Director - Technology - Java Backend Architectures - IT Captive

Position: Director-Technology (Java Backend Architectures) (Leading MNC IT Captive)

Role:

- Drive delivery and end-to-end management of large-scale, business-impacting initiatives

- Support and lead technical conversations, including architecture review, code review, and the SDLC process

- Lead globally distributed technology teams through programs and projects to create, enhance and maintain applications, platforms, technology systems and processes

- Engage with product and business leaders to understand business needs and translate these needs into executable solutions, while managing expectations, gathering requirements, and managing the RFP process for large-scale programs

- Bring new innovations and implement the same to define platform roadmap

- We are looking for someone who will be good to end a project in an aggressive timeline with high quality deliverables.

- Establish strong collaborative relationships with key internal Clients, CoEs and other stakeholders

- Continuously drive process improvements, manage, coach, and foster the development of our technical talent.

Requirements:

- Master's or Bachelor's in computer science or related field

- 15-20 years' experience in technology roles; including experience in Software Engineering, delivery, and architecture/design

- 6+ years' experience leading large scale, global application teams, using Cloud native technologies.

- Prior hands-on experience in backend architectures including Java development and microservices, SQL and Azure cloud native architectures/design.

- Experience planning, estimating and executing large-scale on-premise applications to Cloud, preferably Azure, is a must have.

- Advanced knowledge of data structures, algorithms and designing for performance, scalability and availability

- Led cross-functional, highly distributed teams through the execution of large scale projects using Agile development

- Experience driving progress towards the model of CI/CD, TDD, Containerization, Container management and orchestration.

Location: Chennai

This position is for a Client of Vertex Corporate Services which is a Leading MNC IT Captive