Citi Group Infrastructure Delivery Lead - VP 

India, Tamil Nadu, Chennai 

181101606

Key responsibilities:

The role will include, but not limited to the following

· Work with Architecture and Engineering teams/ cross-functional teams to develop standards through templates and process to enforce best practices for software development to ensure platform/environments are stable.

· Creates comprehensive business requirement plans and champions Cloud / IaaS/PaaS adoption of new platforms during IT transformations. Provide Technology Benefit and Business Benefit for any new investment to procure Infrastructure.

· Implement environment maturity models (Production, Contingency, Disaster Recovery) and coordinate build activities by working closely with Technology leads identifying business flow and applications in scope.

· Drive adoption to Implement industry best practices and always use production stability and availability as guideline while implementing solutions.

· Experience in managing projects/programs for enterprise solutions and environment build for business-critical applications and client testing environments.

· Experience in working with Development teams to evaluate capacity needs and estimate capacities based on utilization and growth trends to get demand for building messaging infrastructure.

· Effectively manage day-to-day tasks / activities in coordination with a team of dev leads to meet the deliverables and schedule of a data solution component within a larger application project.

· Collaborate with various application teams by organizing environment/platform related scope of work, planning, change and release management to meet tight deadlines.

· Proactively engaging during business requirements to assess any impact through implementation and Go Live of application components. Also provide cost / benefit analysis and Investment/funding estimates vs. Cost saves for Productivity.

· Partner with other infra leads across business departments and the wider Citi technology groups to drive quality across the application on boarding and production stability initiatives.

· Engage with Client relationship managers and various internal stakeholders to review business requirements and provide solutions to manage SLAs, KPIs and solve conflicts by identifying application, technical and data issues.

· Drive opportunity by documenting lessons learnt and by measuring Key performance metrics to facilitate for continuous improvements.

· Create complex project plans, perform impact analyses, solve/work high impact problems/projects, and provide resolution to restore services

· Review requirement documents, define hardware requirements and update processes and procedures as necessary

· Ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements such as EOVS upgrades

· Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.

· Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.

· Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.

Skills & Qualifications:

· 10+ years of experience in roles centered around infrastructure delivery (application hosting and/or end user services) with a proven track record of operational process change and improvement

· Experience in Expert level skills inSQL, Windows, Linux, Oracle, MSSQL,

· Exposure to

· Experience in managing Infrastructure projects for Enterprise Container Solutions/OpenShift/ Cloud by defining scope, dependencies, and priorities

· Knowledge of industry standard tools and technologies such as AppDynamics, Dynatrace and other Observability tools

· Basic level skills in MQ, TIBCO, Java, Kafka, MQ, Tomcat, JBoss and Middleware/Messaging

· Understanding of how specialization within area contributes to the business and of competitors' products and services

· Ability to develop projects required for design of metrics, analytical tools, benchmarking activities and best practices

· Ability to work with virtual / in-person teams, and work under pressure / to a deadline

· A self-starter who can deliver well as part of a team

· Ability to work under pressure during tight deadlines

· Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with executives, IT Management, and developers

· Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly

· Strong relationship builder, works as a partner with multiple stakeholders and business areas

· Experience in a Financial Services or large complex and/or global environment preferred

· Effective written and verbal communication skills

· Effective analytic/diagnostic/problem solving skills

· Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audience

· Bachelor’s/University degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

· Master’s degree preferred

· Industry certification such as PMP or Technology certifications preferred

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