Manager, Cloud Engineering

The Manager, Cloud Platform Services position is responsible for leading and managing the Cloud Engineering function within Venerable’s Technology Service’s cloud environment. This position provides leadership and direction to high-level professional staff within our Cloud, Network, Network Security, Monitoring, Identity, and Batch engineering functions. The position executes on a defined business plan to fulfill the IT department strategies, and is expected to display measured and professional communication skills across a variety of audiences and situations. Our ideal candidate will have experience in the Financial Services industry.

Principle Responsibilities:

• Leadsthe Cloud Engineering TowerwithinVenerableincludingpeople,process,andtechnology. Establishes standards, maintains operational processes, and ensures delivery of cloud services, including:

•AWS Cloud (EC2, S3, FSx, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, Route53, IAM)

•Network Security (Cisco NAC, Palo Alto Firewalls, AWS Security Groups)

•Network (Cisco Switching/Wireless, Palo Alto SD-WAN, AWS Load Balancers, VPC)

•Monitoring (AppDynamics, Kentik, AWS Cloudwatch)

•Identity (Microsoft Entra, Active Directory, AWS Directory Services)

•Batch (Stonebranch)

• Executesbusinessplansandcontributestothedevelopmentoffunctionalstrategies.
• Appliesbroadindustryandcommercialawarenesstodrivefinancialandoperationalperformanceacrossa single function
• WorkswithinternalstaffandServiceProviderstoensureVenerableisachievingalloperationalbased SLAs.
• Participatesinresourcingforoperationalandproject-basedwork.
• ResponsibleforSecurityandAuditRemediationwithinfunction.
• Workswithvendorstoensurevalueisbeingdrivenoutoftheirproductsandservices.
• Maintain control of infrastructure spending: forecasting usage-based spend in cloud platforms, long-term infrastructure asset spending, and accounting for project spend and unexpected cost anomalies.
• Develops and maintains operational processes to ensure timely decommissioning of cloud resources with minimal risk.
• Ensures currency of infrastructure components.
• Work with security architecture and security engineering teams to ensure infrastructure is integrated with security platforms (logging, EDR, vulnerability/configuration management, etc).
• FollowsallITServiceManagementrequirementsandprocesses.
• Recruits,motivates,anddevelopsasuperiorteamoftechnology experts.
• Researchesandimplementsbestpracticesandfostersacultureofcontinuous improvement.
• ​Exercisessounddecision-makingconcerninghiring,performanceimprovementplans/reviews, promotions, salary recommendations and terminations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Models superior communication and negotiation skills; writes and speaks clearly and concisely; presents ideas understandably and persuasively; uses appropriate channels for audience and subject matter; able to consume and share information at multiple levels, from detailed technical directions to high level business concepts.
• Bachelor'sdegree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or related field is preferred.
• 7+ Years progressive responsibility within Information Technology
• 5+ Years progressive responsibility working with an Infrastructure Focus
• 3+ Years working in a cloud environment 
• Experience in Financial Services is preferred
• General Security Background (Such as a CISSP, CISM, or equivalent experience) is preferred
• Understanding of common security frameworks and regulatory requirements and how they apply to infrastructure.
• Familiarity with infrastructure hardening principles, secure configuration baselines, and access control best practices.
• Ability to interpret, prioritize, and act on findings from penetration tests, vulnerability scans, and security audits.
• BroadExperienceworkingwithin a Fully Cloud Environment
• Demonstratedsuccessinsuccessfulexecutionof multiplemajorprojectsorasustainedrecordof successdeliveringcomplexIT services to a diverse clientele.
• Possessesexpertconflictresolutionskills.Employsacollaborative,fact-basedapproachandtheabilitytosupportandarticulate decisions.
• Abilitytoeffectivelycoachanddevelopstaff
• Abilitytoleadthroughtimesofchange

Venerable Values:

We are Courageous -

We think critically, ask "why?" and seek out creative solutions.