Cloud Engineering Manager

Oak Brook, IL, United States

Take the next step in your journey at Inspira Financial. You will help businesses and individuals thrive today, tomorrow, and into retirement. Become part of a company that is people centric and client obsessed in every interaction; a community of forward-thinking individuals focused on driving results to deliver our mission with an unwavering commitment to integrity. Join us as we strengthen and simplify the health and wealth journey relentlessly pursuing better outcomes for all. We believe in finding the best talent! While some roles are based at one of our office locations, remote roles can sit in any of the following states: AL, AZ, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA and WV. Remote status and role locations are subject to change. Relocation is not provided.

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HOW YOU WILL SOAR:

The Cloud Engineering Manager will report to the Sr. Manager of Cloud Engineering in the Technology Department. This role is responsible for managing and supporting the public and private cloud services and network infrastructures, overseeing the deployment and configuration of all servers and peripherals and the overall Technology Platform Architecture. In addition, this role will maintain and support all server, cloud solutions and operating systems globally across all data center platforms and supported locations. Management and support of critical application infrastructures is also an intrinsic function.

This role will contribute to and define the shape of the underlying Technical Architecture with significant interaction, communication and follow-up with the Business being a fundamental responsibility.

Management of all existing network, server and communication systems

Participation in the design and execution of IT related projects

Plan, design, engineer, implement, analyze capacity and support of networks and hardware configurations

Develop options, recommendations and associated cost/benefits, and implement cost effective solutions

Develop and maintain tools and processes that automate technical systems for teams

Promote and implement a culture of DevOps philosophy.

Research, evaluate, and recommend new tools and technologies

Drive excellent client service communication, response and resolution

Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, anti-virus solutions, and monitoring and intrusion detection systems

Recommend alterations and enhancements to improve quality of products and/or procedures

Coordinate disaster recovery testing activities and drive remediation

Effectively manage 3rd party vendor relationships

Drive IT controls, tracking and reporting processes as they are implemented across IT

Drive knowledge, component and service sharing within the team and across the other disciplines within IT

Improve the stability and resiliency of all relevant production processes, as well as, instituting a robust support model addressing process/application failures. Ensure that a suite of operational metrics are gathered reflecting progress

Directly manage multiple concurrent projects, both simple and extremely complex

Support and participate in the overall IT Governance structure, with specific emphasis on Server and Application Infrastructure, Production Management and Release Control, IT Security, Quality/Testing Management and firm-wide Data Governance

Focus on the implementation of cost-effective, extensible and supportable solutions (whether 3rd party or bespoke)

Stay abreast of project status and issues

Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams of clients, our businesses, developers, support, and outside vendors

Establish and communicate a vision for strategic information, technical, solutions and process architectures. Ensure that it reflects the required flexibility to adapt to constantly evolving business requirements

Facilitate the implementation and support of an overall application architecture which is fit for business purpose and cost effective. This spans both Development and Production environments

Analyze current and emerging industry trends and probable outcomes from vendors and information sources and assess impact on our Technology landscape

Work with internal sales and external clients to assess scalable process and data integration solutions

Work closely with Audit and the Business to support the provision of data sets and information required by external audit, external client due diligence and internal compliance

Other duties as assigned

IF YOU HAVE SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, APPLY:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

7-10 years of experience in Information Technology

5+ years experience in network engineering, systems administration and application support

1 - 3 year of leadership experience

Technical expertise in system administration design, engineering, implementation and operations

Experience with the architecture, implementation, functional enhancement, migration and support of third party hosted cloud, private cloud and hybrid solutions

In-depth knowledge of virtualization tools, VMware and/or Hyper-V

In-depth knowledge and implementation of various Cloud, Colocation and Hybrid Cloud operating models

Excellent project management and organizational skills

Ability to successfully function independently and as a team member

Excellent troubleshooting skills and decision-making ability

Proven leadership and communication skills

Strong technical and support process background

Senior level technical skills in networking, server administration, project management, infrastructure engineering, security management, vendor management and client relationship building

Excellent Audit and Audit Management skills

Proven Vendor Management skills

Experience with ITIL, Cobit, TOGAF a plus

Thorough knowledge of IT Security

Inspira Financial provides health, wealth, retirement, and benefits solutions that strengthen and simplify the health and wealth journey. With more than 7 million clients, representing over $62 billion in assets, Inspira works with thousands of employers, plan sponsors, recordkeepers, TPAs, and other institutional partners helping the people they care about plan, save, and invest for a brighter future. Inspira relentlessly pursues better outcomes for all with our automatic rollover services, health savings accounts, emergency savings funds, custody services, and more. Learn more at inspirafinancial.com.

We have been recognized for our remarkable growth on lists such as Crains Fast 50 and Inc. 5000, and for our outstanding workplace culture and benefits with Built Ins 2023 Best Places to Work and Gallaghers 2022 Best-In-Class Employer awards.

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