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Valley Bank · 1 day ago

Head of Cloud & Enterprise Infrastructure

Morristown, NJ

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Valley Bank is a leading relationship bank built for growth with nearly 100 years of experience and over $60 billion in assets. The Head of Cloud and Enterprise Infrastructure will provide leadership and oversee the design, implementation, and management of the enterprise IT Infrastructure and Cloud platforms, ensuring security, resilience, and scalability of systems.

Banking

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

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

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

Qualification

Cloud Platform EngineeringVMWareAzureDisaster Recovery PlanningInfrastructure as CodeCloud NetworkingDevOps PracticesMachine Learning ConceptsVendor ManagementBusiness AcumenProcess ManagementTeam LeadershipCommunication Skills

Required

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

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

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

A background in Consulting in the Financial space is preferred, but not required

Masters degree in engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology

Company

Valley Bank

Glassdoor3.2

Valley National Bank is a regional financial institution

Founded in 1927

Wayne, New Jersey, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.valley.com/

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