Senior Chief Engineer - Storage & Data Protection and Virtual Infrastructure

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

U.S. Bank is seeking a highly motivated Senior Chief Engineer who will spearhead a technical team driving innovation and excellence within our organization, with a keen focus on Storage & Data Protection and Virtual Infrastructure. Will provide a combination of technical and business leadership while being the primary trusted and capable owner of one or more high priority, high visibility, complex focused initiatives that typically cross multiple technology and business line areas. Will have some direct reports (e.g., an architect, systems analyst, etc.) and provide guidance to a larger community including affected systems, program management, and test leadership.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversee strategy and drive technological advancements for Virtualization, SAN, NAS, and Backup technology to simplify management, lower costs, and improve reliability and performance.
• Govern program technology and engineering dimensions, advising on solution definition, planning, and high-level design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technology initiatives with business goals and act as an interface with Technology, Business Line, and Vendor subject matter experts for solution design and delivery, providing counsel during ideation stages.
• Lead and co-develop the platform strategy with technology-specific Chief Engineers for SAN, NAS, Hypervisor, and Backups.
• Partner with Cloud hosting and development pipeline teams to integrate, where feasible, to create a common experience and ease portability.
• Proactively communicate issues, risks, mitigations, and other status to senior leadership and serve as the primary escalation point for project issues.
• Champion refresh activities and adherence to bank standards and methods using learnings from program delivery, SMEs, and industry best practices.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in business, MIS, engineering, computer science, mathematics, any science, or equivalent work experience
• 10 or more years of experience in developing and implementing strategies in Storage & Data Protection and Virtual Infrastructure

Required Technical Skills/Experience

• Expertise in hybrid cloud and private cloud environments.
• Deep understanding of Virtualization, SAN, NAS, and Backup technologies.
• Experience working with VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, PowerMax, DataDomain, Pure, Cohesity, Netapp, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Strong leadership skillset, ability to inspire a team of highly skilled engineers.
• Proven experience in leading teams and managing technology projects.
• Strong background in strategy development, architectural design, and capacity planning.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Extensive knowledge of delivery processes such as planning, development, project management, migration, testing, architecture, security, vendor management, risk, and system performance management.
• Advanced technical understanding of multiple solutions and methods.
• Well-developed leadership abilities and strategic management skills.

Location Expectations

The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means theres an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. Thats why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

EEO is the Law

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors. Applicants can learn more about the company’s status as an equal opportunity employer by viewing the federal KNOW YOUR RIGHTS EEO poster.  

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $149,515.00 - $175,900.00 - $193,490.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Job postings typically remain open for approximately 20 days of the posting date listed above, however the job posting may be closed earlier should it be determined the position is no longer required due to business need. Job postings in areas with a high volume of applicants, such as customer service, contact center, and Financial Crimes investigations, remain open for approximately 5 days of the posting listed date.