About Us:
1st Franklin Financial Corporation has been a family-owned company for 85 years. Our goal is to provide financial solutions across our footprint. Today we have over 370 offices across the Southeast and continue to expand into new territory. We offer you the potential to earn an annual salary. To support your growth, we also offer training programs and other developmental opportunities for employees. Benefits include competitive pay, bonus potential, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, paid holidays, and paid volunteer time.
This position is hybrid and requires 4 days in Toccoa, GA or Greenville, SC.
The VP of Infrastructure leads and directs the management of the 1FFC enterprise infrastructure. The VP builds and runs the technology foundation that 1st Franklin utilizes for everyday business needs. This role ensures infrastructure is reliable, secure, recoverable, the scalability and accessibility of applications or services.
The VP provides strategic insight, development of the team, and maintenance of infrastructure service catalogue. He/she will ensure strong flow of communication with stakeholders and technology investments align with business desired outcomes.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES AND KEY ACTIVITIES
- Monitor, alert, and resolve incidents--reducing MTTR
- Regular patching and resolution of identified vulnerabilities
- Manage Infrastructure's service catalogue against SLAs
- Design and invest in systems with high uptime to meet business needs
- Continue proper logging and management of issues and changes according to policy
- Create, maintain, and follow runbooks to execute consistently and accurately
- Includes documented and updated BCP and DR plans
- Execute regular DR scenarios and document outcomes
- Plan for proper backups and recovery, focusing on company established RTO and RPO
- Maintain clear hardware and software standards
- Utilize automation to perform low-value or high frequency tasks
- Automate network tooling, monitoring, and segmentation
- Develop processes and design systems to prevent issues and recover quickly and gracefully
- Undergraduate degree related to technology
- Minimum five 5 to years' experience leading technology professionals
- Designing networks and phones systems across several hundred locations
- Azure cloud maintenance and optimization
- SQL Server administration
- Audit, DR, security, and uptime accountability
- General understanding of financial and business
- Advanced interpersonal relationship skills at a variety of levels and greatly differing social and business settings
- Demonstrate the ability to analyze relevant information and apply individual judgment
- Action focused
- Strong communication skills (verbal / written
- Proficient with MS Office Suite products
- Must possess a valid driver's license and the ability to operate an automobile
- Master's degree
- Advanced IT knowledge and experience
- Experience driving automation, standardization, and modernization (on‑prem, cloud, or hybrid)
- FortiNet
- NLS Software
- Building and applying artificial intelligence
- JitBit and Azure DevOps
- Snowflake
Skills Required
- Undergraduate degree related to technology
- Minimum five years' experience leading technology professionals
- Designing networks and phone systems across several hundred locations
- Azure cloud maintenance and optimization
- SQL Server administration
- Audit, disaster recovery, security, and uptime accountability
- General understanding of financial and business operations
- Advanced interpersonal relationship skills across levels and settings
- Ability to analyze information and apply individual judgment
- Action focused (results-oriented)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient with MS Office Suite products
- Valid driver's license and ability to operate an automobile
- Master's degree
- Advanced IT knowledge and experience
- Experience driving automation, standardization, and modernization (on-prem, cloud, hybrid)
- FortiNet experience
- NLS Software experience
- Building and applying artificial intelligence
- JitBit experience
- Azure DevOps experience
- Snowflake experience
What We Do
Since 1941, 1st Franklin Financial Corporation has had one goal—Serving communities by offering opportunities to individuals and families through financial services. It’s been over 85 years since Founder Ben F. Cheek, Jr. made his first $34 auto loan. While times have changed, our commitment to customers has not. Our customers know us and more importantly, we know them. This commitment is why we’ve been able to help generations of families in times when they have needed us most. With over 325 loan offices in 8 states, 1st Franklin Financial Corporation continues to provide personal loans, supplying our customers with the cash they need. With offices located primarily in rural locations, we understand the struggles in these areas. We offer loans for auto repairs, home improvements, or debt consolidation. We can help with starter loans, wedding loans, medical expense loans, funeral loans, or a small personal loan to help you meet day to day expenses. We also offer Retail Sales Financing to help our local small businesses grow. Whatever the need, we can answer all of your loan questions and help you find a solution.
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