First Citizens Bank · 14 hours ago
Senior Manager IT - Application Development (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
8+ years expFirst Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Manager for their Digital Service Technology Engineering team. This role involves overseeing the delivery of solutions and software for the Online Banking platform, managing a team of developers and quality engineers, and driving project planning and execution through agile methodologies.
BankingInsuranceLendingPaymentsWealth Management
Responsibilities
Mentor and coach team of software engineers and quality assurance engineers on best practices, system design principles, and software engineering industry trends
Champion application development security best practices across all engineering efforts
Build authentic relationships with the team and business partners that empower them to lead long-term collaborations across the organization and deliver successful business outcomes
Anticipate the needs of customers; focus work processes on customer satisfaction
Motivate, retain, and develop key staff; promote career development of team members
Lead, influence, and develop peers on project teams so that project goals are achieved
Handle ambiguity and function effectively in a matrix organization
Empower teams to innovate and create an agile environment that supports change
Exhibit “make it happen” and “find a way” attitude
Handle general leadership and administrative duties associated with managing a team of several direct reports
Work closely with program managers and other technical managers to define and plan development projects
Hold team accountable for compliance to all SVB standards, policies and procedures
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience in Applications development, analysis or engineering OR High School Diploma or GED and 12 years of experience in Applications development, analysis or engineering
People developer with a passion for helping individuals set goals, achieve personal and professional success, and produce exceptional work
Proven track record in building, sustaining and navigating stakeholder relationships in and outside the organization, with fact-based decision making and effective approaches to conflict resolution
Proven experience in building a highly performing team and driving technical excellence and ongoing improvement in all aspects of software engineering delivery and quality
Experience in all aspects of software delivery management – analysis, design, estimating, and implementing technology architectures
Strong understanding of design principles, technically scalable data modeling, development best practices, secure coding discipline and quality in all code entering the code base
Ability to execute and prioritize multiple tasks, initiate and conduct meetings with team and peers
Must have proven experience managing teams of at least 8 to 12 resources
Must be willing to engage with and build relationships with a global team which will involve some early morning or late evening meetings
Problem solver who values input from various experiences, seek out information to keep the team on track and voice opinions on the most effective way forward
Must be able to work creatively, calmly, flexibly and under tight deadlines to respond quickly and positively to shifting/multiple demands and opportunities
Proficiency with operational support processes and project management methodologies, tools and processes
Ability to construct presentations and communications in a logical manner, sensitive to diverse audience's needs
Preferred
Passion for application development security and related certification is a strong plus (i.e. CISSP)
Strong understanding of authentication and authorization methods and controls
Strong understanding of privileged access management
Expertise with MFA authentication mechanisms and industry/technology advancements and trends
Experience with enterprise architecture best practices, specifically in application, infrastructure and web/mobile application security
Good knowledge of APIs, Microservices Architecture, Service Registry etc. design best practices
Preferred experience with the following: Experience with REST/SOAP APIs (XML, JSON). User Interface: React, JavaScript, CSS Experience with Node.js, Springboot, Kafka Deep involvement in at least one end to end cloud migration projects preferred
Operationally Focused: Passionate about monitoring, resiliency, uptime, performance and automation as well as security
Deep understanding and experience working with DevSecOps
Cloud experience is a must to have with working knowledge of the following: Well versed in AWS services for monitoring, logging, metrics, high availability, and automation AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Managed Services (EC2, DynamoDB, RDS, Lambda) Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Gitlab CI/CD) principles
Good experience and knowledge of database and database integration tools
Experience with enterprise integration services/solutions
Implementation experience with SAAS/PAAS based solutions
Experience with budget discipline, estimations/sizing, contract negotiations & oversight as well as technical vendor relationship management
Working knowledge of Jira/Confluence or similar collaboration and work management tools
Knowledge of agile software development practices and release management
Prior experience with regulated financial organizations
Company
First Citizens Bank
First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$33M2021-05-07Post Ipo Debt· $10M
2018-08-29Post Ipo Debt· $23M
1986-10-31IPO
Leadership Team
Frank Holding
Chairman and CEO
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Craig Nix
Chief Financial Officer
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