FINRA · 2 hours ago
Director of Technology - Directory, Messaging & Collaboration (O365)
Rockville, MD
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$151K/yr - $305K/yr
10+ years expFINRA is a regulatory authority responsible for overseeing the securities industry, and they are seeking a Director of Technology for their Directory, Messaging, and Collaboration (O365) services. This role involves overseeing the architecture, implementation, and management of enterprise collaboration and messaging platforms, ensuring their security and efficiency while leading technical teams and driving organizational transformation.
FinanceFinancial ServicesNon Profit
Responsibilities
Enterprise IT experience with deep expertise in Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID, Exchange, Teams, and enterprise-scale cloud operations
Technical leadership building and mentoring high-performing teams of site reliability engineers, infrastructure engineers, and architects
Site Reliability Engineering mastery including SLOs, error budgets, incident management, automation-first practices, and proactive service reliability
Strategic architecture and engineering for identity platforms (SSO, SAML, OIDC, Zero Trust), messaging, collaboration tools, and PKI/encryption services
DevOps and automation expertise with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines (GitLab), PowerShell/Python scripting, and Microsoft Graph API integration
Security and compliance leadership implementing DLP (Proofpoint), SIEM (Splunk), eDiscovery (Global Relay), RBAC, and regulatory controls
Executive stakeholder management with proven ability to drive organizational transformation, influence across functions, and translate business needs into technical solutions
Vendor and financial management including Microsoft licensing optimization, contract negotiations, cost efficiency, and yearly true-ups/renewals
Hands-on technical credibility in Azure infrastructure, Active Directory, mobile device management (iOS/Android), and enterprise-scale tenant administration
Strategic vision combined with operational excellence to deliver innovation, maintain 99.9%+ uptime SLOs, reduce toil through automation, and foster customer-focused culture
Qualification
Required
Enterprise IT experience with deep expertise in Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID, Exchange, Teams, and enterprise-scale cloud operations
Technical leadership building and mentoring high-performing teams of site reliability engineers, infrastructure engineers, and architects
Site Reliability Engineering mastery including SLOs, error budgets, incident management, automation-first practices, and proactive service reliability
Strategic architecture and engineering for identity platforms (SSO, SAML, OIDC, Zero Trust), messaging, collaboration tools, and PKI/encryption services
DevOps and automation expertise with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines (GitLab), PowerShell/Python scripting, and Microsoft Graph API integration
Security and compliance leadership implementing DLP (Proofpoint), SIEM (Splunk), eDiscovery (Global Relay), RBAC, and regulatory controls
Executive stakeholder management with proven ability to drive organizational transformation, influence across functions, and translate business needs into technical solutions
Vendor and financial management including Microsoft licensing optimization, contract negotiations, cost efficiency, and yearly true-ups/renewals
Hands-on technical credibility in Azure infrastructure, Active Directory, mobile device management (iOS/Android), and enterprise-scale tenant administration
Strategic vision combined with operational excellence to deliver innovation, maintain 99.9%+ uptime SLOs, reduce toil through automation, and foster customer-focused culture
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least ten (10) years of related experience, or equivalent training and / or work experience; Master's degree and past Financial Services industry experience preferred
Minimum of 5 years of technical project, program and / or practice area oversight
Past experience influencing decisions and building conscience across internal and external partners
Knowledge of business, technology and management principles involved in strategic planning, organizational change management, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources
Experience must include direct experience in one of the following areas: strategy, software development, operations, engineering, development services, information security, and / or compliance
Extensive knowledge of industry leading technology best practices including familiarity with technology methodologies including at least one of ISO-9000, ITIL, Agile and iterative
Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills
Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships and leverage those relationships to improve the quality of work products
Must be able to identify, evaluate and recommend processes, tools, technologies and / or products to meet business and budgetary requirements
Should be well organized, thorough, and able to handle competing priorities
Ability to maintain focus and develop proficiency in new skills rapidly
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Preferred
Microsoft certifications (Azure Solutions Architect, M365 Enterprise Administrator)
financial services experience
Copilot/AI platforms
successful cloud migration leadership
Google Workspaces
Mobile
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
Basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal
401(k) plan with company match
FINRA-funded retirement contribution
Tuition reimbursement
Commuter benefits
Adoption assistance
Backup family care
Surrogacy benefits
Employee assistance
Wellness programs
Generous time-off program of 15 days of paid time off, 5 personal days and 9 sick days
Two volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule)
Military leave
Jury duty leave
Bereavement leave
Voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections
Care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment)
Childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment)
Nine paid holidays
Company
FINRA
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is an independent regulator for securities firms doing business in the U.S. It is a sub-organization of Thrivent.
1001-5000 employees
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Michael Solomon
Executive Vice President of Examinations and Membership Application Program
Omer Meisel
Executive Vice President of the National Cause and Financial Crimes Detection Program
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