Top Senior IT Jobs in Kansas City, MO

Lead product strategy and roadmap in an Agile environment for federal programs. Prioritize backlog, translate stakeholder requirements into Epics/Stories, manage delivery with Jira/Confluence, measure product performance, promote Lean Agile practices, and drive cross-functional collaboration to deliver enterprise solutions and continuous improvement.

Design, build, and operate secure CI/CD pipelines and platform services for classified and unclassified environments. Develop AI-assisted tooling, integrate security scanning and supply-chain controls, deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters and shared services (Harbor, Nexus, Vault, ArgoCD), implement IaC (Terraform/Ansible), and support AI/ML infrastructure. Troubleshoot builds, enforce compliance (cATO/RMF), and produce operational runbooks while supporting multiple concurrent federal and DoD projects.

Senior UI/UX Designer responsible for end-to-end human-centered design: user research, wireframes, prototypes, usability testing, accessibility (Section 508), design systems, and providing detailed interface specifications for developers working with React/JS/CSS in a microservices environment.

Senior UI/UX expert responsible for human-centered design, UX research, prototyping, usability testing, IA and accessibility reviews, and delivering detailed interface specifications for developers. Leads design strategy, dynamic forms and complex UI components, maintains UX frameworks, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and works with front-end technologies (ReactJS/JavaScript/CSS/HTML/Tailwind) in a microservice architecture.

Drive IT operational maturity and financial management by analyzing spend and operations, managing renewals and PO lifecycle, delivering reports, advising leadership on budget optimization, vendor rationalization, and process improvements.

Lead sourcing and vendor governance for IT categories (primarily hardware, also software and services). Develop sourcing strategies, run RFP/RFI/RFQ events, negotiate contracts, manage supplier relationships, track vendor performance and risk, and coordinate compliance with Legal, Audit, and Risk teams. Support stakeholders on vendor selection and implement vendor management plans and process improvements.

Lead enterprise IT audit strategy and execution for insurance and financial systems. Oversee audits of core insurance platforms, financial systems, cybersecurity, cloud, IAM, SDLC, and regulatory compliance. Advise executives and regulators, manage remediation, prepare Audit Committee reporting, and mentor IT audit staff.

Lead and manage a team responsible for design, deployment, and support of enterprise Wi-Fi (Cisco platforms). Ensure stability, performance, security, and capacity planning; manage vendors/carriers and SLAs; define KPIs and report to leadership; drive modernization projects, automation, and process improvements. Participate in on-call rotation and after-hours work as needed.

Lead and manage a virtualization team operating mixed VMware and Nutanix environments. Ensure availability, performance, security, upgrades, migrations, automation, capacity planning, incident management, vendor relations, KPIs, and alignment with cloud and business objectives.

Lead an Automation Center of Excellence to build and maintain IaC, automation pipelines, and configuration management across colo and multi-cloud (Azure, GCP, OCI). Drive standardization, governance, security controls, CI/CD integration, incident management, GitOps and policy-as-code adoption. Mentor team members, manage vendor relationships, measure automation KPIs, and provide executive reporting. Participate in on-call rotation and work outside normal hours as needed.

Support and manage Private Bank applications including risk deliverables, change/issue requests (CRQ/EMR/ERP), and Jira BAU stories. Interface with technology and business partners, document processes, complete audited deliverables, and train teammates within an Agile environment as an individual contributor.

Perform IT risk audits across applications, OS, databases, networks and cloud environments. Develop and execute test programs, analyze controls, document findings, communicate results, and track remediation. Lead audit engagement lifecycle and collaborate with stakeholders on risk assessment and audit planning.

Manage and improve cloud-based SaaS IT environment, administer M365 and identity systems, operate and tune security platforms (Arctic Wolf, Zscaler, Okta, Mimecast), monitor alerts and lead incident response, oversee helpdesk (Freshservice), manage vendors, enable users through training and documentation, and apply AI and automation to streamline IT operations.

The Senior IT Engineer will design a cloud-based IT environment, enhance security practices, implement automation, lead projects, and mentor team members.