Application Engineer

GoAhead Solutions has a great opportunity in Walnut Creek, CA for an Application Engineer. This would be a Six to Twelve month contract to start out. This position will require to be onsite. Responsible:-Create system Physical, Network and Logical diagrams for Architecture and Design.-Support the process of translating business needs into formal technical requirements and subsequent technical solution deliverables.-Work with vendor on business needs. Understand system capacity and limitations.-Assist the Tech Lead in maintaining relations with Business Stakeholders, vendors and other technical teams.-Serve as a fully seasoned, proficient technical architect, engineer, designer, and subject matter expert in risk and compliance technology.-Participate as an individual contributor on projects, and in completing activities as a part of a team, relating to special initiatives and/or operations.-Perform enhancement and maintenance activities in support of all applications in the Regulatory and Compliance technology ecosystem, utilizing technical capabilities with various tools such as, but not limited to, C#, Java, AWS development/ administration, Microsoft SSIS.-Analyze and troubleshoot/remediate issues with both internally developed and vendor packaged solutions supporting the ecosystem.-Utilize and perform various phases of the software development life cycle, including requirement analysis; preparation of high-level program technical specifications after analyzing business requirements, business operations, process modeling, software architecture, logical/functional ecosystem composition, and data analysis/mapping/lineage; and design, development, testing, implementation, documentation and troubleshooting of various capacities ranging from Team Member to a Project Leader under tight deadlines. Skill/Experience/Education-Required, BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical degree-Preferred: Knowledge of AWS Architecture. Any Practitioner or Associate level AWS certification.-Preferred: Knowledge in Security – Data, information, or Physical security.-Preferred: Experience in SQL Server scripting, SSIS, BI Tools like Tableau, Mobile App Wrappers development and any programming language – Java, C#.-Experience with Security (physical, data and information) platforms. Technical skills:-Experience in .NET Applications development.-Experience in designing and implementing Cloud based (SAAS) Vendor applications.-Experience in SQL Server scripting and Transact-SQL programming.-Experience in System and Network Architecture Design.-Knowledge in Security Configurations – Encryption, Authentication models.-Experience with Agile/Scrum processes/tools like JIRA.-Experience with Change Control process, Source code repository tools like GitHub. Mandatory Skills:-Required, BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical degree-Preferred: Knowledge of AWS Architecture.-Any Practitioner or Associate level AWS certification.-Preferred: Knowledge in Security – Data, information, or Physical security.-Preferred: Experience in SQL Server scripting, SSIS, BI Tools like Tableau, Mobile App Wrappers development and any programming language – Java, C# Experience with Security (physical, data and information) platforms. -Technical skills Experience in .NET Applications development. Experience in designing and implementing Cloud based (SAAS) Vendor applications.-Experience in SQL Server scripting and Transact-SQL programming.-Experience in System and Network Architecture Design.-Knowledge in Security Configurations – Encryption, Authentication models.-Experience with Agile/Scrum processes/tools like JIRA.-Experience with Change Control process, Source code repository tools like GitHub.