System Programmer Architect - Open Source
Collegeville, PA 
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Posted 25 days ago
Job Description

Position Type :

Full time

Type Of Hire :

Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Education Desired :

Bachelor of Computer Science

Travel Percentage :

0%

Job Description

Tired of being locked down? How about a chance to unlock your potential?

Want to use your impressive technical skills to earn more than a paycheck?

Work with us and know that your hands on skills are being put to good use.

We are an open source development platform used by the medical and financial communities to develop applications that make a difference: electronic medical records, electronic medical labs systems, mobile banking. Everyday doctors make critical decisions based upon information delivered by applications built on our platform. Applications built on our platform process billions of financial transactions every day.

You'll need to have cutting edge skills in Linux, C and systems programming. You'll like working with a small team in a fast paced environment. You'll get a chance to make a difference.

Interested?

About the team

We are looking to grow the Systems Development Team. We are looking for a Systems Architect to work with our GT.M product for a client in Collegeville, PA. GT.M is a key-value database engine optimized for transaction processing and business continuity. The largest deployed applications serve thousands of concurrent users, with databases in the TB range and enterprise scale applications with tens of thousands of source code modules. GT.M has many unusual features - for example, the database engine has a daemonless architecture that uses optimistic concurrency control to provide ACID (Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable) transactions. For anyone who enjoys working with data structures, algorithms and complex system level software, GT.M development is a DREAM JOB!

What you will be doing

As a member of the GT.M Development Team you will work closely with customers, business analysts and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of technical solutions. These solutions will align with business and IT strategies and comply with the organization's architectural standards. This role is involved in the full systems life cycle and is responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting applications software that is delivered on time and within budget. The code is almost entirely in C, with a few bits of assembly language "glue code" in the language implementation.

  • Experience leading technology direction for multiple projects and has led or presented architecture concepts outside realm of immediate work-group
  • Analyzes requirements, and translates business requirements into product designs and writes technical specifications and other forms of documentation
  • Reviews functional and technical designs to identify areas of risk and/or missing requirements.
  • Suggests technical alternatives and improves/streamlines processes and systems
  • Communicates system architecture to technical and business audiences.
  • Develops program logic for new applications or analyzes and modifies logic in existing applications
  • Maintains, tests and integrates system components
  • Experience in building robust and scalable infrastructure architectures (telephony systems, network services, web farms, multiple-node systems, etc
  • Reviews functional and technical designs to identify areas of risk and/or missing requirements.

What you bring:

  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience. Post-graduate education desired and 8+ years of IT Systems experience.
  • Knowledge of end-to-end systems development life cycles (i.e., agile or other modern approaches to software development)
  • Knowledge of C programming and Assembly Language.
  • Positive outlook, strong work ethic and responsive to internal and external customers and contacts
  • May require in-depth knowledge of networking, computing platform, storage, database, security, middleware, network and systems management, and related infrastructure technologies and practices
  • Excellent customer service skills that build high levels of customer satisfaction for internal and external customers
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization (e.g., executive, management, individual contributors)
  • Ability to persuade and influence others on the best approach to take

Added bonus if you have:

  • Systems programming experience
  • NoSQL database experience
  • Mission-critical systems experience

What we offer you

  • A competitive salary and benefits
  • A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities
  • The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in financial services & technology
  • Time to support charities and give back in your community
  • A fantastic range of benefits designed to help support your lifestyle and wellbeing

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Vaccination Requirements

Notice to all US applicants: All employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Individuals with a disability (including a medical condition) or sincerely held religious beliefs or practices that prevent them from getting the vaccine may request an exemption from the vaccine requirement.

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here


For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

For positions located in the US, the conditions below apply.

If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test and background check (including criminal record check)

ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

 

Job Summary
Company
FIS
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
8+ years
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