at Marriott in Springfield, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Number 24039074
Job Category Information Technology
Location Marriott International HQ, 7750 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Schedule Full-Time
Located Remotely? Y
Relocation? N
Position Type Management
JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking an enthusiastic engineer to help lead and support the digital transformation of Marriott technology platforms. The candidate should be a technology expert and deeply enthusiastic about solving complex problems. The candidate must have the capability to lead architecture, design, and build innovative services and frameworks in support of Marriott’s Technology Innovation Platform. The candidate should be able to collaborate extensively with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, and DevSecOps teams to ensure the development of the right architecture components. Work across multiple products and engineering teams to deliver incremental value against a multi-year modernization roadmap. Perform research, analysis, design, creation, and implementation of applications to meet current and future user requirements. Help develop proof-of-concept implementations to help evaluate innovative technology to drive and meet Marriott’s business and technology objectives.
Candidate must have the capability to lead, support, and resolve production issues. Capable of working across multiple products and engineering teams to deliver incremental value against a multi-year modernization roadmap. Perform research, analysis, design, creation, and implementation of applications to meet current and future payment platform requirements. Help develop proof-of-concept implementations to evaluate innovative technology to drive and meet Marriott’s business and technology objectives.
Candidate must have the ability to communicate upward to superiors and laterally to other departments. The candidate should have demonstrated the ability to monitor deliverables from the scrum teams operating in an onshore/offshore model. Candidate should be familiar with managing software deployment activities for on-property & above-property services as applicable.
CANDIDATE PROFILE Education and Experience Required:
+ Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification
+ 5+ years’ experience in software development with expertise in:
+ Defining, creating, and supporting enterprise-scale cloud solutions in an agile development environment
+ Delivered large-scale systems, with a focus on scalability, latency, security, and resilience.
+ Firsthand experience in building cloud-native microservices, domain-driven development, and event-oriented architectures
+ Expertise in automation, CI/CD, Release Management processes, and Application Deployments to Cloud.
+ Working knowledge in API platforms, back-end services, database, and networking components of full-stack infrastructure
Preferred:
+ Prior work experience on eCommerce platforms, Order Management Systems, Point of Sale, EMV Payment System integrations, and building systems leveraging MACH (Microservice, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) architecture and SOLID Design Principles.
+ Working knowledge of DevOps, Containerization, and development of CI/CD pipelines, API platforms, back-end services, database, and networking components of full-stack infrastructure
+ Development experience in the following tech/tool/platforms stack:
+ Java/J2EE
+ Spring Boot
+ Spring Webflux/React
+ GraphQL
+ Microservices development
+ Document-based NoSQL Databases
+ Kafka
+ Workflow Orchestration
+ BRMS
+ Knowledge of Kubernetes (k8s) and event-driven architecture is a plus.
+ Retail or Travel Commerce experience
+ Payment Processing and payment-related industry standards and regulations
+ Certification in AWS/Azure certification is highly desirable.
+ Performing requirement analysis, architecture reviews, high-level solution design, and API design.
+ Experience working in an agile development environment with an onshore-offshore model.
+ Demonstrated ability to learn and experiment in future software engineering opportunities.
+ Technology leadership experience in an onshore/offshore development model
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES Technical Leadership
+ Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate
+ Provides financial input on department or project budgets, capital expenditures, or other cost/resource estimates as requested.
+ Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.
Delivering Technology
+ Performs more complex quantitative and qualitative analyses for service delivery processes and projects.
+ Facilitates achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers
+ Validates completeness of requirements before Service Provider solutions
+ Ensures all projects follow the defined development and business case processes.
+ Ensures proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams.
+ Provides consultation for routine and complex systems development.
+ Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels.
+ Coordinates with Operations and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities
IT Governance
+ Follows all defined IT standards and processes (i.e., IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed.
+ Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk.
+ Follows the defined project management standards and processes.
Service Provider Management
+ Validates that Service Providers develop and manage respective aspects of a project plan, including schedules, deliverables, and appropriate metrics.
+ Makes short-term plans for the team to effectively utilize resources.
+ Monitors Service Provider outcomes.
+ Reviews estimates of work effort for client projects provided by Service Providers for accuracy.
+ Facilitates timely resolution of service delivery problems and minimizes the impact on clients.
MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES Leadership
+ Communication – Conveys information and ideas to others convincingly and engagingly through a variety of methods.
+ Leading Through Vision and Values – Keeps the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of employee decision-making and action.
+ Managing Change – Initiates and/or manages the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis, taking steps to remove barriers or accelerate its pace; serves as a role model for how to manage change by maintaining composure and performance level under pressure or when experiencing challenges.
+ Problem-Solving and Decision Making – Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from various sources to conclude, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action.
+ Professional Demeanor – Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.
+ Strategy Development – Develops business plans by exploring and systematically evaluating opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive results; ensures successful preparation and execution of business plans through effective planning, organizing, and ongoing evaluation processes.
Managing Execution
+ Building a Successful Team – Uses an effective interpersonal style to build a cohesive team; inspires and sustains team cohesion and engagement by focusing the team on its mission and importance to the organization.
+ Strategy Execution – Ensures successful execution across business plans designed to
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