Senior DevOps Architect

Job Title : Senior DevOps Architect

Location : Irving-TX-USA : Hybrid

Duration : Long term

Description:

Product Engineering and Development is looking for a dynamic, entrepreneurial, highly motivated Distinguished Engineer for developing the NaaS (Network As A Service) initiatives in the Technology and Product development organization. The position will be responsible for Technology development, solution design and managing software development for product offerings in Network & Security integrated offerings. This Role will require a strong entrepreneurial attitude who can ideate, collaborate, design, solution, and architect NaaS product solutions working with internally developed solutions and vendor solutions. The candidate should be able to work in an agile environment across stakeholder organizations (including other Software development teams, Product Management, Security & Network Operations, Network design teams, back-office systems, Customers, Sales and partner’s). The role requires strong background in software development and product development and delivery for enterprise customers

The person as Technical Lead Architect , in this position will be responsible for driving a technical team consisting of software engineering functions for any feature development and system maintenance. Responsibilities include:

Responsible for developing an Network & Security product portals and software solutions

• Partner with stakeholder organizations to define and align on product roadmaps, priority and delivery dates

• Work with the product and delivery teams to collaboratively drive new solutions, proof of concepts and help drive the architectural direction of the solution.

• Be a recognized technology leader in the network and security product portfolio and drive a technology lead path to grow revenue by implementing NaaS solutions

• Act as a cross functional technology leader in driving build vs buy decision for product development and product launches

• Identify new opportunities for integrating network and security services to enhance and differentiate Verizon product offering

• Develops and owns Solution architecture and Delivery Team’s backlog, ensures user stories are written and acceptance criteria are met, and you’ll demo the working features internally and externally.

• Collaborates with stakeholders and development teams (internal and external) to ensure successful implementation of new or enhanced functionality for the product.

• Manage, mentor and develop a strong technical team that manages product engineering functions for security solutions.

• In collaboration with product and operations stake holders develop a product consolidation strategy for security products operating on legacy platforms as new product solutions are developed

What we’re looking for...

You will need to have:

• Bachelor's degree and 7-10 years of work experience in enterprise product development.

• Possesses Technical knowledge of complex systems and architecture concepts and ensures project teams are effectively employing appropriate software design techniques.

• Strong software development and delivery background with experience in delivering public cloud based solutions

• Strong technical knowledge and experience in developing/migrating solution using AWS echo systems, Angular Frameworks, and containers

• Good understanding & industry expertise to provide systems perspective and knowledge of compliance frameworks

• Good working knowledge of Network , Security and cloud based services like Private and Public IP Networks, Managed Services, SASE, Zero Trust, DDoS, Security Gateways, WAFs, etc.

• Strong experience developing accessible user portals for demanding customers.

• Experience leading and collaborating across a set of cross functional delivery initiatives

• Experience working with the business and customers on gathering requirements, documenting requirements, managing product backlog, writing user stories, and working with development and vendors to deliver on the product plan and vision.

• Experience working closely with development teams and delivering new functionality.

• Excellent communication skills & lead discussions with product Management and customers to identify new market opportunities and use cases.

• Analyze business results using key financial metrics including volumes, costs, and profitability to ensure offers support customer needs while also achieving business case targets such as revenue and margin.