Senior Systems Engineer

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Information Technology – Senior Systems Engineer (Onsite)

Location:

Chicago, IL

Job Type: Contract
Duration: 6+ months
Remaining Positions: 1

Details:

Stefanini Group is hiring!

Stefanini is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer in Chicago, IL (Onsite Role)

For quick Apply, please reach out to Rahul Kumar:  /

W2 candidates only!

Job Summary:

The Senior Systems Engineer Contractor leads the technical design and validation of solutions supporting national financial services and external organizations. Manages technical labs, ensuring environments remain current, secure, and ready for certification and testing activities. Develops and executes customer validation tests, including detailed test plans and use cases aligned with security standards and industry best practices. Coordinates technical and end-user resources to analyze results, resolve issues, and implement improvements.

Provides technical leadership, oversees monitoring tools, and leads resolution of complex customer problems. Partners across teams to drive process improvements, optimize performance, reduce costs, and maintain compliance with standards and SLA targets.

Responsibilities:

• Technical Design & Validation – Lead design and validation of solutions.
• Identify gaps between current and future states; develop solutions to close those gaps.
• Design and execute customer validation tests, including detailed test plans and use cases aligned with security and compliance standards.
• Lab Management – Oversee technical labs to maintain currency with evolving technologies.
• Ensure readiness for testing, validation, and certification activities.
• Testing & Analysis – Coordinate technical and end-user resources to execute tests and analyze results.
• Document findings, communicate issues, and provide timelines to stakeholders.
• Assess labor and technical skill sets required for testing activities.
• Operational Support – Implement customer-side monitoring tools.
• Lead operational outage events and manage complex customer problem resolution.
• Drive process improvement efforts for channels.
• Performance & Standards – Analyze solutions for performance and cost optimization.
• Develop and maintain standards; monitor SLA targets and ensure alignment with strategic objectives.

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Job Requirements Details:

Qualifications:

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related field (graduate degree preferred).
• 5-7+ years of direct technical work experience, including 2+ years in leadership roles within complex organizations.
• Technical Expertise:
  Proficiency in PKI, LDAP, networking, routers, firewalls, middleware (Sterling Connect:
  
  Direct, IBM MQ, Secure Transport), proxy solutions (Sterling Secure Proxy, Tivoli Access Manager), and client-side technologies (Axway Secure Client).
• Familiarity with multiple operating systems (Windows, Unix/Linux, Solaris).

Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of IT testing methodologies, infrastructure and integration testing.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Strong background in production systems 24/7 x 365 support.
• Ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Please list the top 3 hard skills:

• PKI, LDAP, routers, firewalls, networking
• Middleware solutions (e.g., Sterling Connect:
  
  Direct, IBM MQ, Secure Transport Server)
• Proxy solutions (Sterling Secure Proxy, Tivoli Access Manager) and client-side technologies (Axway Secure Client)

Please list the top 3 soft skills:

• Proven ability to lead technical and non-technical teams without direct authority
• Strong skills in project management methodologies
• Coordinating resources for testing and operational activities
• Communicating technical concepts in business terms to executives and stakeholders
• Demonstrated capability to drive process improvements, manage complex customer problems, and lead customer calls for critical issues

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