation for system software. Advises on the correct and effective use of system software.

Education:
Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science; Management Information Systems; or a related field
Technical Certificates to a specific technical domain; for example AWS; Networking & Storage.
Experience:
More than 10 years IT Experience
More than 5 years experience within a Design Engineering Role
More than 3 years experience with migrating datacenters workloads towards AWS.
At least 2 years experience in a specific Design Domain
Recent experience within the Design and implementation of complex; highly available and highly scalable solutions.
Cloud Computing
Server/Datacenter virtualization
Storage
Information Security
Network
Enterprise wide Architectural governance; architecture decisions; exceptions; standards etc
Developing Foundational re-useable technology components
Other Knowledge; Skills; Abilities or Certifications:
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
Architecture Certification: TOGAF; ARCHIMATE; ZACHMAN; etc.
Soft Skills Required:
Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
Excellent communication and presentation skills

UST Global celebrates diversity and inclusion. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We welcome candidates to apply for employment from diverse backgrounds and believe your unique perspective adds to the richness of our company culture. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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