Platform Owner, Azure/AWS Development

CFA Institute•Charlottesville, VA

About The Position

Are you a hands-on engineering leader who still loves to write code? Do you enjoy guiding teams through platform transformation while rolling up your sleeves to shape architecture, review designs, and contribute directly to delivery? As Platform Owner, you will lead multiple agile teams while actively contributing to the modernization of our Azure-based .NET ecosystem into a cloud-native AWS/Java platform. The Cloud Engineer will focus on ensuring the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the systems hardware, software and infrastructure that support the core CFA Institute business functions globally.The position will be accountable for designing, building and supporting activities for technologies including enterprise application software, virtual server systems, Microsoft Azure, AWS, O365 productivity suite VPN\AVD and remote control access solutions.The Cloud Engineer will monitor and analyze system performance and availability using Azure tools, Zabbix, and manage third party vendors for service and support of their systems. The position will serve as a backup to the Senior Network Engineer. What You’ll Do Execute the enterprise platform strategy, including the migration from Azure/.NET to AWS/Java. Manage the Azure/AWS knowledgebase at CFA and serve as the primary point of contact for questions related to the platform. Define and enforce technical standards and best practices for applications hosted on AWS and remaining Azure systems during transition. Lead platform delivery teams, providing management oversight to technical leads and ensuring alignment with the modernization roadmap. Manage and prioritize platform technical debt, focusing on accelerating retirement of legacy .NET services and adoption of Java-based services. Provide onboarding, guidance, and ongoing oversight to FTEs and consultant developer teams that may work within the organization’s Azure/AWS platforms. Actively monitor the platform product roadmap, communicate and respond to opportunities and threats related to the evolution of the platform. Educate business stakeholders about the platform and identify opportunities to extend its use across the organization. Contribute platform-specific expertise and insights to the creation of high-level solutions (HLS) developed by the technical leads on the development teams. Coordinate any proof-of-concept work required regarding the adoption of new capabilities. Manage related environment configurations and automated deployments. Ensure pre-production environments are regularly refreshed from production. Establish team goals and metrics for measuring delivery quality. Manage platform related vendor relationships. Evaluate and manage toolsets that provide platform support. Provide system troubleshooting and problem solving across platform and application domains - will be expected to participate in on-call escalations to troubleshoot customer facing issues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum 8 years relevant experience in software architecture and development
Minimum 5 years relevant experience working with Azure/AWS
Strong experience with Java-based application architecture and cloud-native design
Prior hands-on experience with .NET sufficient to understand and lead modernization from Azure/.NET systems (this role is not intended to continue a .NET-centric platform strategy)
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale cloud migration or technology transformation initiatives
Significant experience with leading people toward departmental and technical objectives
Experience with deployment to and management of Azure/AWS environments.
Extensive experience in the following disciplines – Application Architecture, Information Modeling, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Object Oriented Programming, Quality Assurance, and Branch Management

Responsibilities

Execute the enterprise platform strategy, including the migration from Azure/.NET to AWS/Java.
Manage the Azure/AWS knowledgebase at CFA and serve as the primary point of contact for questions related to the platform.
Define and enforce technical standards and best practices for applications hosted on AWS and remaining Azure systems during transition.
Lead platform delivery teams, providing management oversight to technical leads and ensuring alignment with the modernization roadmap.
Manage and prioritize platform technical debt, focusing on accelerating retirement of legacy .NET services and adoption of Java-based services.
Provide onboarding, guidance, and ongoing oversight to FTEs and consultant developer teams that may work within the organization’s Azure/AWS platforms.
Actively monitor the platform product roadmap, communicate and respond to opportunities and threats related to the evolution of the platform.
Educate business stakeholders about the platform and identify opportunities to extend its use across the organization.
Contribute platform-specific expertise and insights to the creation of high-level solutions (HLS) developed by the technical leads on the development teams.
Coordinate any proof-of-concept work required regarding the adoption of new capabilities.
Manage related environment configurations and automated deployments.
Ensure pre-production environments are regularly refreshed from production.
Establish team goals and metrics for measuring delivery quality.
Manage platform related vendor relationships.
Evaluate and manage toolsets that provide platform support.
Provide system troubleshooting and problem solving across platform and application domains - will be expected to participate in on-call escalations to troubleshoot customer facing issues.