AVP, Cloud Network Engineer(L11)

Job Description:

Role Title : AVP, Cloud Network Engineer

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 ~52% women talent.

• 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.

Role Summary/Purpose:

The AVP, Cloud Engineer – Network is responsible for leading the design, implementation and optimization of Cloud based network solutions and assist with the deployment and operational support of those solutions within our Connectivity organization.  The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, have experience working in a matrixed environment with technical engineering and development teams, strong project management and Agile skills with a focus on Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Firewalls, Load Balancing, Core Routing and Switching products.  The candidate should have a proven track record of delivering projects on time, within budget and with low business impact. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Strategy & Architecture

  • Develop and execute multi-cloud strategy, ensuring alignment with business and technology objectives.

  • Architect robust, scalable, secure and resilient cloud network solutions tailored to support critical applications and workloads.

  • Translate business needs into technical solutions and own the design and delivery of complex multi-cloud solutions, including proof of concepts and prototypes.

• Infrastructure Design & Deployment

  • Design and implement advanced network infrastructures, covering call centers, wireless, multi-cloud networking architectures. 

  • Oversee capacity planning to ensure infrastructure supports current and future workloads efficiently.

  • Develop multi-region and hybrid network solutions to ensure high availability, disaster recovery and resilience.

• Security and Compliance

  • Ensure all network solutions meet security, compliance and regulatory standards, including GDPR, PCI-DSS, SOC 2 and other banking regulations.

  • Work with multiple teams to implement advanced security measures, including IAM, encryption, secure networking and continuous monitoring.

• Optimization and Innovation

  • Continuously evaluate and optimize networking solutions for cost, efficiency, scalability and performance.

  • Lead efforts to standardize, automate and streamline cloud development and deployment processes to improve efficiency.

  • Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovative solutions and be at the forefront of cloud adoption.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership

  • Partner with Engineering, DevOps and Operations teams to integrate network solutions into existing workflows and pipelines.

  • Provide technical leadership and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement amongst teams.

  • Promote best practices for network architecture, governance and operations across the organization.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred but not required

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture; OR in lieu of a degree, 9+ years of experience IT infrastructure or cloud architecture.

• Strong background in connectivity technologies such as Circuit technologies, AWS/Azure Public Cloud, DNS, AVI Load Balancing, SDDC – VMware NSX & Cisco ACI, Cisco Routers/Switches and firewalls

• Proficient with IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong interpersonal skills to foster collaboration across DevOps, Engineering and other cross-functional teams

• 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 Public Cloud environments across Business Centers, Physical & Virtual Data Centers (including infrastructure, networking, storage services)

Eligibility Criteria:

Minimum of 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture; OR in lieu of a degree, 9+ years of experience IT infrastructure or cloud architecture.

Work Timings 3PM to 12AM IST

For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying.

• Inform your Manager or 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 (Formal/Final Formal, LPP)

• L9+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.

• L9+ employees can apply

Grade/Level: 11

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