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Job Description

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*Job Summary**

The Application Engineer, Sr. is responsible for the planning, designing, acquisition, maintenance, and implementation of applications, infrastructure, system integration, and solutions utilizing vendor relationships and internal IT and business partners with guidance and direction only on the most complex situations. This position is recognized as an expert within the organization and is responsible for solving complex problems within the area(s) they work and support. This position leads the research, design, validation, and implementation of systems, components, and technologies and provides recommendations for strategies, roadmaps and solutions. This person will ensure the solutions employed across the organization support the needs of evolving business by effectively understanding the changing technology. This individual will also provide oversight and assistance across project design and delivery, ongoing administration including monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting, and ensuring availability and reliability across multiple providers and services. **Essential Job Functions**

**Technology \-** Independently advises, mentors, and collaborates with team members, stakeholders, vendors on execution strategies and design efforts: including (but not limited to) technology enhancements and capacity planning. Collaborates with cross\-functional departments \& IT partners to plan and lead integration efforts that align with business/operation initiatives. Work directly with multiple departments and lines of business to support their IT needs. This includes gathering business requirements to develop solutions. Provide top\-tier technical support and responds to escalations from lower level engineers, as necessary, and acts as primary vendor contact for all issues escalated to/from vendors. Works related problems, change management and escalated incidents. Submits RFQ/RFPs, obtains quotes, aggregates documents and proposals, and maintains current and proposed End\-of\-Life schedules, and tracks progression of key vendors.

**Relationships \-** Maintains all vendor relationships and partners to support strategy and architectural design efforts for systems and technology that they support. Engages and collaborates with key vendors, carriers, and internal/external partners to support technical planning of mid\- to long\-term initiatives. This may include planning, build requirements, project management, SOW/BOM legal review, service \& maintenance contract review, asset management, training, systems monitoring, programming \& tuning.

**Technical Knowledge \-** Expectation is to be proficient in one or more of the following areas (e.g. Windows Desktop, SCCM, VMware ESXi virtualization, Windows Server Operating Systems, Server hardware platforms in an enterprise environment, preferably Cisco UCS, Cloud Computing (Azure / AWS), Networking (Data), Telecom (Collaboration), Infrastructure Automation, VDI/VMware Horizon, Palo Alto Firewall, Microstrategy, DataBricks, Cloudera etc.,) and implement or manage/maintain at least two platform.

**Documentation \-** Creates, reviews, and maintains documentation of deployments, systems, and procedures relating to job/team responsibilities. Produces documentation as requested for internal customers, audits and compliance purposes. Participates in the approval process. Reports and presents quarterly capacity analyses of licensing, equipment, and utilization.

*Reports to**: Lead or Higher

*Working Conditions/ Physical Requirements:** Must maintain currency of technical skills in relevant technologies. May be required to lift up to 80 pounds for installation of equipment (depending on focus of job); 24/7 On\-call coverage; may be required to work outside of normal business hours, including weekends and possibly holidays; May be required to travel domestically 15\-20% annually. May be required to go under desks \& floor tiles, use ladders/electric lifts move ceiling tiles.

*Direct Reports:** 0

*Minimum Qualifications:**

Bachelor's Degree
Years of Work Experience: 5 to 7 years
Type / focus of work experience required:
Intermediate/Proficiency in 1 or more programming languages/frameworks/products, with hands on development experience in projects.
Must have worked in projects adopting Iterative/Agile/Water fall methodologies and must be proficient with its practices.

*Preferred Experience:**

Degree Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in either Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or Engineering or equivalent relevant experience

*Other Duties**

This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time, the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time.

*About Bread Financial®**

At Bread Financial, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community, and be part of our award\-winning culture. We’ve been consistently recognized as a best place to work nationally and in many markets and we’re proud to promote an environment where you feel appreciated, accepted, valued, and fulfilled—both personally and professionally. Bread Financial supports the overall wellness of our associates with a diverse suite of benefits and offers boundless opportunities for career development and non\-traditional career progression.

Bread Financial® (NYSE: BFH) is a tech\-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions to millions of U.S. consumers. Our payment solutions deliver growth for some of the most recognized brands in travel \& entertainment, health \& beauty, technology, electronics, jewelry, home and specialty apparel through our co\-brand and private label credit cards and pay\-over\-time products providing choice and value to our shared customers. Additionally, we offer Bread Financial general purpose credit cards and saving products that empower our customers and their passions for a better life.

Bread Financial proudly marks 30 years of success in 2026\. To learn more about our global associates, our performance and our sustainability progress, visit breadfinancial.com or follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn.