We are currently looking to hire Infrastructure Lead. This is an exciting opportunity to expand your skill set, achieve job satisfaction and work-life balance. More details as below.
Job Description
Job Brief:
We are looking for a dynamic Infrastructure Lead to spearhead our migration, modernization, and IT transformation efforts within the banking sector. The Infrastructure Lead will be responsible for overseeing both on-premises and cloud infrastructure strategies, leading cross-functional teams, and ensuring that all solutions are secure, scalable, and compliant with industry regulations.
Job Duties:
- Lead the delivery and execution of hybrid infrastructure migration strategies and modernization projects.
- Directly manage a team of architects and engineers, ensuring alignment with project goals.
- Develop infrastructure policies and best practices in collaboration with security and compliance teams.
- Establish project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
- Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and report on project progress.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
- Ensure all infrastructure solutions are optimized for performance, scalability, and security.
Responsibilities:
- Data Center Migration and Consolidation:
- Oversee the strategic planning and execution of data center migrations, ensuring alignment with business goals and minimal disruption to operations.
- Lead efforts to consolidate multiple data centers, optimizing resource utilization and reducing operational costs while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
- Infrastructure and Platform Modernization:
- Develop and implement comprehensive infrastructure modernization plans that leverage both on-premises and cloud technologies.
- Collaborate with application teams to drive the transformation of monolithic applications into microservices architectures, facilitating their deployment on modern platforms.
- Evaluate and implement the latest platform technologies, including Event-Driven Architectures, Distributed Caching Solutions, Container Orchestration Platforms
- Transformation Leadership:
- Direct the implementation of innovative infrastructure solutions that enhance performance, scalability, and security for both on-premises and cloud environments.
- Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement within the infrastructure team, encouraging innovative approaches to complex challenges.
- Performance Monitoring and Reporting:
- Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to assess the performance and efficiency of the infrastructure.
- Monitor infrastructure performance and provide regular reports to senior leadership, identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization.
- Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:
- Collaborate with IT leadership and business stakeholders to align infrastructure strategies with organizational goals and priorities.
- Communicate project updates, architectural designs, and transformation strategies effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to team members, promoting best practices in infrastructure design and implementation.
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity:
- Lead the development and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans for critical infrastructure components, ensuring minimal downtime and data loss.
- Continuously assess and improve DR strategies to adapt to evolving business needs and technological advancements.
Requirements:
- 9 years of experience in IT infrastructure management, with at least 5 years in a leadership role overseeing on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
- Significant experience in managing on-premises infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies.
- Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and experience in integrating cloud services with on-premises infrastructure.
- Proven experience in leading the modernization of legacy systems to a hybrid cloud architecture.
- Deep expertise in implementing infrastructure modernization strategies and utilizing the latest platform technologies, including:
- Event-Driven Architectures (e.g., Apache Kafka)
- Distributed Caching Solutions (e.g., Redis, Memcached)
- Container Orchestration Platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift)
- Comprehensive understanding of banking regulations and compliance standards such as PCI DSS, GDPR, and PSD2.
- Lead the implementation of monitoring and observability solutions for both on-prem and cloud environments.
- Expertise in designing secure infrastructures and integrating robust security measures across environments.
- Proven experience in designing hybrid cloud networks using SD-WAN and VPNs.
- Proven experience in designing and implementing DR and HA strategies for mission-critical applications.
- Strong leadership and communication skills to engage with senior stakeholders and drive project success.
- Experience managing large-scale infrastructure transformations using Agile and DevOps methodologies.
