Applications Delivery Services Manager

Role Overview

• Leads application development and delivery for a segment of payments portfolio
• Responsible and accountable for building the solutions for business needs and maturing the technology practices and processes
• Leads and manages team(s) of ~10-15 software engineers for end-to-end delivery of mission critical application solutions
• Lead, coach, and mentor team members to achieve individual and team goals, providing regular feedback and performance management
• Identify and address training needs, develop succession plans, and foster a culture of continuous learning and growth
• Ensure that the team has the necessary resources and tools to perform their jobs effectively
• Address and resolve conflicts within the team, fostering a positive and inclusive work environment
• Collaborates with stakeholders across the organization on planning for production delivery and appropriate (level 3) production support
• Responsible for providing technical guidance to software engineers, including hands on development of complex applications based on reference architecture
• Ability to work on multiple tasks while coaching others simultaneously to produce high quality deliverables
• Demonstrates deep experience developing and supporting complex, mission critical systems
• Demonstrates strong innovation, influencing, negotiating skills, and strategic agility
• Demonstrates professional maturity, ownership of complex issues, and a strategic vision for the future
• Informs and communicates with senior leaders, decision-makers, and stakeholders, regarding pertinent application and/or infrastructure activities, including software development, data management, middleware, infrastructure, and security activities
• Makes hiring decisions and recommendations
• Provides performance feedback to staff and takes disciplinary action consistent with the Bank's policies and principles
• Makes recommendations to leadership regarding employee salary and career role changes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of directly related experience and/or education required
• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering preferred
• Minimum 10 years of professional information technology experience to include managing and/or supporting software development in a cross-platform environment
• Experience managing and/or supporting major software development projects requiring coordination across a national organization with technical staff specializing in highly complex technology solutions
• Experience managing and/or supporting vendor software and Software Integration projects requiring coordination across a national organization is a plus
• Additional experience (a plus): Leading/Participating in cross-organizational, system workgroups
• Developing team goals and objectives that effectively advance the goals and objectives of the organization and communicating a compelling vision that motivates the team to meet or exceed the organization’s goals and objectives
• Defining and implementing policies and procedures that ensure the goals of the organization are achieved effectively, efficiently and with the highest degree of quality.
• Knowledge Area/Technical Competencies in areas below is a big plus: Experience working with Java/Java EE application development
• Experience working with Spring framework technologies
• Experience with Automated Testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Experience developing Angular front-end applications
• Experience with DB2, Oracle and/or PL/SQL development
• Experience with IDE’s (JMeter, Eclipse, Visual Studio), GIT, Maven, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab)
• Experience with secure coding practices and tools for SAST and DAST
• Experience with JMS (preferred IBM MQ)
• Experience with RHEL, OpenShift, AIX and Windows
• Experience with Application Servers (preferred IBM WebSphere and/or Liberty)
• Experience with AWS cloud native services, containerization and deployments.
• Excellent organizational, project management and problem-solving skills
• Excellent initiative, innovative thinking skills, and the ability to analyze details and adopt a big picture view
• Experience with financial services and payments applications involving large volume of data and processing

Tech Stack

• Angular
• AWS
• Cloud
• Java
• Jenkins
• JMeter
• Maven
• OpenShift
• Oracle
• Spring
• SQL

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare options (Medical, Dental, and Vision)
• 401K match, and a fully funded pension plan
• Paid vacation and holidays, flexible work environment
• Generously subsidized public transportation
• Education Assistance Program
• Professional development programs, training and conferences
• And more…