Job Number 24156973
Job Category Information Technology
Location Marriott International HQ, 7750 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, United States VIEW ON MAP
Schedule Full-Time
Located Remotely? Y
Relocation? N
Position Type Management
Job Summary:
We’re looking for a hands-on engineer that can adapt and learn new web technologies quickly. In this role, you’ll be in an Agile environment working closely with our Product and Business partners on a cutting-edge new application framework supporting front desk operations at thousands of properties worldwide. You will take day to day direction from a seasoned team of backend engineers who will rely on you to provide timely updates and advice on future direction. You will also be working with several other groups from a variety of different areas including Infra, UI, and Backend to improve process and architecture in addition to delivering this new framework and supporting it long term. This role requires you to work with many different service providers both onshore and offshore so flexibility with your hours is often necessary. Not only will you be delivering and enhancing applications, you will also be supporting them so experience with monitoring and alerting tools is highly desirable. We operate within an AWS environment so you will need a good understanding of how various AWS toolkits work as well as container management through Docker and Kubernetes. Linux command line expertise is a must.
Join Our Team as a Technical Expert!
Are you passionate about technology and innovation? Do you thrive in dynamic environments where you can make a real impact? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
About the Role:
As a key member of our team, you will work closely with our Product Leader/Owner to guide technical workgroups and provide expert insights. Your role will involve:
- Leading Technical Workgroups: Collaborate with talented professionals to drive technical excellence.
- Solving Complex Challenges: Tackle non-routine service requests with creativity and confidence.
- Innovating Solutions: Research, design, and implement cutting-edge applications to meet evolving user needs.
- Driving Value: Develop next-generation solutions that enhance Marriott’s value.
- Managing Projects: Oversee multiple projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget.
- Leveraging Technology: Utilize both current and emerging technologies to create impactful solutions.
Why Join Us?
- Innovative Environment: Be part of a team that values creativity and forward-thinking.
- Professional Growth: Opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement.
- Collaborative Culture: Work with a supportive and talented team.
- Impactful Work: Contribute to projects that make a difference.
If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and be part of an innovative team, apply now!
Required:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in custom application development on open-source technologies
- Hands on Experience and knowledge of Microservice Architecture, Cloud-Native Application Development, Containerization, Event-Driven Architecture
- Experience in using Enterprise Integration Patterns with designing, building, and deploying Messaging Solutions. Kafka experience is a big plus.
- Experience in Server-side Java, REST, SOAP, Spring Cloud, Spring
- Ability to write efficient and robust Java code for high volume applications
- Excellent problem solving/troubleshooting skills
- Experience working in an Agile environment with regular Jira updates
- Experience using Kubernetes and/or Docker
- Experience with AWS toolkits
- Linux command line
Preferred:
- Experience in NoSql Databases (Redis, Elasticache)
- Experience working on UI Technologies like Node.js is an added advantage
- Experience with authoring test cases using a test-driven approach
- CI/CD experience with Harness and/or Jenkins
- Monitoring and alerting tools experience with Dynatrace and/or Splunk
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 prior to Service Provider solutioning
- 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 Delivery teams for deployment and production support activities
IT Governance
- Follows all defined technology 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 are delivering per planned sprint and working to increase velocity during a PI.
- Makes short term plans for the team to effectively utilize resources
- Monitors Service Provider outcomes
- Reviews estimates of work effort provided by Service Providers for accuracy and feasibility
- Facilitates timely resolution of service delivery problems and minimizes the impact to clients
MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES
Leadership:
- Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner 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 role model for how to handle 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 different sources to draw conclusions, 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 on-going 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 of business plans designed to maximize customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.
- Driving for Results - Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.
Building Relationships:
- Customer Relationships - Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company’s service standards.
- Global Mindset - Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles, abilities, motivations, and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation, engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential.
- Strategic Partnerships -Develops collaborative relationships with fellow employees and business partners by making them feel valued, appreciated, and included; explores partnership opportunities with other people in and outside the organization; influences and leverages corporate and continental shared services and/or discipline leaders (e.g., HR, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Revenue Management) to achieve objectives; maintains effective external relations with government, business and industry in respective countries; performs effectively as a liaison between locations, disciplines, and corporate to ensure needed resources are received and corporate strategies are understood and executed.
Generating Talent and Organizational Capability:
- Developing Others -Supports the development of other’s skills and capabilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.
- Organizational Capability - Evaluates and adapts the structure of assignments and work processes to best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit.
Learning and Applying Professional Expertise:
- Continuous Learning - Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application.
- Technical Acumen - Understanding and utilizing professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function-specific work challenges
- Technical Intelligence: Knowledge and ability to define and apply appropriate technology to enhance business process
- Development Methodologies: Knowledge of general stages of SDLC framework and the application tiers within the development space.
- Information Security: Knowledge of the security considerations relevant within the development space, including industry best practices related to information security
- Business Acumen - Understands and utilizes business information to manage everyday operations and generate innovative solutions to approach business and administrative challenges.
- Basic Competencies - Fundamental competencies required for accomplishing basic work activities.
- Basic Computer Skills - Using basic computer hardware and software (e.g., personal computers, word processing software, Internet browsers, etc.).
- Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly, correctly, and in a way that allows one to solve work-related issues.
- Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
The salary range for this position is $96,038 to $179,270 annually. In addition to the annual salary, the position will be eligible to receive an annual bonus.
Washington Applicants Only: Employees will accrue 0.04616 PTO balance for every hour worked and eligible to receive minimum of 7 holidays annually.
All locations offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, adoption expense reimbursements, paid parental leave, educational assistance, 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts. Benefits are subject to terms and conditions, which may include rules regarding eligibility, enrollment, waiting period, contribution, benefit limits, election changes, benefit exclusions, and others.
Marriott HQ is committed to a hybrid work environment that enables associates to Be connected. Headquarters-based positions are considered hybrid, for candidates within a commuting distance to Bethesda, MD; candidates outside of commuting distance to Bethesda, MD will be considered for Remote positions.
The application deadline for this position is 28 days after the date of this posting, September 17, 2024.
Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.
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