US Technology--Technical Lead-DevSecOps

Company: PwC
Location: Albany
Posted on: June 12, 2021

Job Description:

A career in Information Technology, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support our core business functions by deploying applications that enable our people to work more efficiently and deliver the highest levels of service to our clients. You'll focus on managing the design and implementation of technology infrastructure within PwC, developing and enhancing both client and internal facing applications within PwC, and providing technology tools that help create a competitive advantage for the Firm to drive strategic business growth. Our Information Technology Development team helps develop and supports internal information technology systems and applications for use by all staff levels. You'll help our team develop programmes and applications that cater to PwC's strategic technology needs using your knowledge of technical domains of application.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:

High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience:

6 year(s) of progressive roles managing IT system/software development and project management processes

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:

Bachelor Degree

Preferred Fields of Study:

Information CyberSecurity, Computer Applications, Computer Programming

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in improving and managing the productivity of technology processes and business processes by creating automated workflows to replace manual workflows including the following areas:

• Cloud Native technologies including OCI/Docker, Kubernetes, and Cloud Administration (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure);
• Dynamic & Static Software Analysis (e.g. Veracode, Twistlock);
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Google Cloud Deployment Manager, CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager);
• Vulnerability Management;
• Cloud Native Cyber Security (e.g. Cloud Secrets Management, Registry Security, Image Signing, WAF Containers);
• Lean IT principles and data driven approaches;
• Script languages and automation (e.g. HCL, YAML, Python, Bash, Powershell, Google Apps Script, Groovy); and,
• Modern web application development (e.g. AngularJS, NodeJS, CSS3, Bootstrap).

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in application and business IT strategy that spans multiple technology platforms, preferably for a global network of professional firms including the following areas:

• Influencing and leading multiple teams or projects, within Security Architecture;
• Building, maintaining and managing DevSecOps aspects of large-scale public cloud infrastructure and services (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.);
• Guiding matrix teams to appropriate security architectures using knowledge management techniques, outreach, and data-led improvement;
• Developing build, deployment, and security tools in a professional setting or open source;
• Defining techniques and technologies used to secure and monitor cloud infrastructure;
• Utilizing technical understanding that spans multiple platforms and portfolio of applications with demonstrated knowledge of the business strategic priorities in order to resolve complex problems;
• Utilizing regional data center and operations functions to support the integration of key priorities and understanding of application service operation management principles;
• Directing a team while leading projects and initiatives related to operations and process improvements with internal staff, contractors and managed service vendors;
• Managing multiple application support areas covering a variety of applications and sourcing models;
• Interacting with senior leadership and peers across the organization to impact the strategic direction of application support processes;
• Driving compliance to SLA's for application support;
• Defining short and long term plans for application support based on strategic priorities of business;
• Translating the RDC and operations plan by leading others and performing work with significant independence; and,
• Supporting and facilitating formal and informal coaching and development activities for employees and coordinate contractors and managed services assignments.

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