Associate Director Technology II
About The Position
The Associate Director Technology – II is responsible for supervising a team of IT employees focused on the development and delivery of IT system solutions. This role involves overseeing the development and integrity of new applications and systems, as well as the support and maintenance of existing ones. The position manages a team working across various technical areas including Agile, Application Design and Programming, Business Support, Database, Systems Architecture and Engineering, Systems Technical Support, and Technical Disciplines of Software Delivery Project / Program Management, and Technology Security. The role also coordinates the software development lifecycle process, partners with technology vendors and consultants, and collaborates with other business areas and IT organizations to identify business issues, develop strategies, and set technical direction. Additionally, the Associate Director provides leadership for projects, including developing business cases, defining requirements, creating plans and schedules, managing resources, tracking funding, and preparing budget analysis. The role involves conducting joint goal setting and performance reviews, assisting with resource allocation, financial responsibilities, and long-range planning. A key responsibility is developing highly scalable architecture for the Order Domain and Enterprise order lifecycle, utilizing Cloud technologies (Azure, Cassandra/SOLR, Postgres), and Event-Based architecture (Kafka, Azure Event Hub, Java/J2EE). The position also involves requirements gathering, analysis, decomposition into feature delivery items, and software delivery using SDLC on Azure and On-Premise environments. The role leads engineering teams and applies experience with Digital Transformations, including migrating legacy platforms. The Associate Director supervises eight employees: two Lead Quality Assurance, two Lead Software Engineering, one Lead Tech Product Manager, and three Senior Software Engineering.
Requirements
- Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent degree, in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Science, Electronic Engineering, or Computer Information Systems
- 5 years of experience in the job offered, or 5 years of experience in a related occupation
- Developing highly scalable architecture
- Utilizing Cloud technologies including Azure, Cassandra/SOLR, and Postgres
- Utilizing Event-Based architecture including Kafka, Azure Event Hub
- Building Java-based high-volume/high-transaction e-commerce applications
- Performing requirements gathering, analyzing requirements, and decomposing into feature delivery items
- Leading engineering teams
- Applying experience with Digital Transformations that includes migration of legacy platforms
Responsibilities
- Supervise a team of IT employees responsible for the development and delivery of IT system solutions.
- Perform functions involved in the development and integrity of new applications, systems, and the support and maintenance of existing applications or systems.
- Manage a team working in technical sub families including Agile, Application Design and Programming, Business Support, Database, Systems Architecture and Engineering, Systems Technical Support, and Technical Disciplines of Software Delivery Project / Program Management, and Technology Security.
- Coordinate software development lifecycle process.
- Assist in the coordination, evaluation, and partnership with technology vendors outside consultants and internal dotted line resources as needed.
- Work with other business areas as well as other IT organizations to identify and quantify business issues associated with specific projects, develop and implement business strategies, and assist in setting strategic technical direction.
- Assist in providing leadership for projects including collaborating with the client to develop business cases, defining business and technical requirements, preparing detailed plans and schedules, calculating resource allocation and assignment, providing ongoing coordination, tracking of capital and expense funding, and preparing actual vs. budget analysis.
- Conduct joint goal setting and performance reviews.
- Assists in the allocation of resources, financial responsibilities, and some long-range planning.
- Develop highly scalable architecture for Order Domain and Enterprise order lifecycle.
- Utilize Cloud technologies including Azure, Cassandra/SOLR, and Postgres.
- Utilize Event-Based architecture including Kafka, Azure Event Hub, and Java/J2EE.
- Perform requirements gathering, analyzing requirements, and decomposing into feature delivery items.
- Work on delivery of software utilizing SDLC on Azure and On Prem as necessary.
- Lead engineering teams.
- Apply experience with Digital Transformations that includes migration of legacy platforms.
- Supervises (8) eight employees, including two (2) Lead Quality Assurance, two (2) Lead Software Engineering, one (1) Lead Tech Product Manager and three (3) Senior Software Engineering.
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
- Adoption Reimbursement
- Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
- Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Extensive employee wellness programs
- Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
