Application Manager

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Columbus
Posted on: October 16, 2024

Job Description:

Job Title:Application ManagerLocation:OH - ColumbusWhat you'll do:The Application Manager will be responsible for developing and directing a team of application support engineers for Western Alliance Bank's National Business Lines (NBL). This role also works closely with application delivery teams to ensure the reliability of technology solutions and capabilities. The primary focus of the application support team is managing Level 1 and Level 2 support including infrastructure monitoring, incident and ticket management and environment configuration and controls. The NBL applications are expected to thrive in high availability environments with appropriate redundancies and continuities which this team will actively monitor and manage. You will coordinate with both vendor partners and our internal IT teams (Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, IAM and Security) to ensure the environment stability.In addition to the support responsibility, you will have responsibility for a separate delivery team. You will lead a development team focused on the delivery of payment and document management solutions in our Business Escrow Services group working closely with product leaders and across business teams to ensure the delivery and reliability of technology solutions and capabilities.What we are looking for: As the support leader:

• Develop a disciplined approach in vetting, implementing and monitoring change activity.
• Monitor, manage and communicate issues/incidents in the daily course of business.
• Develop deep understanding of our technology engineering (networks, systems, vendors) and the role/responsibilities that each team plays in operating our business solutions.
• Build and maintain KPIs and KRIs to monitor the stability and application performance.
• Manage and assign work through Tickets, Incidents and Project work across support engineers.
  • Manage robust, reliable, secure and scalable systems on premise or in the cloud.
  • Ensure adherence to key IT control processes and provide support for compliance and regulatory review of controls.
  • Drive employee development, retention, resource planning, talent management, performance management, and achieve a diverse and engaged workforce.As the delivery leader:
    • Work closely with product leaders across business teams to ensure the delivery and reliability of technology solutions.
    • Develop solutions across multiple IT domains (APIs / services, Portals, Web /Mobile solutions, Core Application Services, Stored Procedures, SSIS packages).
    • Build and maintain partnerships to ensure technology team members understand business needs, functional specifications, and delivery solutions that align with business objectives.Qualifications:
      • 8+ years in a bank and/or FI delivering technical capabilities (in IT or business line) as a service to the organization; leading application management or development, IT change control and change management, business process improvement, IT application management, incident management.
      • 8+ years' experience in management, project management, IT consulting, or related field.
      • 8+ years' experience working on project(s) involving multiple development life cycles (SDLC).
      • 4+ years leading people and developing expertise to manage a scaling environment, working to develop opportunities for people from within the organization and growing a team to be a leading contributor to our future success.
      • Demonstrated communication skills across multiple groups including technical resources, application teams, business teams and executive leadership.
      • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, CIS, Engineering, or related field.
      • Strong ITIL skills in Change, Incident and Problem Management.
      • Foundational knowledge on technical infrastructure and architecture to deliver a resilient processing environment preferably Cloud based solution (Azure is a plus).Benefits you'll love:We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!About the company:Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.-- Western Alliance Bancorporation

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