The Role
Lead the development of hybrid cloud infrastructure strategies, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security while managing teams and budgets across global engineering operations.
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Job Summary & ResponsibilitiesPreferred Qualifications
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Build best in class technical Platform and Infrastructure solutions on a hybrid Cloud to address requirements for scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
- Work across geographically dispersed and integrated project teams to develop the strategy, architecture, roadmaps, design, and implementation of Cloud Platform & Infrastructure solutions.
- Provide leadership, vision, and oversight across the engineering pillars to provide holistic end to end solutions.
- Create a collaborative culture through robust communication, governance, and partnership with internal and external entities.
- Implementing security controls and ensuring security and regulatory compliance in a modern, hybrid multi-cloud environment.
- Design and implement an enterprise management program focused on a best-in-class solutions across the technology platforms for impact analysis, design, and resiliency reviews.
- Design and Implement Hybrid multi-Cloud architecture.
- Develop and manage Cloud Center of Excellence.
- Defined architecture patterns for Private and Public cloud.
- Preference for Cloud Native and Serverless architecture.
- Container based architectures.
- Hybrid environment to include general compute, network, and storage.
- Highly available designs to support platforms with varying business RTO/RPO requirements.
- Multi-service, inter-network, hybrid connectivity optimized for multiple LOB applications and data integration.
- Deploy Infrastructure as Code automation capabilities (Terraform, ARM, Cloud Formation etc.).
- Develop DevSecOps practice and onboarding program to accelerate application deployment.
- Environment strategy - management, deployment, and configuration management.
- Operational security and excellence programs (i.e.: logging and monitoring strategies).
- Infrastructure training - Cloud training program, best practices, Infrastructure as Code, etc.
- Defined architecture patterns for Private and Public cloud.
- Lead and coordinate the work of an integrated project teams comprised of developers, subject matter experts, database administrators, system administrators, and system architects for program to implement and maintain enterprise-level information technology applications.
- Accountable for the development, monitoring, and compliance to the relevant budget.
- Drive optimal forecasting, capacity planning across the services areas for high availability, lifecycle management and disaster recovery planning (DRP).
- Responsible for the quality and performance of the services provided from managed service providers.
- Provides direction to the team to ensure the managed service partners have the necessary process, tools, and support to be successful.
- Works with the operations teams, Managed Service Partners, and Vendor Management, as appropriate, to ensure the equipment and services adhere to our over-arching strategy, standards, and policies.
- Partner with the Vendor Performance Management to provide input on ensuring that the relevant managed service provider(s) adheres to contractual and commercial obligations (e.g., ARCs, RRCs, SLA credits, etc.)
- Document and communicate roadmaps, standards and business continuity planning as well as serve as the focal point for all technology and related matters.
- Manage the budget responsibly for in-scope related services, as well as prioritization and recommendations of capital investments and adoption.
- Ensure high quality and performance of the services provided from SaaS providers.
- Sponsor engineering topics, related projects, and continuous transformation efforts.
- Maintain professional knowledge of current trends and developments IT Infrastructure synergies across the technology pillars.
Required Skills:
- Ability to thrive in demanding industries, driven by technology and innovation with constraints imposed by various regulatory bodies and security.
- Deep expertise in evolving cloud solutions, security, methodologies, design patterns and best practices.
- Extensive experience with VMWare and Azure platforms. Practical knowledge of other cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP and familiarity with trends in Cloud methodologies.
- Knowledge of infrastructure solutions (storage, server, network, etc.) in support of hybrid environment.
- Demonstrated ability to select, develop, train, lead and inspire teams. Create a culture of continuous learning.
- Strong business acumen, process management and vendor management experience and skills.
- Proven track record of leading complex project and operational teams.
- Proven track records in successfully developing and managing business disaster recovery and continuity planning.
- Ability to generate trust, build alliances across the organization, and orchestrate interdisciplinary teams to the benefit of customers.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with pragmatic operational delivery.
- An understanding of machine learning frameworks and AI concepts.
- Hands-on experience with core LAN/WAN network technologies.
- Cloud networking including Express Route, MPLS gateway, IPsec, Microsoft Peering, Private Peering.
- Technical Skills Required: Azure and AWS IaaS, PaaS, Containers (Kubernetes. Docker etc.).
- Understanding of Database as a Service and Relational Database Management and System (RDBMS) and NoSQL.
- A background in Consulting in the Financial space is preferred, but not required.
- Deployment and configuration baseline automation, including popular toolsets (Chef) and technologies (PowerShell, Runbooks).
- Azure AD including PIM.
- Cloud/Azure Cost Management and tagging.
- Experience with route tables, access control lists, firewalls, NAT, DNS, IP and OSI Network.
- VMWare, Nutanix, Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud experience.
- DevOps including Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, ARM, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, CloudFormation.
Required Experience:
- Bachelors degree and a minimum of 10 years' experience in applied technical support of complex multi-vendor environments.
- Experience and expertise in technology management in large global organizations in support of leading large multi-pillar global engineering groups.
Preferred Experience:
- Masters degree in engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology.
Skills Required
- 10 years of experience in applied technical support of complex multi-vendor environments
- Bachelor's degree
- Extensive experience with VMWare and Azure platforms
- Proven track record in developing business disaster recovery and continuity planning
- Hands-on experience with core LAN/WAN network technologies
- Technical skills required: Azure and AWS IaaS, PaaS, Containers
- Understanding of Database as a Service and RDBMS and NoSQL
- Cloud/Azure Cost Management and tagging
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