Director Platform Engineering- Java dev + AWS

About Gartner IT:

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients.  We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner.  Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team. 

About the Role:

Gartner is looking for well-rounded and motivated Leaders to join the Gartner Platform Engineering team which is responsible for building a common platform for Gartner.com applications.

What you’ll do:

• Be a leader for high performing Engineering teams who build software platforms.

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of application developers, product operations, architects to understand complex product requirements and translate them into automated solutions.

• Establish best practices for automating the creation of scalable/resilient systems.

• Build and implement operational standards for end user facing products.

• Participate in problem solving discussions to ensure systems are designed for right problems.

• Create successful deployment, security, and availability strategies for Platform in the cloud.

• Collaborate with colleagues to support and improve systems, processes, standards and tools.

• Collaborate closely with other areas of Gartner IT to leverage best practices and shared capabilities, such as our AWS cloud infrastructure and database.

• Partner with Gartner Leadership to define and execute on a cohesive technology roadmap and lead teams responsible for building platform solutions.

What you will need:

• Strong leadership skills in the areas of communication, collaboration, talent development, and stakeholder relationships.

• 12-14yrs years of experience in software development leading teams of managers, architects, developers, and testers in support of complex business functions.

• Solid technical hands-on background, preferably in the areas of Java, Databases, NoSQL, JavaScript frameworks, and AWS Services (e.g. EC2, Lambda, SNS, SQS, RDS).

• Experience with Identity and Access Management solutions.

• Exceptional people management skills with an emphasis on mentoring.

• Strong foundation in application architecture and software development.

• Experience in managing multiple product development teams consisting of sharp engineers.

• Conduct design and code reviews, ensuring best practices are followed by the team.

• Clear understanding of DevOps practices.

• Significant experience in Agile/Kanban or Scaled Agile Frameworks.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral, written and group presentations).

• Ability to work collaboratively across the IT organization and with business partners to identify systemic operational patterns and innovate on them.

Who you are:

• Effective time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.

• Excellent communications skills interacting with technical and business audience’s.

• Excellent organization, multitasking, and prioritization skills

• Must possess a willingness and aptitude to embrace new technologies/ideas and master concepts rapidly.

• Intellectual curiosity, passion for technology and keeping up with new trends.

• Delivering project work on-time within budget with high quality

Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles.

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Who are we? 

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work? 

Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer? 

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers. 

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

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