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IT Director - Platform Infrastructure
USAA     Phoenix, AZ 85067
 Posted about 15 hours    

**Why USAA?**

At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation’s military, but we all share in the mission to give back to those who did. We’re working as one to build a great experience and make a real impact for our members.

We believe in our core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty and service. They’re what guides everything we do – from how we treat our members to how we treat each other. Come be a part of what makes us so special!

**The Opportunity**

The candidate selected for this position will be leading software and infrastructure engineers building cross domain business capabilities on the Enterprise Data and Analytics Platforms team in the Enterprise Chief Information Office. You will work closely with technologists from all domains and the Chief Technology Office to create architecture for data and analytics platforms and applications, including on-premise, private and public cloud. In partnership with our product managers, the leader will interface with other IT teams and business stakeholders to provide solutions for large modernization initiatives. Ideally, you will have hands-on experience in cloud architectures (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and a deep interest and experience in broad enterprise platforms and cloud patterns. We are at the heart of USAA’s data and analytics ecosystem. We power data acquisition, storage, preparation, delivery, information management, governance, reporting, data science, and artificial intelligence.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be **in the office 4 days per week.** This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Phoenix, AZ. Relocation assistance is **not** available for this position.

**What you'll do:**

+ Responsible for developing, maintaining, testing, and monitoring an internal control environment, including preventative and detective controls, to effectively manage risks.

+ Builds and oversees a team of employees for assigned technology support area through ongoing execution of recruiting, development, retention, coaching and support, performance management, and managerial activities.

+ Oversees efforts in establishing documentation standards and quality assurance methodologies for technology support functions and ensure adherence to standards across teams.

+ Accountable for the identification, research, and analysis of end-to-end business, processes, and technology support opportunities.

+ Develops and oversees metrics for technology support capabilities and/or processes (KPIs, KRIs, etc.).

+ Creates a multi-year plan to operationalize a technology support strategy, with key milestones, deliverables, and realization targets.

+ Oversees the creation and execution of departmental budgets and forecasts for applicable technology support function.

+ Oversees the availability management of technology solutions / domains by applying strong change and incident management practices.

+ Works across multiple functional areas and influences future business strategy to be able to best utilize available technology support functions as well as future ones.

+ Stays abreast of industry trends and understands the direction of applicable technology support capabilities and ensures technology environment is agile enough to change quickly to support.

+ Builds successful stakeholder relationships with other IT and business leaders by developing a clear understanding of business needs, acting as a trusted advisor, and ensuring cost-effective delivery of technology support services to meet those needs.

+ Participates in the development of 3rd Party vendors strategy and provides oversight to ensure achievement of technology support objectives.

+ May provide oversight of vendor management activities including service agreements, staff augmentation and technology contracts.

+ Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

**What you have:**

+ Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.

+ 8 years of experience in a technology function to include 3 years leadership experience, demonstrated in either a supervisor or individual contributor role, of IT Professionals in a Software Development/Engineering or Infrastructure environment.

+ Experience overseeing the technology life cycle from requirements analysis, feasibility estimates, design, code, documentation, testing, implementation, and support.

+ Technical knowledge and understanding of technical domains that reside within Infrastructure Services, Data or Application Development.

+ Experience conducting cost benefit analyses and leveraging results to drive technology support solutions.

+ Demonstrated thought leadership in embedding intuitive story telling of technology support functions including concise presentation of complex technical details.

+ Previous experience managing multiple tasks and responsibilities in high-pressure environments; excelling at pinpointing and resolving problems in early stages to avoid cost/time expenses.

+ Experience and ability to drive a culture of quality and personal accountability through technology support teams.

+ Demonstrated experience in vendor contract management and management of distributed development teams and resources.

+ Demonstrated financial acumen involving budgets, forecasting, and executing on the budgets for applicable technology support function.

+ Advanced facilitation, collaboration and consensus building skills, with experience in presenting to cross-functional teams and Senior/Executive leaders.

+ Experience in inspiring, leading, and defining vision, strategy and organizational change.

+ Demonstrated experience in explaining complex technology decisions to both technical and nontechnical audiences at all levels in the organization.

+ Demonstrated ability to influence change at the executive level and team level.

+ Understanding of relevant industry frameworks, i.e. COBIT, ITIL, SAFe, etc.

+ Understanding of Legislative and Regulatory Compliance Requirements.

**What sets you apart:**

+ Seasoned IT leader with 10+ years of leadership experience, on-premise and cloud experience, platform management experience, and data and analytics experience, including data governance, data movement, data persistence, visualization and analytics.

+ Experience with data and analytics products like Fivetran and Sigma.

+ History of successfully implementing new technology platforms for both engineers and business consumers.

+ Leadership role in running multiple large, complex enterprise IT projects, demonstrating the ability to negotiate, prioritize and deliver high quality products on time, within budget.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

**What we offer:**

**Compensation:** USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. The salary range for this position is: $138,230.00 - $264,200.00 **.**

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

**Benefits:** At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

_Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting._

_USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran._

**If you are an existing USAA employee, please use the internal career site in OneSource to apply.**

**Please do not type your first and last name in all caps.**

**_Find your purpose. Join our mission._**

USAA is unlike any other financial services organization. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services; in so doing, USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. We do this by upholding the highest standards and ensuring that our corporate business activities and individual employee conduct reflect good judgment and common sense, and are consistent with our core values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity.

USAA attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource: our 35,000 employees. They are the heart and soul of our member-service culture. When you join us, you'll become part of a thriving community committed to going above for those who have gone beyond: the men and women of the U.S. military, their associates and their families. In order to play a role on our team, you don't have to be connected to the military yourself – you just need to share our passion for serving our more than 13 million members.

USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

California applicants, please review our HR CCPA - Notice at Collection (https://statmcstg.usaa.com/mcontent/static\_assets/Media/enterprise\_hr\_cpra\_notice\_at\_collection.pdf) here.

USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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