Director, On-Site Digital Engineering

JOB SUMMARY

Functions as a technical and solution architecture expert. Responsible for defining and creating scalable/secure system solutions to deliver real world capabilities within a rapidly evolving on-site digital platform. Leads engagement across multiple teams and stakeholder to make decisions on complex, non-routine service requests with moderate to medium risk. Performs research, analysis, design, creation and implementation of applications to meet current and future user requirements. Defines and creates the next generation of solutions to drive Marriott value by creating solutions that serve our business needs leveraging current and leading-edge technologies in an innovative and impactful manner.

 

CANDIDATE PROFILE

 

Education and Experience

 

Required:

• 8+ years’ experience in developing software with expert-level expertise in multiple programming languages and methodologies
• 8+ years’ experience with application development tools
• 4+ years’ experience in architecture solution development for complex/enterprise level systems
• 4-year degree or equivalent experience/certification

Preferred:

• Graduate degree
• Technology certifications
• Experience in waterfall and/or agile software methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate future software engineering opportunities
• Technology leadership experience in a sourced environment
• 1+ year experience with the following (or similar) tech/tool
Spring Boot
Microservices development
AWS
Kubernetes
Relational Databases
Observability and Monitoring Tools

 

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

 

Technical Leadership

��� Provides deep expertise in defining the architectural and technical software solutions to deliver critical capabilities in an enterprise platform
• Provides recommendations and perspective on forward looking technology and tools for future state system development
• Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate
• Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.

Delivering Technology

• Responsible for creating technical solutions for complex business needs
• Responsible for estimating level of effort to create to deliver solutions
• Validates completeness of requirements when reviewing Service Provider solutions
• Ensures all solutions follow the defined enterprise architecture standards and review processes
• Ensures proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams
• Provides consultation for routine and complex systems development
• Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels
• Coordinates with Operations and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities

IT Governance

• Follows all defined IR standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed
• Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk
• Follows the defined project management standards and processes

Service Provider Management

• Validates that Service Providers develop and manage respective aspects of a project plan, including schedules, deliverables, and appropriate metrics. 
• Makes short term plans for the team to effectively utilize resources 
• Monitors Service Provider outcomes 
• Reviews estimates of work effort for client project provided by Service Providers for accuracy 
• Facilitates timely resolution of service delivery problems and minimizes the impact to clients

 

MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

Leadership

• Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.
• Leading Through Vision and Values - Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of employee decision making and action.
• Managing Change - Initiates and/or manages the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis, taking steps to remove barriers or accelerate its pace; serves as role model for how to handle change by maintaining composure and performance level under pressure or when experiencing challenges.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action.