Career Area
Information Technology
Experience Level
Experienced
Available Work Locations
Detroit (Michigan), Michigan (Detroit)
Ally Requisition #
21-7092
Job Description
Position Description
The successful candidate must have enterprise experience in VMware infrastructure processes. They must have the ability to learn and implement new technology developments while providing technical leadership within IT in keeping the Ally’s Private Cloud Infrastructure current and sustained.
This role maintains a relationship with all IT disciplines at Ally to continually drive improvements in practices and procedures used by IT operations teams. Be key contributor to the scope and activities of IT Infrastructure Operations Management. As processes adapt to ever changing regulatory and audit requirements, this role must ensure practices and procedures evolve respectively. Cloud Automation & Engineering create new systems with increased automation further affecting the operational routines. The use of DevOps tools and techniques is advancing quickly at Ally requiring new skills and training across all IT teams. IT Security controls evolve in response to new threat vectors increasing the daily vigilance expected from system administrators and monitoring teams. The successful candidate must have enterprise experience in VMWare infrastructure processes. They must have the ability to learn and implement new technology developments while providing technical leadership within IT in keeping the Ally’s Private Cloud Infrastructure current.
Job Responsibilities
Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) is a leading digital financial services company and a top 25 U.S. financial holding company offering financial products for consumers, businesses, automotive dealers and corporate clients. Ally's legacy dates back to 1919, and the company was redesigned in 2009 with a distinctive brand, innovative approach and relentless focus on its customers. Ally has an award-winning online bank (member FDIC), one of the largest full service auto finance operations in the country, a complementary auto-focused insurance business, a growing digital wealth management and online brokerage platform, and a trusted corporate finance business offering capital for equity sponsors and middle-market companies.
Business Unit/Enterprise Function
Ally’s Information Technology (IT) organization is focused on supporting and improving the position of our industry-leading business franchises through cost effective, innovative IT solutions, as well as overseeing critical functions that enable the day-to-day operations of the entire Ally Financial enterprise. IT is also responsible for the administration and execution of information protection, disaster recovery and IT risk management.
Total Rewards Information
Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally's total compensation -- or total rewards -- extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:
We extend equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.
Information Technology
Experience Level
Experienced
Available Work Locations
Detroit (Michigan), Michigan (Detroit)
Ally Requisition #
21-7092
Job Description
Position Description
The successful candidate must have enterprise experience in VMware infrastructure processes. They must have the ability to learn and implement new technology developments while providing technical leadership within IT in keeping the Ally’s Private Cloud Infrastructure current and sustained.
This role maintains a relationship with all IT disciplines at Ally to continually drive improvements in practices and procedures used by IT operations teams. Be key contributor to the scope and activities of IT Infrastructure Operations Management. As processes adapt to ever changing regulatory and audit requirements, this role must ensure practices and procedures evolve respectively. Cloud Automation & Engineering create new systems with increased automation further affecting the operational routines. The use of DevOps tools and techniques is advancing quickly at Ally requiring new skills and training across all IT teams. IT Security controls evolve in response to new threat vectors increasing the daily vigilance expected from system administrators and monitoring teams. The successful candidate must have enterprise experience in VMWare infrastructure processes. They must have the ability to learn and implement new technology developments while providing technical leadership within IT in keeping the Ally’s Private Cloud Infrastructure current.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead and maintain the design, implementation, and documentation of complex Cloud system architecture initiatives based on real world deployment experience of VMware products within complex IT environments (including 3rd party products).
- Work independently, and as a member of a team of architects, to open the boundaries in adopting the best design practices and ensure our products fit elegantly and comprehensively across our division’s, VMware’s, and the industry’s solutions portfolio.
- Provide Cloud guidance and architectural oversight during fit, requirements, and design to ensure that the end-to-end solution remains aligned to the strategy and target architecture. We expect you to provide strategic recommendations for Cloud design, infrastructure design, software development design/architecture, application frameworks, and/or interfaces.
- Work with technical leads and across technology areas to identify, prioritize, and resolve moderately complex and medium-impact issues related to the inter-dependencies between VMware products, Desktop Virtualization and vRealize.
- Present technical concepts and specific solutions to internal and external audiences of varying technical capabilities in a clear, concise and easily understood manner.
- Passionate about participating in code reviews with a major focus on performance, scalability, and future expansion.
- Contribute to the company’s strategic deliverables by identifying opportunities for product, people, and process improvement.
- Innovate and build reference architecture white papers.
- Breathe, live, mentor and champion architecture principles and encourage architecture innovation.
- 5+ years of experience in designing and implementing large scale infrastructure deployments for VMware product enterprise environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related certification preferred
- VMware VCP certification or other equivalent.
- Proficiency in modern software architecture using DevOps, Scalability, API first strategies etc. required.
- Experience with Private & Public Cloud infrastructure operations management including VMware VMC and AWS.
- Experience SAN including EMC VMAX, is a plus to utilize best practices for database clustering.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to identify issues, solve them quickly and well, and know when to rely on internal resources to assist.
- Ability to lead a team, mentor engineers, be a champion for creative technical trends, cultivate a well-rounded technical mentality in the team. Acknowledged for driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills including the ability to simplify key messages, present compelling stories and promote technical and personal credibility with executives, and both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience SAN including EMC, VNX, VMAX, or Isilon is a plus.
- All members of the team will be part of a rotational on call cadence to supply Ally with 24X7 coverage
Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) is a leading digital financial services company and a top 25 U.S. financial holding company offering financial products for consumers, businesses, automotive dealers and corporate clients. Ally's legacy dates back to 1919, and the company was redesigned in 2009 with a distinctive brand, innovative approach and relentless focus on its customers. Ally has an award-winning online bank (member FDIC), one of the largest full service auto finance operations in the country, a complementary auto-focused insurance business, a growing digital wealth management and online brokerage platform, and a trusted corporate finance business offering capital for equity sponsors and middle-market companies.
Business Unit/Enterprise Function
Ally’s Information Technology (IT) organization is focused on supporting and improving the position of our industry-leading business franchises through cost effective, innovative IT solutions, as well as overseeing critical functions that enable the day-to-day operations of the entire Ally Financial enterprise. IT is also responsible for the administration and execution of information protection, disaster recovery and IT risk management.
Total Rewards Information
Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally's total compensation -- or total rewards -- extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:
- Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
- Planning for the Future: benefits to help you plan for the near and long term including an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement and other financial well-being programs.
- Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally and financially.
- Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility support as well as benefits that help you take care of your family -- parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and child-care discounts.
- Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
We extend equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.