Lead Application Development Support

Job Description

Stting the strategic direction for the approach and architecture, and for the overall delivery of a consistent, controlled, documented and streamlined development support platform. The Application Development Support Lead is also the primary liaison with audit, risk and regulatory compliance groups to ensure the development processes meet requirements defined in corporate policies and standards. 
Design, implement and manage a platform of processes and tools to support the SDLC
Develop a process to support frequent, rapid, and streamlined releases into several QA and UAT environments. Administer source code control systems. Advise developers on the proper use of build and release system automation
Advise development teams on working within corporate guidelines and Federal regulatory mandates. Assist with SDLC training materials and conduct training sessions with new developers to communicate policy information and the associated release/change procedures. Lead process improvement projects as application development functions are migrated to a new SDLC and Release Management process. Work to consolidate multiple source code control systems and disparate development processes. Periodically provide project status and progress reports to AMG, ERM, Treasury and Corporate Management groups. Produce reports and statistics that allow for the analysis of change and release processes to be improved and become more efficient. Collect ongoing metrics and periodically report SDLC and Release Management KPIs to Corporate oversight groups
Design, implement and manage a platform of processes and tools to support Release Management
Define the release and change processes for 200+ applications running within multiple Windows and Unix environments
Work with development groups to define an approach for automating build, packaging, and installation processes
Define and communicate the process for emergency release procedures and application roll-backs
Manage a Release Management function to coordinate controlled software deployments to multiple QA, UAT, and Production environments. Manage release and change processes to be compliant with Agile-based policies and standards
Design, implement and manage a platform of processes and tools to support Batch Processing Design and implement a flexible, robust, scalable and centralized platform to support all batch processing across the AMG, ERM and Treasury systems.  Work with the development groups to implement dependency-driven, re-entrant, centrally monitored and fault-tolerant jobs on this platform.  Manage a Batch Processing function to administer the batch processing platform and to help operate upon and monitor the platform when necessary
Coordinate with audit, risk and regulatory compliance groups.  Collaborate with Corporate groups to understand Policy and Standard requirements.  Work with development teams to implement requirements using Agile-based methods.  Maintain process and procedure documentation which describes the implementation for AMG/ERM/Treasury O&S.  A perspective for automation is required. 

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing Application Development, Infrastructure, Information Security and Production Support functions.
• Extensive hands-on, leadership experience in Agile methodologies (such as Extreme Programming and Scrum) within a software development function.
• Experience applying automated methods to Application Development and IT functions (e.g., server/desktop builds, application deployments, nightly cycle automation, etc.).
• Experience working in several programming languages
• Experience working in Oracle or other SQL-based database environments
• Experience working in controlled development, testing and production environments
• Hands-on knowledge of source code control concepts and systems, integrated development environments (IDEs) and multiple application architectures (such as Web, distributed messaging systems and client-server).
• Experience in the Microsoft Windows and Unix operating systems platforms (OpenVMS a plus).
• Basic understanding of finance, fixed income securities and derivatives 
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
• Solid work ethic, self-driven with the ability to work with minimal supervision

Candidate must be willing to travel as needed

Additional Information

Must be a US citizen or Green Card holder

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.