IT Infrastructure Platform Leader (Sr. Chief)
$149,515–$175,900 year
On-siteChicago, Illinois, United States or New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Define and execute the strategic roadmap for HP NonStop and Stratus platforms, establishing standards, governance, and operational controls for core infrastructure environments. Lead production operations, incident management, and root-cause analysis while overseeing hardware refreshes, OS upgrades, and technology lifecycle programs. Manage software maintenance, security remediation, and vendor relationships, presenting capacity plans, risk assessments, and investment recommendations to senior leadership. Drive business continuity, disaster recovery testing, and resiliency validation exercises to ensure exceptional availability and performance. Present platform health metrics and strategic initiatives to stakeholders, fostering a culture of operational excellence across cross-functional teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, MIS, engineering, computer science, mathematics, any science, or equivalent work experience
- 10 or more years of experience in delivering software-based solutions/supporting mission-critical enterprise infrastructure environments
- This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week
- 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
Desired Qualifications
- Expertise in one or more of the following: HP NonStop (Tandem), Stratus Platforms, PSeries/AIX, IBM Z (Mainframe), or highly resilient based Linux/x86, including architecture, administration, performance optimization, resiliency, and lifecycle management
- Strategic Infrastructure Leadership with the ability to define and execute platform roadmaps, modernization strategies, and long-term technology investments aligned to business objectives
- High Availability & Fault-Tolerant Systems Expertise supporting mission-critical environments with stringent uptime, reliability, resiliency, and performance requirements
- Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity & Resilience Planning experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise recovery capabilities and operational readiness programs
- Infrastructure Performance Engineering & Capacity Planning leveraging monitoring tools, operational analytics, forecasting methodologies, and trend analysis to drive platform optimization
- Technology Lifecycle & Modernization Management including hardware refreshes, software upgrades, platform migrations, capacity expansion initiatives, and technical debt reduction strategies
- IT Service Management (ITSM) & Operational Excellence with deep knowledge of incident, change, problem, risk, and operational management frameworks in 24x7 production environments
- Infrastructure Security, Regulatory Compliance & Audit Management ensuring adherence to enterprise security standards, governance requirements, regulatory controls, and audit readiness
- Executive Communication & Stakeholder Influence with proven ability to lead major incident communications, present technology strategy to senior leadership, and drive cross-functional decision-making
- Engineering Leadership, Vendor Management & Financial Stewardship including leading highly specialized engineering teams, managing strategic technology partnerships, budget planning, investment prioritization, and cost optimization
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