Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Senior Platform Engineer for a full-time assignment with one of our premier Insurance clients in mid-town NYC, Holmdel, NJ or Bethlehem, PA. This is a Hybrid position requiring 2 days a week at any of the above offices. Stamford, CT., Pittsfield, MA, and Boston, MA are options as well. Also, 100% remote is possible for exceptional candidates (i.e., who possess strong skills across all mentioned skill sets). They team meets 1x/mo in person so local to one of the NYC/NJ/PA locations is optimal.
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will implement, extend, and maintain key technology platforms (e.g., Sonarqube, API management) within the firm's main program and ensure alignment with their emerging consumer centric digital strategy. You will be an innovative platform and software engineer and will harness deep industry and technical expertise to develop and execute enablement of platforms and tools supporting software engineering.
Responsibilities:

• Maintain life cycle management of SAST. The firm uses SonarQube.
• Review SAST quality gates, plug-ins, and maintain language specific rules.
• Troubleshoot SAST Scan related build issues and any open Issues with the developer community & vendor, as necessary.
• Generate insights and metrics using SAST to represent the overall application health.
• Implement & configure API management solution(s) and Monitor and maintain performance of enterprise platforms and services.
• Develop guides and documentation for supporting platforms and services and recommend best practices.
• As part of an Agile team, you'll be responsible for using your creativity, problem solving and technical skills to provide solutions in the development of enterprise software services and developer tools.
• Act as highest-level technical expert, resolving issues, assessing any potential risks, and identifying solutions for the products and services
• Support & communicate with user community about the upgrades, outages, releases etc.
• Collaborate with an exceptional team of Software engineers, DevOps, DBAs, Continuous delivery engineers implementing solutions and developing new capabilities for the enterprise.
• You will be an active participant in design and code reviews, team processes, and product decisions.
• Contribute to the evaluation, selection, and implementation of new technologies to support the architectural vision.
• Foster a culture of enablement, providing domain specific knowledge and best practices across the engineering organization, including KTs training, demos.

Required Skills:

• 6 years of proven experience in platform engineering, vendor product implementation/maintenance and lifecycle management, and internal end-user support.
• Expertise with administering, testing, deploying, supporting, and upgrading Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools at an enterprise level. Experience with SonarQube is a huge plus.
• MUST have practical experience and know how to configure and support a SAST tool
• Expertise with life cycle management of enterprise API management solution(s) (e.g., Postman, Swagger Hub, RapidAPI or similar).
• Experience across one or more of the following:
  • building and shipping services with container technologies including AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • databases such as My SQL, Postgress, SQL Server.
  • secure programming practices, software delivery (CI/CD pipelines), Microservices, and cloud security principles (AWS).
  • wide range of modern infrastructure tools and technologies - Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, GitHub etc.
  • developing custom components or integrations for vendor-managed products (e.g., SaaS solutions).
• Experience with managing licenses, user provisioning, generating metrics/reports, and interacting with vendors.
• The ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with business and executive stakeholders.
• The ability to quickly learn and teach others, have a growth mindset.
• The ability to accelerate impact and lead change.
• Passion for bringing value to the team in the form of new ideas and better ways to add value to the team's objectives.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working in an Insurance industry or equivalent

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.