DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

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Role Expectations

• Possesses broad base of technical and business analyst skills.
• Capable of serving in a leadership role to drive organizational and IT system delivery results.
• Proven experience in managing large scale IT systems, including support and new feature development.
• Experience with creating and or collaborating on IT system roadmaps that align with business objectives.
• Builds internal network of business and technical relationships.

Research and Analysis

• Analyze application specifications and technology approach to ensure business requirements are met and are scalable for future product releases.
• Investigate future oriented products and take ownership of driving resolution and making proposals that may include reusable components or technologies.
• Research and propose technologies and IT systems that can accelerate the delivery of business value.
• Work with Business Analysts, Project Management, and Data Management to recommend future application solutions.

Enterprise System Solution Crafting

• Demonstrate fluency in technical aspects of suite of technical products and business applications.
• Produce conceptual design documents and detailed specifications for large-scale and complex projects to reinforce our technical product and architectural standards.
• Collaborate with cross functional team members to diagnose and resolve complex defects identified throughout the SDLC.

Implement and Support

• Work with Operations to develop implementation and contingency plans that mitigate the risks for unfavorable occurrences in technical environments.
• Provide application maintenance and support as required.
• Participate in and oversee the development team in the resolution of complex production problems according to business requirements.

Leadership

• Provide leadership and system strategy recommendations to senior leadership and help drive delivery excellence for small- and large-scale integration, engineering, and maintenance efforts that may include integrating third party systems and new business features.
• Coach the Software Engineering team in both formal and informal working techniques, creative problem solving and business support.

Specific Skills may include

• Custom Application Development Leadership: Expert Understanding and Implementation Experience in Standards and Best Practice: Database, Pattern Implementation, Coding, Architecture, Pattern Usage and Implementation. Leverages Deep and Broad Knowledge: OO Concepts (Multi-Tier Competency, Expert in at least 1 Tier), Class Modeling, Design Model Translation, Substantial and Demonstrated Single Platform as well as Single IDE. Technical certifications or equivalent level of expertise in the following technologies:.NET 4.x, SOAP / Rest Services, ADO.NET, MVC, Vue.js, Bootstrap, jQuery.
• Mobile Application Development: Maintain knowledge and skills in cross-platform mobile device application development. Technical certifications or equivalent level of expertise in the following technologies: Xamarin, Swift, Objective C, Java.
• Database Development Oversight: Expert knowledge and skills in development and support of PL/SQL and report writing. Technical certifications or equivalent level of expertise in the following technologies: SQL Server 2019, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Reporting Studio.
• Enterprise Integration Leadership: Expert knowledge and skills in development and support of B2B web service, enterprise data exchange, and file transfer. Technical certifications or equivalent level of expertise in the following technologies:.NET SOAP / REST Services (ASMX, WCF, MVC), EDI, BizTalk.

Education Requirement

4-year college degree, preferably in Computer Science or Business-related studies.

Experience Requirement

10+ years related experience in application engineering.

3+ years related to director-level leadership in mid-sized enterprise organizations.

Need to be open to:

• Remote in the USA Only
• Contract-to-Hire 3-6 months
• Must be US-Citizen or Green-Card only
• Will be required to travel once/quarter for Team Meetings