Solve complex enterprise problems by developing, designing, configuring, and implementing data platform engineering strategies and solutions to meet objectives for the enterprise direction, and large projects across multiple technologies. Provide technical leadership to team, vendor, and contractor resources, defining and implementing and managing standard solutions across platforms. Partner with architecture to own and define strategic vision and roadmaps of data platforms in cloud. Oversee non-standard exceptions and problem management solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement CI/CD pipeline patterns that encapsulate best practices and guardrails to help developement teams comply with the organizations standards. Partner with application development leaders to drive adoption of these patterns throughout the organization. Instrument pipelines and capture telemetry data to improve software development processes.

• Evaluate new tools and technologies, assess impacts of tooling changes, and evolve the DevSecOps stack to keep pace with changing business needs and software development techniques. Independently oversee assignments in the design, detailed configuration, integration, and upgrade of existing and future technologies within DevSecOps. Work with architecture and application teams to strategize, plan, design, review, and approve robust, stable, scalable, and manageable designs. Perform problem diagnosis, initiate problem resolution, and provide ongoing life-cycle support for new technology deployments and upgrades.
• Manage effective relationships and work in partnership with leadership, architecture, application team members, vendors, infrastructure, monitoring, procurement, security, and all other cross commit teams to deliver solutions that take advantage of Cloud/Post Prem direction, while ensuring that service level commitments are met. Mentor, coach, influence, and contribute to the development of peers and other team members.
• Create and approve solutions that span multiple tech capabilities. Oversee new solutions through POC processes. Identify and contribute to use case creation. Recommend, deploy, and document design strategies and solutions for complex software/hardware/network engineering problems. Independently identify key issues, patterns, and deviations during analysis. Recommend robust solutions utilizing pragmatic judgment, creativity, and in-depth technical knowledge and evaluation techniques.
• Collaborate with application and architecture team members to ensure project scoping activities are aligned with architectural objectives and long term portfolio roadmap. Utilize performance data and historical metrics to effectively plan for growth needs; upgrades, migrations, optimizations, and new implementations; identify and resolve efficiency issues; and improve overall functionality. Manage hand-over design solutions and provide testing support and validation prior to release of new and upgraded technologies.
• Create and maintain detailed design documentation, diagrams, engineering specifications, build changes, models, troubleshooting and support guides, systems metrics, and overall project information, including key deliverables. Oversee the technical correctness and completeness of engineering designs and artifacts. Ensure that build activities are completed per engineering diagrams that were drafted and approved for the project. Redirect build activities, as needed.
• Provide thought leadership and influence the refinement of processes, policies, and best practices to ensure the optimal performance and availability of technologies. Promote re-use and develop consistent technical build, implementation, and support processes. Oversee the validation of, and adherence to, defined standards. Ensure designs are secure and the closure of open problem tickets. Ensure improvements align with existing principles and Systems Development Life Cycle methodologies, engineering principles, and portfolio long term roadmap.
• Continuously develop specialized knowledge and technical subject matter expertise by remaining apprised of industry trends, the direction of emerging technologies, and their potential value to the business. Effectively present the value proposition of business-appropriate emerging technologies to technology leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in Engineering or other related degree focus.
• 7-10+ years of experience in engineering and integration technology and/or software development, progressing in complexity and responsibility. Proven success working with other design engineers and architects teams.
• Ability to communicate and articulate technical information across various organizational teams and levels.
• Proven high reasoning aptitude and ability to quickly understand and respond in complex operating environments.
• Ability to coach and mentor experienced engineering staff.
• Experience leading teams in a fast moving business environment.
• Experience leading High Profile Client Facing Online Digital Engineering Teams.
• Experience developing and overseeing Micro-services based platforms.
• Understanding of Front End Engineering and DevOPs / CICD based development.
• Strong understanding of Quality focused Engineering principles, continuous monitoring and automation.
• Ability to think strategically and solve complex business and technical problems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DBaaS(AWS RDS) and DB on IaaS in AWS or other public cloud.
• Knowledge of AWS or other cloud ecosphere including account structure, security, IaM, etc. Associate (Developer, Solutions Architect, or SysOps Administrator).
• Experience with scripting and automation techniques, infrastructure as code technologies (CloudFormation, Terraform), source code management tools (Git/SVN), orchestration tools (Jenkins/Ansible).
• Broad knowledge of DB related capabilities and industry products such as test data management, logical replication, data governance, system integration/ETL, scheduling/orchestration.
• Experience engineering non-cloud DBMS (Oracle/SQL) preferred.

About Our Company
We're a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of 2024. With our team of more than 20,000 people in 20 countries, we advise, manage and protect assets and income of more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Base Pay Salary

The estimated base salary for this role is $128,400 - $170,000 year. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances.

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, disability, veteran status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full time

Exempt/Non-Exempt

Exempt

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Technology

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