Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

Discover. A brighter future - With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine. Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork, and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee-focused as it is on its customers and is consistently awarded for both. We’re all about people, and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career.

As part of Collections Value Stream at Discover, you will work as Application Engineer (Middleware) and will join the agile and collaborative Recovery Systems Team and will play a key role in building and maintaining collections recovery applications and systems. If you are passionate about technology and enjoy being part of a highly innovative, collaborative team, this role is for you!

If selected. will work hand in hand with business partners to understand needs and processes and build solutions using cutting edge technologies while driving automation and process improvements along the way. You will consult with engineering peers on the design and development of highly complex and critical projects and will also collaborate on coding standards and documentation to ensure well organized and maintained. Engineers that are members of Recovery Collections Value Stream get an opportunity to design, develop and integrate systems for recovery collections process and follow agile development methodologies that support existing and new product features. You will also be responsible for oversight on design and implementation of products assigned to your team and will need to think things through and take user stories and new features from idea to production unattended. Also, actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues.

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain JBOSS application server and Apache platforms

• End-to-end setup of Virtual Machines/servers with pre-requisites like file systems, backups, logging, monitoring, etc. required for the application

• Manage third party Application including installation, configuration, building vendor relationship, performance tuning, etc.

• Work with Vendor product or support teams on debugging functional/performance issues

• Perform application upgrades, test and migrate through different environments

• Troubleshoot and resolve application issues in Prod ensuring high availability adhering to MTTR,MTBF and MTTF standards

• Support Application jobs in production environment

• Implement Configuration Management and Automation (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Python ,Shell)

• Ensure compliance with security vulnerability and risk management including setting up best practices across the infrastructure, testing and applying vendor patches, etc.

• Following ITIL best practices for issue management including root cause analysis,

• Achieve product commitments (and influences others to do same) via informal leadership & highly developed communication skills and contribute to, or lead, technology communities

• Use automation, system tools, open-source solutions, observability, 'security first' principles

• Contribute to team agile ceremonies, leads demos and presentations

• Help new engineers learn established norms

• Collaborate with stakeholders and project leaders to understand requirements, deliverables, and set expectations on tasks for which you will be responsible

• Initiate high level solution design approaches, and guide team to achieve desired key software delivery capabilities using automated, coded enterprise and observability

• Consistently demonstrate follow-through in honoring commitments to customers and colleagues and accept the challenge of unfamiliar tasks

• Demonstrate growth mindset, enthusiastic about learning new technologies quickly and applying the gained knowledge to address business problems.

• Participate in internal speaking and advocacy events

• Support research activities to adopt new technology solutions and develop new capabilities

• Create opportunities for core product teams to learn engineering best practices

• Coache immediate chapter and actively foster the adoption of new technologies

Minimum Qualifications, at a minimum, here’s what we need from you:

• Bachelors – Computer Science or related

• 3+ Years – Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related

• Internal applicants -- technical proficiency rating competent on Dreyfus engineering scale

Preferred Qualifications, bonus points if you have:

• Experience using containerized platforms including Kubernetes, Docker and OpenShift

• Experience in JBOSS 7.x/8.x, Redhat Linux, Redhat OpenJDK, Oracle Java, Apache 2.x

• Experience in Java-based applications

• Experience in Recovery Collection Applications, including Debt Management and Recovery

• Possess technical knowledge on AWS and GCP cloud technologies.

• Knowledge on database administration and support

• External applicants -- required to perform a technical interview.

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Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Apr-29-2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $86,500.00 to $146,100.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid Time Off

• 401(k) Plan

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

• STD, Life, LTD and AD&D

• Recognition Program

• Education Assistance

• Commuter Benefits

• Family Support Programs

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com .

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights & Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision) (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email HireAccommodation@discover.com . Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.