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Job Description
Role Title: AVP, Cloud DevOps Engineer - Platform (L11)
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 ~51% women diversity, 105+ people with disabilities, and ~50 veterans and veteran family members.
• 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, focusing on Advancing Diverse Talent 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.
Value Proposition
We’re pioneering the future of financing and the technology our customers use, helping build the industry as we continue to build our company. With so much opportunity available, this is where you can make your mark.
Role Summary/Purpose
The AVP, Cloud DevOps Cloud Automation is responsible for leading the implementation automation platforms across cloud solutions. This role will partner heavily across the business areas in the enterprise, driving cloud automation process and solutions.
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.
You’re the one we’re looking for if you:
• Are comfortable tackling new challenges and ways of working
• Are ready to move from traditional methods to agile ones
• Are committed to helping us transform and build a private cloud
• Have tactical experience building out and engineering
• Are ready to define your career path
• Are comfortable challenging your peers and leadership team
• Can prove yourself quickly and decisively
Essential Responsibilities
• Build and Enable Core Platforms: Develop and deploy AWS-based platforms such as AWS Databases (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, Memory Data) Services, AWS Container Services, AWS Serverless services.
• Cloud Infrastructure Development: Utilize Terraform for automation, ensuring scalable and reliable infrastructure.
• Automation Engineering: Build automation scripts using Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Python to optimize platform deployment and management.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless platform integration and functionality.
• Ensure compliance with financial industry standards and best practices.
• Promote best practices for cloud architecture, governance and operations across the organization.
Required Skills/Knowledge
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field with minimum of 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture, OR in lieu of a degree, 7+ years of experience IT infrastructure or cloud architecture
• 2+ 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
Desired Skills/Knowledge
• Strong interpersonal skills to foster collaboration across DevOps, Engineering 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
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field with minimum of 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture, OR in lieu of a degree, 7+ years of experience IT infrastructure or cloud architecture
Work Timings: 3pm to 12 am IST
(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 and HRM before applying for any role on Workday
• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
• Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, PIP)
• L++ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
• L0++ Employees can apply
Grade/Level: 11
Job Family Group
Information Technology
Job Description
Role Title: AVP, Cloud DevOps Engineer - Platform (L11)
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 ~51% women diversity, 105+ people with disabilities, and ~50 veterans and veteran family members.
• 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, focusing on Advancing Diverse Talent 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.
Value Proposition
We’re pioneering the future of financing and the technology our customers use, helping build the industry as we continue to build our company. With so much opportunity available, this is where you can make your mark.
Role Summary/Purpose
The AVP, Cloud DevOps Cloud Automation is responsible for leading the implementation automation platforms across cloud solutions. This role will partner heavily across the business areas in the enterprise, driving cloud automation process and solutions.
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.
You’re the one we’re looking for if you:
• Are comfortable tackling new challenges and ways of working
• Are ready to move from traditional methods to agile ones
• Are committed to helping us transform and build a private cloud
• Have tactical experience building out and engineering
• Are ready to define your career path
• Are comfortable challenging your peers and leadership team
• Can prove yourself quickly and decisively
Essential Responsibilities
• Build and Enable Core Platforms: Develop and deploy AWS-based platforms such as AWS Databases (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, Memory Data) Services, AWS Container Services, AWS Serverless services.
• Cloud Infrastructure Development: Utilize Terraform for automation, ensuring scalable and reliable infrastructure.
• Automation Engineering: Build automation scripts using Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Python to optimize platform deployment and management.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless platform integration and functionality.
• Ensure compliance with financial industry standards and best practices.
• Promote best practices for cloud architecture, governance and operations across the organization.
Required Skills/Knowledge
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field with minimum of 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture, OR in lieu of a degree, 7+ years of experience IT infrastructure or cloud architecture
• 2+ 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
Desired Skills/Knowledge
• Strong interpersonal skills to foster collaboration across DevOps, Engineering 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
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field with minimum of 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture, OR in lieu of a degree, 7+ years of experience IT infrastructure or cloud architecture
Work Timings: 3pm to 12 am IST
(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 and HRM before applying for any role on Workday
• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
• Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, PIP)
• L++ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
• L0++ Employees can apply
Grade/Level: 11
Job Family Group
Information Technology
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The AVP, Cloud DevOps Engineer - Platform (L11) position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in New Delhi offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
