Disaster Recovery Application Lead

General information

Career area
Technology

Work Location(s)
500 Woodward Avenue, MI, 601 S. Tryon Street, NC

Remote?
No

Ref #
19980

Posted Date
08-04-25

Working time
Full time

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some clich people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You're constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?

Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity

Ally is seeking a application lead to help drive disaster recovery plan for the technology organization. This role would be responsible for developing ADRP plan, executing the plan, documenting the findings to management and provide technical/non-technical help to application teams to conduct a successful disaster recovery. The ideal candidate will have equal experience working on documenting requirements for DR, knowledge of Jira, Service now, Confluence, word, ppt, excel is a must. The candidate should know how to engage various teams and rally the troop to make disaster a success. The candidate should also have working knowledge of cloud providers preferably AWS, Gitlab, Terraform and various databases. (These are good to have but not must for this job)

At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that's worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We're always evolving and see that as a good thing. From owning our work to seeing its impact in the real world, our team is relentless in finding new ways technology can help make experiences better and help people. We are problem solvers, we value diverse thinking, we support one another, and we challenge ourselves to think bigger in the journey to deliver customer-obsessed tech solutions. To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog at ally.tech

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The Work Itself

• Collaborate with other team member as a member of an Agile [Scrum/Kanban] team and provide significant contributions to iterative rapid DR cycle execution.
• Use technical knowledge, creativity and company practices and priorities to create solutions to complex business problems.
• Maintain DR documents and create metrics on a regular basis
• Work with Product Owner to understand business requirements and translate into technical implementation strategies for ADRP
• Partner with QA Analysts to ensure testing is performed as expected after DR.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily stand ups, sprint review demonstrations, sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, etc.
• Document DR solutions and ensure supportability.
• Experience in designing, developing and maintaining DR for both On Prem and cloud applications.
• Creating complex power BI reports and visuals.
• Ability to work on weekends or night to support the DR

The Skills You Bring

Required:

• 5+ years of experience serving as a technical authority and work with other team members
• 5+ years of experience working in an Agile setting with other developers, QA, Scrum Masters and Product Owners
• 5+ years of experience with core i nfrastructure.
• Knowledge of all phases of software development including design, coding, testing, debugging, implementation, and support
• Experience coordinating with multiple stakeholders across the organization
• Ability to thoroughly understand the business issues surrounding each project
• Experience with standard change management tools and processes
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject or equivalent experience

Preferred:

• Experience with the following tools is beneficial, but not required: Confluence, JIRA, Bitbucket, Gitlab, Open Shift, Power BI, ServiceNow
• Understanding of AWS Terminologies and Operations

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How We'll Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

• Time Away: Program starts at 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly (time off days are prorated based on start date and program varies based on full or part-time status and management level).
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers program and other employee discount programs.
• Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
• To view more detailed information about Ally's Total Rewards, please visit this link: ;/li>

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Pay Range : $110000 - $180000 USD

An individual's position in the range is determined by the specific role, the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.

Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.