Managing Director, Cloud and Infrastructure Enablement
ATB Financial, Canada

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Job Number: REQ2448

Location: Anywhere in Alberta

Apply by: Friday September 10th, 2021

Paygrade: O-OTH

# Positions available: 1

Leader Name: Scott McDonald

Reporting to the Vice President of Technology Enablement, the primary focus of this position is to lead the teams that develop and sustain best-in-class foundational technologies in support of ATB team members to do their best work. This role is required to lead and collaborate with the respective Transformation teams to design, deliver, and support on the technology strategy and all underlying technologies both in cloud and on premise. As a strategic stakeholder, this role will lead the design, execution, and sustainment of foundational technology strategies that ensure effective day-to-day operation of services of the ATB Transformation and Technology Enablement plan.

You will find success based on your ability to manage and deliver in the following areas:

Service Delivery amp; Technology Enablement

• Working with ATB teams to define a prioritized set of business outcomes and application work to accomplish those outcomes within the limitations of capacity constraints, including resources and financial.
• Working with the ATB Risk amp; Integrity, ATB Information Security and ATB Internal Audit teams to ensure that the organization's applications are effectively secured and that risks are mitigated.
• Establish and deliver on key strategic objectives for the Cloud and Infrastructure Enablement team, with a focus on the following service areas, but are not limited to:
  • Core Infrastructure On Premise - Network: Ensure the effective implementation and operation of core networking technologies, wired and wireless, to ensure team members can rely on the technology services they need to do their jobs. This includes working with the ATB Information Security team to maintain the most appropriate / highest level of security to protect ATB assets. This includes direct oversight of managed service partners (i.e. Telus Network Services).
  • Core Infrastructure On Premise - Servers: Ensure the effective implementation and operation of core server technologies across the Windows, Linux and AIX stack, including service virtualization technologies. This includes direct oversight of managed service partners (i.e. IBM).
  • Core Infrastructure On Premise - Database: Ensure the effective implementation and operation of core database technologies, including IBM DB2, Oracle and MS SQL Server - related to database administration, backup and recovery for core foundational services.
  • Core Infrastructure On Premise - Storage: Ensure the effective implementation and operation of core storage technologies, including online storage but also backup, recovery and data archiving activities. This includes direct oversight of managed service partners (i.e. IBM).
  • Core Infrastructure On Premise - Security: Working with the ATB Information and Cybersecurity team to ensure the effective security management of ATB data and assets. This includes the timely patching of underlying operating systems and third-party software.
  • Core Infrastructure to Cloud: Ensure ATB is aggressively moving on premise workloads to the public cloud, including Infrastructure as a Services and Platform as a Service, with a focus to ensuring the effective management and monitoring while reducing costs.
  • SAP Basis: Ensure the effective implementation and operation of core SAP core / Basis activities for reliable banking system operation. With a particular focus on enabling SAP in the Cloud and promoting future flexibility with non production systems for testing / developing.

Strategy amp; Management

• Be a champion and catalyst, working with other Technology Enablement amp; Transformation teams to deliver on the Transformation teams goals related to ATB cloud computing.
• Advancing the knowledge, skills and careers of people that would report to this role and ensure as well that all people in this sphere of control are appropriately managed, advanced, trained and provided opportunity to feel rewarded in their work.
• Understanding new technology and emerging delivery methodology trends and determine viability for ATB, particularly as the trends relat

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