Software Engineering Director

Truist Bank•Atlanta, GA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Lead a team or teams responsible for technology solutions that meet business needs and satisfy risk and operational requirements of the Tech organization. Identify and resolve complex technical, operational, risk management, and organizational challenges for an LOB or several Sub LOBs. Leverage emerging technologies and automation to improve business efficiencies, enhance speed-to-market of solution delivery, and support business and enterprise transformation and optimization. Direct the engineering and deployment of significant delivery projects in accordance with specified technical requirements, schedules and budgets, including Agile methodologies. Oversee the planning, design, engineering, testing and deployment of application projects in conjunction with a variety of resources, which may include Waterfall or Agile approaches. Develop departmental plans, including business, financial, production and/or organizational priorities based on IT and focuses on long-term operations planning and performance, and broader business objectives and priorities Apply an in-depth understanding of systems engineering and administration and a basic understanding of other IT disciplines in guiding and coaching team members. Adapt plans to meet service and/or operational challenges. Identifies and resolves technical, operational, risk management, and organizational challenges Maintain appropriate Risk Profile through owning the first line of Risk defense, proactively identifying risks, and implementing the necessary mitigations where warranted. Partner effectively with 2nd line of defense, Auditor, and regulators to ensure Risk is identified and mitigated appropriately Lead role or technical consultant role in large or complex projects or initiatives Full management responsibilities for teammates: hiring, disciplinary, coaching, terminating, performance reviews. Act as an Agile champion. Responsible for delivering high quality working software and automating manual/reusable tasks. Leverage engineering practices to deliver business value. Responsible for oversight of software engineering and unit testing, and supporting integration and functional testing. Oversee warranty support and knowledge transfer to production support. Ensure developed code is in accordance with the acceptance criteria established by the Product Owner.

Requirements

Must have Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related technical field.
Must have 8 years of progressive experience in software engineering or IT consulting positions.
Must have at least 5 years of experience performing the following: Applying in-depth knowledge in information systems and understanding of key business processes and competitive strategies related to the IT function to identify, apply, and implement IT best practices.
Applying broad functional knowledge in requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and deployment of applications.
Planning and managing projects and solving complex problems by applying best practice.
Providing direction and mentor less experienced teammates.
Utilizing experience with: Rally, Jira; Azure DevOps; Agile & Waterfall SDLC; Microservices Architecture; Modular Monolithic Architecture; Messaging: MQ & Kafka; Relational Databases, including IBM-IMS, IBM-DB2, Oracle, SQL & MySQL; NoSQL Database, including Redis & Dynamo; Kubernetes; AWS Cloud Services, including API Gateway, AWS Direct Connect, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Lambda, Amazon CloudWatch; SOAP UI; SAML; Java; Microsoft Office; and Splunk.

Responsibilities

Lead a team or teams responsible for technology solutions that meet business needs and satisfy risk and operational requirements of the Tech organization.
Identify and resolve complex technical, operational, risk management, and organizational challenges for an LOB or several Sub LOBs.
Leverage emerging technologies and automation to improve business efficiencies, enhance speed-to-market of solution delivery, and support business and enterprise transformation and optimization.
Direct the engineering and deployment of significant delivery projects in accordance with specified technical requirements, schedules and budgets, including Agile methodologies.
Oversee the planning, design, engineering, testing and deployment of application projects in conjunction with a variety of resources, which may include Waterfall or Agile approaches.
Develop departmental plans, including business, financial, production and/or organizational priorities based on IT and focuses on long-term operations planning and performance, and broader business objectives and priorities.
Apply an in-depth understanding of systems engineering and administration and a basic understanding of other IT disciplines in guiding and coaching team members.
Adapt plans to meet service and/or operational challenges.
Identifies and resolves technical, operational, risk management, and organizational challenges.
Maintain appropriate Risk Profile through owning the first line of Risk defense, proactively identifying risks, and implementing the necessary mitigations where warranted.
Partner effectively with 2nd line of defense, Auditor, and regulators to ensure Risk is identified and mitigated appropriately.
Lead role or technical consultant role in large or complex projects or initiatives.
Full management responsibilities for teammates: hiring, disciplinary, coaching, terminating, performance reviews.
Act as an Agile champion.
Responsible for delivering high quality working software and automating manual/reusable tasks.
Leverage engineering practices to deliver business value.
Responsible for oversight of software engineering and unit testing, and supporting integration and functional testing.
Oversee warranty support and knowledge transfer to production support.
Ensure developed code is in accordance with the acceptance criteria established by the Product Owner.