AVP - IT Infrastructure - NBFC

Defining IT infrastructure strategy, direction, architecture, standards and management to include disaster recovery, security, systems, servers, monitoring, performance, networks and storage. This role must ensure reliable 24x7 operations and be a champion for our journey to Cloud (specifically AWS) and DevOps. This position will act as a liaison between IT Operations and other functions within IT (Application Development, Data Engineering) and outside IT (InfoSec, other business units as needed).

- Ability to continue to optimize the cost of Cloud based workloads once they are moved to AWS as part of overall infrastructure cost optimization

- Possess a deep experience in DevOps with proven results enabling continuous deployment and continuous integration (CI/CD)

- Possess some experience and background in infrastructure architecture, systems administration, network administration and storage administration.

- Proven experience in IT infrastructure management in a complex, customer-facing eCommerce environment with significant reliability and uptime requirements.

- Experience with managing on-prem workloads as well as migrating workloads to Cloud, specifically AWS while optimizing the cost of Cloud based workloads.

- Ensure seamless connectivity and integration of all the systems.

- Project manage and Implement process changes based on business feedback.

- Ensure data accuracy and conduct data audits

- Timely MIS, reporting and ensure high uptime of the systems.

- Ensure proper system documentation, including configurations, licenses, upgrades/ updates schedules and so on.

- Continuous Process improvement, Simplification and Automation

- Manage technology audit, carry out recommendations in terms of application & information security

- Assess the IT infrastructure and operations organization (people, process, and technology) to determine best course of journey towards Cloud, specifically, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

- Lead the IT infrastructure and operations organization towards a primarily Cloud/AWS