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Lead Banking Engineer
Pyramid Consulting Group
- 🌏 Worldwide
- Staff / Principal
- 9 hours ago
- AI
- Java
- JVM
- .NET
- Dynatrace
- Performance Testing
- PowerShell
- Python
- Microservices
- Kubernetes
- Load Testing
- Bash
- OpenShift
- Azure
- AWS
- JMeter
9 hours ago
• This role is intended for a senior-level consultant who can immediately engage with engineers, diagnose complex system and application issues, recommend and implement improvements, and elevate the overall technical capabilities of the organization through hands-on mentoring and coaching. The successful candidate will be respected as both a practitioner and a teacher, capable of driving sustainable improvements in performance, reliability, automation, and engineering excellence.
Primary Responsibilities
• Partner with engineering teams to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise AI platforms and supporting infrastructure.
• Perform advanced resiliency and scalability assessments across distributed applications and infrastructure environments.
• Lead root cause analysis of performance, reliability, stability, and capacity issues.
• Conduct deep-dive Java JVM heap, garbage collection, memory leak, thread, and application performance analysis.
• Conduct advanced Microsoft .NET memory, CLR, thread, and application performance diagnostics.
• Utilize Dynatrace and related observability platforms to identify performance bottlenecks and produce actionable remediation plans.
• Drive infrastructure optimization initiatives based on performance testing, resiliency testing, fault analysis, and production telemetry.
• Partner with development, infrastructure, cloud, and operations teams to implement corrective actions and measurable improvements.
• Design and develop automation solutions using scripting technologies to reduce operational overhead and improve engineering efficiency.
• Create reusable engineering standards, playbooks, diagnostics procedures, and operational guidance.
• Support performance and resiliency test planning, execution, analysis, and remediation activities.
• Provide technical leadership during critical incident investigations and complex troubleshooting engagements.
• Translate performance findings into practical infrastructure and application improvements with measurable business value.
Industry background: Banking or financial background is a plus
Mentoring and Enablement Expectations
• Mentor engineers on scripting, automation, diagnostics, and performance engineering best practices.
• Coach teams in the use of Dynatrace and observability-driven engineering practices.
• Develop internal training workshops and technical deep-dive sessions.
• Improve engineering capabilities in:
• PowerShell
• Python
• Shell scripting
• Automation frameworks
• JVM diagnostics
• .NET performance analysis
• Application resiliency patterns
• Observability and monitoring
• Serve as a technical thought leader and force multiplier across multiple engineering teams.
Must Have Technical Skills:
• 10+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, SRE, Reliability Engineering, Performance Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or a related field.
• Expert-level knowledge of Dynatrace.
• Advanced Java JVM troubleshooting, heap analysis, GC tuning, memory diagnostics, and thread analysis experience.
• Advanced Microsoft .NET diagnostics, memory analysis, and performance tuning experience.
• Strong experience with distributed systems, microservices, APIs, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures.
• Demonstrated expertise in performance testing, load testing, scalability analysis, and resiliency testing.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar technologies.
• Proven ability to identify, communicate, and implement infrastructure and application optimization opportunities.
• Exceptional communication, consulting, mentoring, and presentation skills.
Flex Skills/Nice to Have:
• AI platform deployment and operational support experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Azure, AWS, or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Experience with LoadRunner, JMeter, or enterprise performance testing platforms.
• Experience implementing observability strategies and operational excellence programs.
• Background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Experience building engineering training and mentoring programs.
Education/Certifications: Bachelor's degree
Lead Banking Engineer · Pyramid Consulting Group