Architect, Head of DevOps

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an Architect, Head of DevOps for a FULL-TIME assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in midtown Manhattan, New York.

Hybrid schedule 2-3x weekly in-office

The successful candidate will have extensive technical experience working with AWS cloud technologies, preferably for financial services firms, such as asset managers, hedge funds, and/or broker/dealers.

Responsibilities :

• Lead and develop a team of DevOps engineers and platform specialists
• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) with security, stability, and cost in mind
• Design and oversee implementation of CI/CD pipelines and automation strategies
• Establish infrastructure as code practices using CDK, GitLab, AWS developer tools
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure platform stability
• Evaluate and select appropriate cloud technologies and develop best practices based on MIO's use cases
• Ensure application architectures follow cloud best practices for reliability, security, performance, and efficiency
• Develop and enforce best practices for system security, compliance, and disaster recovery
• Optimize infrastructure costs while maintaining performance standards
• Develop reference implementations and contribute through hands-on coding as needed
• Work with development teams to improve deployment processes and system reliability
• Collaborate with business owners to translate business requirements into technical solutions with an eye toward technology consistency and best practices
• Work with engineers, business users, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure solutions align with business goals
• Maintain detailed documentation for reference architectures, design patterns, and system configurations
• Raise the bar on our development capabilities, standards, and processes
• Synthesize requirements gathered from various teams within/outside of IT and suggest creative solutions; where appropriate, guiding MIO to "do it the right way"
• Following a scrum methodology, organize with end users, business analysts, and other architects and developers
• Recommend positive steps toward standardizing development processes, including technology selection, deployment steps, code reviews, and IT tools
• Partner with development, QA, and AppSecOps teams to promote standardization, consistency, and improved security posture
• Applications are primarily developed using Python/Django and libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, PL/SQL. In addition, we utilize SQL Server, MySQL, Elastic Search, Redis, Kafka, Tableau, and various third-party APIs and data sources. Our applications are hosted in AWS using docker containers on ECS/EC2 platforms.
• 25% Technology Leadership: design, mentoring,
• 15% Relationship Building: requirements gathering, brainstorming with end users
• 25% Team management/leadership
• 35% Heads Down Development

Required Skills :

• At least 10+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles
• At least 5+ years in team leadership or management positions
• Bachelor of science in computer science or other related discipline (although strong experience with a less directly related degree will be considered)
• Strong experience in AWS Cloud technologies
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tools (GitLab pipelines, Jenkins etc.)
• Understanding of monitoring and observability tools (ELK, Dynatrace, Datadog etc.)
• Experience with microservices, serverless architectures, and containerization
• Proficiency in AWS cloud platform including infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines
• Formal problem-solving and/or analytical training/experience a plus, as is experience working with management consultants
• Good intuition for end-user requirements gathering; iterative and collaborative approach to design
• Strong client relationship management skills and excellent written/verbal communication skills to interact at all levels

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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