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Executive Director, Cloud Engineering

SALARY: $280K PLUS 30% BONUS

CHICAGO - 3 DAYS ONSITE 2 DAYS REMOTE

Will mange a team of management architecture, configuration, disaster recovery, automation, creation of new infrastructure cloud automation. Devops docker Kafka container management buildouts software installation maintenance support patcher fixes upgrades virtualized Servers financial services a plus or highly regulated environment AWS Solutions architect associate certification strongly desired AWS (financial) key

The ideal candidate is a leader passionate about new technologies and leading technical teams to accomplish complex project initiatives and implement mission critical systems, while keeping current with trends in the Cloud and Infrastructure spaces for areas to improve, with a steady eye towards the extensive regulatory/compliance demands on our company (eg CIS, NIST, etc).

Responsibilities:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.
• Reports to the Executive Director, Cloud Architecture, Reliability and Engineering
• Leads the team in the design, configure, implement and manage a fully automated workflow for provisioning and maintaining a complex, highly available cloud environment using infrastructure as code
• Oversees the development and maintenance of a library of deployable, tested, and documented automation design scripts, processes, and procedures for deploying services to the cloud
• Lead the DevOps development activities and complex development tasks that will involve working with tools such as Docker, Kafka and container management systems
• Oversee cloud computing environment build-outs, software installation, maintenance and support, including but not limited to, patches, fixes, end-of-life preparation, and upgrades
• Manages the team on the reliability of the services your area of responsibility provide and manage to both specific and implied SLAs to help the organization achieve both internal and external quality standard excellence for the cloud platform
• Lead the assessments and plans for capacity needs within the cloud platform and forecast accordingly
• Implement and manage initiatives within Cloud Engineering with accountability for results and compliance with all controls and security requirements
• Oversee the development of technology roadmaps and end-of-life technology plans
• Oversee the implementation of production changes during defined maintenance windows and support on call rotation
• Maintain appropriate work/personal balance within your team
• Foster an atmosphere of trust, respect, and high performance while displaying strong ethics and integrity
• Lead in the management of project and daily work tasks planning and prioritization and meeting project deadlines while also maintaining a high quality of work

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree
• 15+ years experience in IT systems installation, operations, administration, and maintenance of cloud systems/virtualized Servers
• Experience working in a financial services or highly regulated environment preferred

Certificates or Licenses:

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification or higher strongly desired
• Relevant industry certifications such as Microsoft Azure or Google