M&T Bank

M&T Bank

Cloud Platform Engineer

Buffalo, NY · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$116k-$194kDetected 1 day ago
AWSCloud PlatformsTerraformAnsibleLinuxPlatform EngineeringAuditingResearchCommunicationProblem SolvingAdaptabilityInternal Audit

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odds of building a lasting career here

57Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role90
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level III)83
Fits your clock70

Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.

Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.

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H-1B wage level

the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry

Level II · 2×
Level I$84,7601 entry
Level II$106,5582 entries
Level III$128,3573 entries
Level IV$150,1554 entries

$11,957 more — $128,357 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.

Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $128,357 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.

DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.

Employer immigration record

from this employer's Department of Labor filings

Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 12 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card follow-through: 100%

Of 21 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 0 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 488 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Files H-1B transfers

14 transfer filings in the last year, covering 14 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 235 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.

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About the role

  • Coordinate vendor interactions and/or vendor resources as needed.
  • Mentor and coach less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams on a regular basis to implement and manage the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed current and future needs of the organization.
  • Maintain a strong aptitude and working knowledge of Bank applications, systems, development environments. Maintain a detailed understanding of vendor technologies and services used by the Bank.
  • Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
  • Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
  • may include infrastructure architecture and design, research and development of new or expanded systems, creation of technology standards and policies, thorough analysis of user requirements and operational constraints, unit test and system integration, and user acceptance testing.
  • Regularly and independently interact with business partners of varying associate and management levels to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements.
  • Minimum of 8 years' professional experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, system design and/or development for complex applications
  • Able to meet with clients of varying levels to gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements, work closely with integrators, developers, and testers in the fast-paced environment
  • Understanding of how the people, processes and technology within an organization interact in relationships and patterns to create a feasible solution on projects of medium to high complexity

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of the system development and infrastructure lifecycle and architecture, vendor best practices, IT Service Management, and systems design
  • Understanding/working experience with AWS (Amazon Web Services).
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
  • Ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into structured high quality implementations using any variety of industry standard approaches

Skills

  • Serves as specialist in a group of technologies and services supported within technology.
  • Seek to expand knowledge and understanding of Financial Services trends, practices, and technologies on a continuous basis.
  • Understanding of Cloud Computing
  • Advanced technical skills
  • Advanced analytical skills
  • Advanced troubleshooting skills

Compensation

  • M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees.
  • The pay range for this position is $116,400.00 - $194,000.00 Annual (USD).
  • The successful candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Benefits

  • Education and Experience Required:
  • Combined minimum of 8 years' higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture

Company info

  • Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.

This listing is sourced directly from M&T Bank's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.