Director of Core Technology and IT Operations

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Job Responsibilities 

• Define the future-state infrastructure strategy aligned with firm-wide digital transformation goals including having a global footprint and optimizing real-time analytics, AI workloads, and secure data exchange.

• Build a new infrastructure team focused on AI, big data, and intelligent automation.

• Introduce AI-based methodologies for infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and incident response.

• Design a self-healing, AI Driven infrastructure that predicts and resolves issues autonomously.

• Recruit and develop talent with skills in cloud engineering, data architecture, cybersecurity, and AI operations.

• Oversee migration from legacy systems to cloud-native and AI-enabled platforms.

• Responsible for the design and creation of an AI enabled Data Lake/Lakehouse driving accessibility and availability of data (real time).

• Create a future-state environment that empowers citizen developers to build low-code/no-code solutions.

• Participate as a key stakeholder in broader governance groups ensuring alignment of IT Initiatives and business outcomes

• Establish an intake and governance model to ensure alignment, security, and compliance for citizen-developed apps.

• Provide toolkits, training, and guardrails for safe and scalable citizen development initiatives.

• Setup and deploy Managed Data Lifecycle Automation for compliance, retention, and secure archival of all Armanino data leveraging Data Governance frameworks with automated metadata tagging and lineage tracking.

• Redefine/align teams dedicated to the design, delivery, and ongoing optimization of the firm’s foundational technology platforms — specifically infrastructure, cloud, DevOps, cybersecurity, and IT operations to the future state infrastructure strategy.

• Lead network security maturity improvements to address evolving threats and strive to implement a zero-trust architecture and advanced identity management

• Create a culture of IT professionals steeped in alignment, extreme ownership for outcomes, continuous improvement and intellectual honesty

• Ensure that technology systems support key business strategies and processes that enable growth and flexibility.

• Manage capital and operational budgets focusing heavily on ROI and ensuring continual alignment with business outcomes.

• Demonstrate a management style that encourages mentorship, teamwork, participation, communication, and service orientation. Empower the IT team to succeed, assist in removing roadblocks, and coach the team to high-performance levels.

Requirements 

• Bachelor's Degree (Master’s degree preferred) in Information Technology preferred or equivalent experience

• Minimum of fifteen years of progressively senior experience, including experience leading teams across all functions of technology

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or other information security certification desired

• Occasional travel up to 10% to regional offices, client and/or vendor site

• Embody the Firm’s core Purpose, Value and Anchor’s (PVA’s); to be Empowered, to put the Firm First, be Wickedly Smart and to bring Positive Energy to the Firm. 

• Embody the Firm’s core Strategic PVA’s; to be Innovative, Entrepreneurial and to always look for Growth opportunities.

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