VP, Cloud Platform Container Engineer(L12)

Job Description:

Role Title : VP, Cloud Platform Container Engineer

Company Overview:

Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #2 among India’s Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India’s Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.

• Synchrony celebrates ~52% women talent

• We offer Flexibility and Choice for all employees and provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being

• We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities for all to take up leadership roles

​Organizational Overview:

This role will be part of the Cloud & Platform group part of CTO organization.

• Cloud team is responsible for the SYF public cloud platform & services.

• Govern health, performance, capacity, and costs of resources and ensure adherence to service levels

• Build well defined processes for cloud application development and service enablement

Role Summary/Purpose:

The VP, Cloud Platform Container Engineer is responsible for leading the design and implementation Kubernetes platforms across multiple cloud solutions. This role will partner heavily across the business areas in the enterprise, driving cloud automation process and solutions.

Our Way of Working:

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. You have the option to be remote, and work from home, or come into one of our offices. You may be occasionally requested to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, training and culture events.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, Build and Enable Kubernetes Platforms: Design, develop and deploy AWS-based platforms such as Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, AWS Fargate, Broadcom Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated

• Cloud Infrastructure Development: Utilize Terraform for automation, ensuring scalable and reliable infrastructure.

• Container Engineering: Build automation for container deployment with HELM and other GitOps tools to maintain an run the platform clusters.

• Cloud Networking and Security: Design and implement for secure cloud networking, including subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalls, and security measures.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless platform integration and functionality.

• Ensure compliance with financial industry standards and best practices.

• Provide technical leadership and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement amongst teams.

• Promote best practices for cloud architecture, governance and operations across the organization.

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture; OR in lieu of a degree, 12+ years of experience IT infrastructure or cloud architecture

• 6+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying solutions on AWS

• Experience in banking OR other highly regulated industries with a focus on compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS, GDPR or SOC 2

• Proven expertise designing, implementing, and securing full scale AWS IaaS environments and virtual datacenters (including infrastructure, networking, storage services)

• Proven experience designing, implementing, securing, and supporting AWS data platforms and integration services.

• Advanced proficiency with IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK

• Deep understanding of cloud networking, identify management, security and governance

Highly Recommended AWS Certifications:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

• AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong interpersonal skills to foster collaboration across IT and business, and other cross-functional teams

• Proficiency in analyzing complex challenges and making data-driven decisions

• Ability to adapt to evolving technologies and priorities and staying up to date to drive innovation and continuous improvement

Eligibility Criteria:

Minimum of 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture; OR in lieu of a degree, 12+ years of experience IT infrastructure or cloud architecture

Work Timings:

This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time – 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs. Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details.

For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role before applying

• Inform your manager or HRM before applying for the role on Workday

• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, skills) 

• Mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)

• Must not be on any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, PIP)

• L10+Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible

• L10 + Employees can apply

Grade/Level: 12

Job Family Group:

Information Technology