Director, Head of Cloud Systems

Company: Guardian Life Insurance Company
Location: New York
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

Director, Head of Cloud Systems - (20001691)DescriptionPosition SummaryDo you have the desire to be part of this collaborative & innovative technology group? Is a culture where "People Count" and "We do the Right Thing" and "We Hold Ourselves to Very High Standards" important to you? If so, Guardian Life Insurance Company is actively seeking a passionate, driven and self-motivated individual to join its Cloud Platform Team. The Director, Head of Cloud Systems will deliver technically sound engineering solutions that will be instrumental to the advancement and maintenance of Guardian's Cloud Infrastructure. As part of the engineering team, you will specialize in helping drive efficiency and reliability into the Development and Operations Delivery lifecycle. While embedding with teams, you will strategize, consult, and prototype alongside other engineers to implement best practices and solutions for applications. You will evangelize infrastructure automation, cloud solutions in AWS, and display a strong understanding of Cloud-as-a-Service varieties: PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS.Responsibilities & Expectations:* Ability to plan and lead an engagement with an application team adopting DevOps, Cloud solutions and Tools* Work with product owners to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios while continuously improving software engineering practices.* Work within and across SAFE Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of development tools and technologies.* Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of our environments* Ability to clearly articulate and explain complex concepts and technologies to a non-technical audience* Ability to function in a rapidly evolving environment and adapt to frequent transitions in technologies and teams* Strong analytical, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills are necessary due to the dynamic nature of collaborations with customers, vendors, and other engineering teams, solving complex system problems together* Design and develop automation workflows, performing unit tests and conducting reviews to make sure your work is rigorously designed, elegantly coded, and effectively tuned for platform performance, and assessing the overall quality of delivered componentsQualificationsBasic Qualifications* Bachelor's degree* 3 years of experience as a team leader of software development projects or infrastructure as code concepts* 2 years of experience developing applications using SAFE Agile frameworksPreferred Qualifications* AWS Certified Professional Level* 2+ years of experience building with infrastructure-as-code tools like TerraformAbout GuardianGuardian has been helping people protect their futures and secure their lives for more than 160 years. Every day, we serve approximately 29 million people through a range of insurance and financial products. As one of the largest mutual insurance companies, we know what matters most: putting the needs of our customers first. Because everyone deserves a Guardian. Learn more about Guardian at guardianlife.com#GuardianITGuardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.-- Copyright 2020 The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York, NY.Primary Location: United States-New YorkOther Locations: United States-Pennsylvania, United States-New JerseyJob: Information TechnologySchedule: Full-timeShift: Day JobJob Type: StandardTravel: Yes, 10 % of the TimeJob Posting: Dec 16, 2020, 4:03:09 PM

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