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Federal Reserve Board · 1 day ago

Deputy Director - Infrastructure and Operations

DC-Washington

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

15+ years exp

The Federal Reserve Board is seeking a Deputy Director for their Infrastructure and Operations organization. This role involves leading IT initiatives, establishing cloud strategies, and ensuring operational excellence while managing vendor relationships and developing the IT workforce.

Banking

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Owns the enterprise cloud platform strategy, architecture, and operational model; establishes infrastructure-as-code practices, deployment pipelines, and platform security controls that ensure secure, resilient cloud environments; implements cloud financial management disciplines to optimize spending while meeting performance requirements; provides enterprise-wide shared services including monitoring, logging, and container platforms; establishes cloud governance frameworks that balance innovation with regulatory compliance

Provides executive leadership for the organization's technology continuity and disaster recovery program; establishes enterprise-wide resilience strategies that ensure critical infrastructure services remain operational during disruptive events; and directs testing and simulation exercises to validate recovery capabilities

Leads the development of the Infrastructure and Operations function strategy and roadmap; ensures its integration with the Board's strategic planning processes and resulting execution plans

Develops and executes strategic infrastructure consolidation initiatives across disparate technology environments; identifies opportunities to standardize platforms, eliminate redundancies, and optimize resource utilization; leads complex migration projects to rationalize infrastructure footprint while improving operational efficiency, enhancing security posture, and reducing total cost of ownership

Serves as a trusted partner to business leaders and builds strong relationships to develop a clear understanding of infrastructure requirements; ensures delivery of services to meet those needs and can respond with agility to changing business priorities. Uses influence and negotiation skills to create synergies across the enterprise to enable cost-effective and robust shared solutions

Stays current of new technologies and platforms and provides direction on what emerging technologies will be introduced and integrated within the enterprise

Provides leadership, coaching, and direction to the IT leadership team and staff. Sets priorities, ensures accountability, reviews work products, facilitates talent management and succession planning, assesses development needs, and delivers coaching to ensure continuous development of skills, competencies, and the talent pipeline

Serves on enterprise leadership committees to shape technology strategy and drive transformation initiatives to ensure solutions deliver optimal value to enterprise. Assists in the design, implementation, and support of the enterprise IT operating model, governance processes, and best practices

Develops and controls annual operating and capital expenditure budget for Infrastructure and Operations organization and ensures it is consistent with organizational objectives

Negotiates effectively and resolves conflicts to achieve technology goals while maintaining positive relationships with key stakeholders. Demonstrates balanced judgment and well-reasoned, objective decision making in situations that may involve complex issues and potentially adversarial circumstances

Qualification

Cloud EngineeringAgile LeadershipTransformation LeadershipEnterprise OperationsStrategic SourcingChange ManagementProject ManagementCollaborationEffective Communication

Required

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field

Fifteen years of experience

At least 10 years of previous management experience required

Preferred

Cloud Engineering & Operations: Extensive experience leading and implementing cloud operations at enterprise scale

Agile Leadership: Proven ability to lead technology teams using agile methodologies and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe

Transformation and Outcome-Driven Leadership: Track record of successfully driving large-scale technology and organizational transformation initiatives. Consistent track record of delivering measurable business value through technology initiatives

Change Management: Strong capability in managing complex change, including stakeholder communications and organizational adoption strategies

Enterprise Operations: Experience running large-scale technology operations with high reliability and performance requirements

Strategic Sourcing: Demonstrated expertise in outcomes-based sourcing strategies and vendor management