This role offers a hybrid work schedule; offering the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while providing the opportunity for in-person collaboration. 

At M&T Tech, we’re a team of makers, doers, and builders, working to create the most advanced technology solutions in banking.  We’re not your stereotypical suit and tie bankers: we’re an innovative team of leading tech experts, pushing boundaries, and taking risks.  We’re building an agile team of the most skilled and creative workers to solve complex problems, architect solutions, write high-performance software, and chart our new path, all to make the lives of our customers, and the communities that we serve, better.  Join us and be part of something new as we build tomorrow’s bank, today.

The Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Operations Team engineers and supports all the foundational technology used across M&T Bank.  We support two Data Centers, 15,000 Distributed platforms, 24 Mainframe Regions, a secure and reliable Network connecting all the technology across the bank footprint and process approximately 635,000 automated jobs per month.  In addition to that foundational technology level, we own the operational support processes, monitoring and command center that provide a unified, well-managed technology response when issues arise.    We deliver innovative, and compelling technology solutions, in partnership with our line of business CIOs, to enhance the internal customer experience that enables our business partners to deliver.

Overview:    

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Active Directory Engineering Team Lead to lead our Security Engineering team with a focus on Active Directory. This role will be pivotal in managing strategies and solutions to secure and optimize our critical Active Directory infrastructure. Manages the activities of several Engineering and/or Architecture Team Leaders or units and responsible for each Team’s/unit’s development and systems support efforts.  Provides day-to-day direction for the units and applications in line with goals of department and the clients they support.  Responsible for managing client relations and expectations.  Manages the project queue for their area.  Strives to achieve individual and organizational objectives at minimum cost.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of security engineers specializing in Active Directory.
• Develop and implement comprehensive strategies to secure, optimize, monitor, and maintain our Active Directory infrastructure.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices for Active Directory security.
• Collaborate with other technical teams and leadership to deliver innovative solutions and services to our customers.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Manage and participate in consults with client management in the analysis of short-range business requirements and recommend innovations that anticipate future impact of changing business requirements.  Responsible for building a positive client relationship.
• Monitor the technology direction of the industry and vendor applications.
• Research and initiate change to the status quo, when necessary.
• Responsible for vendor and product analysis and recommendations.
• Oversee application development, support testing efforts, technology infrastructure/project management and other technology domains.
• Serve as subject matter expert in assigned area of responsibility.
• Build rapport within the organization. Communicate and develop a professional level of communication and cooperation.
• Maintain relationships with vendors and professional organizations.
• Control the activities of the teams, assign personnel to various projects and direct their activities.
• Ensure completion of schedules.  Responsible for short-term staffing planning.
• Implement technology consistent with Division standards and long-range plans. Ensure adherence to all Department and Technology standards and procedures, including all documentation requirements.
• May translate requirements to assist staff in preparing detailed specifications for system enhancements.  Manage recommended designs based on business and technology requirements.   Identify issues and concerns.
• Manage monitoring project plans; may coordinate major project activities.  Remain current on activities outside the team that may impact the team or client environment.
• Recommend and initiate new policies and procedures that improve the performance and effecti