**Business Title:** Engineering Director
**Requisition Number:** 87283 - 66
**Function:** Advisory
**Area of Interest:**
**State:** NY
**City:** New York
**Description:**
The KPMG Advisory practice is currently our fastest growing practice. We are seeing tremendous client demand, and looking forward we don't anticipate that slowing down. In this ever-changing market environment, our professionals must be adaptable and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture. At KPMG, our people are our number one priority. With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, a world-class training facility and leading market tools, we make sure our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you're looking for a firm with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, then consider a career in Advisory.
KPMG is currently seeking an Engineering Director to join our Advisory Services (https://advisory.kpmg.us/) practice.
Responsibilities:
+ Partner and collaborate with business and technology teams, acting as a thought leader and strategist for new technology, technology roadmaps and next generation technology direction
+ Provide coaching, guidance and direction to software engineers, technical leads that execute technical design and implementation for multiple teams and projects
+ Evaluate business requirements in the early stages of projects to determine what software, integration technologies, system architectures and patterns should be employed to meet business objectives efficiently
+ Provide technical design and implementation leadership, including driving quality across the full SDLC working with Solution Architects, BAs, Development and Test teams
+ Design solutions that reduce costs, increase efficiencies, provide more value and capabilities, reduce risks and increase security; develop project estimates to design, build, deliver and run business solutions
+ Collaborate with solution architects in efforts on technology research, evaluations and proof of concepts (POC); communicate best practices by giving presentations, working with project teams and authoring content aimed at educating others about standards, strategies and otherwise defined best engineering practices
Qualifications:
+ Minimum fifteen years of experience in technology, general software development methodologies and practices, implementing applications in distributed processing environments, including relevant architecture experience
+ Minimum five years of experience in application and system implementations with hands-on development using Java or C# or Javascript, meeting client requirements and re-engineering systems
+ Bachelors degree in Computer Science from an accredited university or college; or equivalent experience
+ Experienced in leading other technical leads and team members to a desired solution-requirements review, code reviews, support and coaching; experience with Event jobs, Threads, Parallel Processing, REST API, Workflows, Complex algorithms, DevOps/CICD - packaging and migration of configuration
+ Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations and communicating technology strategy and direction for all levels of management, end users and technical staff; ability to translate business needs into engineered solutions using cloud technologies, including conducting POCs to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies
+ Strong understanding of cloud computing architecture, technical design and implementations, including Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as Service (SaaS) delivery models in Microsoft Azure\AWS; capable of building strong professional relationships with ability to influence all levels across the organization
+ Ability to travel as necessary
KPMG LLP (the U.S. member firm of KPMG International) offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. KPMG is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. The attached link (https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/us/pdf/2018/09/eeo.pdf) contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws. No phone calls or agencies please.
KPMG does not currently require partners or employees to be fully vaccinated or test negative for COVID-19 in order to go to KPMG offices, client sites or KPMG events, except when mandated by federal, state or local law. In some circumstances, clients also may require proof of vaccination or testing (e.g., to go to the client site).
**GL:** 3
**GF:** 15292
