ASTM INTERNATIONAL
ASTM International is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services. Approximately 12,575 ASTM voluntary consensus standards operate globally. Defined and set by ASTM, these standards improve the lives of millions every day. Combined with our innovative business services, they enhance performance and help people around the world have confidence in the things they buy and use. The organization’s headquarters is in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, about 5 mi (8.0 km) northwest of Philadelphia. Founded in 1898 as the American Section of the International Association for Testing Materials, ASTM International predates other standards organizations such as the BSI (1901), IEC (1906), DIN (1917), ANSI (1918), AFNOR (1926), and ISO (1947).
ASTM provides an excellent compensation and benefits package including:
* Undergraduate and Graduate Tuition Reimbursement
* Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
* Paid holidays, vacation and sick leave
* 403(b) plan with company match
* 100% company-funded defined benefits pension plan
Position Purpose
Technology & Innovation Engineer is responsible for designing, developing and deploying innovative and complex technology solutions for ASTM. This position is in part a Full-Stack developer. Evaluate new/emerging technologies of interest to ASTM and develop proof of concepts and pilot solutions. Technology & Innovation Engineer is a key player in ASTM’s Digital transformation as part of the Innovation & Core Technology development team. This position is expected to be versatile and be enthusiastic to tackle new problems across the full-stack as ASTM continue to push technology forward to expand our leadership in SDO domain.
Organization Role
Technology & Innovation Engineer works closely with the architecture, Business Development and Product Management and Delivery to bring technology innovation from ideas to proof of concepts. They will enable digital transformation and expand ASTM’s leadership in the SDO domain by evaluating new/emerging technologies and implementing proof of concepts. This role will provide systematic analysis of the most complex technology requirements and resolves any functional problems encountered. Will develop full stack pilot / proof of concepts to evaluate new/emerging technologies.
They collaborate with both business and technology partners to ensure that proposed business and technical solutions align with the ASTM’s overall mission and vision.
This position reports to the Chief Enterprise Architect.
Responsibilities
Principle Accountabilities
* Investigate new / emerging technologies, innovations and opportunities
* Implement full stack proof of concepts for new / emerging technologies
* Design, develop and deploy complex core (foundational) technology solutions, align with business strategies and objectives
* Present innovation / concepts to business and technology stake holders
* Bring a passion to remain current and stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies
* Understand the complexity of both the organization’s business capabilities and technology environment
* Design & implement APIs and microservices in AWS
* Must be capable of working in collaborative, multi-site environment to support rapid development and delivery of results and capabilities (i.e Agile SDLC)
* Work cross-functionally with both business and IT stakeholders
* Define best practices in core software development and enable development teams to leverage best practices
* Advise on potential disruptive technologies and trends
* Participate in digital strategy decisions
* Other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor
Minimum Requirements
* Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology (Computer Science)
* 7+ years’ experience in progressively responsible information technology solution development and design:
- 5+ years experience in designing and implementing complex holistic, secure, highly available and scalable technology solutions spanning multiple technology platforms and applications.
- 5+ years hands on experience working as a developer in anyone of Java , Python , C/C++ , .NET
- 5+ years experience architecting integrated solutions leveraging COTS integration tools and/or custom developed integration frameworks.
- Experience implementing technology solutions in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.).
- 2+ years of experience architecting solutions leveraging Microservices architecture.
- High level of expertise with Java based REST Micro services, using JAX WS, Spring 4.0, Spring Boot, Swagger UI o Strong understanding & experience with relational databases and NoSQL databases like Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Marklogic etc.. Experience writing stored procedures, triggers etc. and working with large data sets.
- Excellent knowledge and implementation experience of Internet/Web technologies, such as web browsers, AJAX, HTTP, HTML/XML, REST, JavaScript, CSS, XSL/XSLT, etc.
- Well versed with development toolkits like Gradle, GIT, Bitbucket, Jenkins – continuous Integration suites, JIRA and confluence.
* Understanding of common information architecture frameworks and information models
* Ability to assess rapidly changing technologies and apply them to business needs
* Experience implementing secure and optimal technological solutions and architectures impacting critical areas of the business
* Strong communication and persuasion skills
* Ability to analyze solution needs, and determine the resources needed to achieve objectives
* Presentation and facilitation skills
* Effective conceptualization, pattern recognition and teaming skills
Preferred Qualifications & Competencies
* Strong understanding of software, architecture frameworks, and corporate technology and trends (e.g., SOA,Microservices, IOT, ETL, cloud architectures, AI, RPA, Cognitive automation).
* Experience or good understanding of architecture and design required to develop multi-tenant SaaS products.
* Experience scaling and extending consumer facing solutions
* Ability to present and communicate both business and technical concepts
* Ability to think critically and solve problems
* Strong consultative skills at a cross-functional level
* Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to independently drive resolution of issues and challenges and shape your own work based on the unique demands of your specific responsibilities.
* Curiosity to investigate industry standards and best practices and challenge the status quo and develop creative recommendations.
* Strong analytical skills, highly organized and excellent interpersonal skills.
* Excellent written/verbal communication and facilitation skills for communicating at all levels (employees and leaders); including strong presentation skills.
* Must be able to work equally well independently and in a team environment.
This job description is not intended to provide an all-inclusive listing of related job activities. Associates may be requested by management to perform other related activities in place of or in addition to those representative activities noted in this job description.
ASTM International is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.
