Responsible for the design and deployment of a broad range of infrastructure and technology supporting global offices and systems. Management of a team of 30 engineers responsible for: • Middleware and 3rd party application/service configuration, integration and management • Network design and management for head office (Toronto) as well as multiple global satellite offices • Storage platform and backup technology and strategy for private data centres • Server architecture and IaaS platform management integrating private compute, public cloud and SaaS technology • Database engineering and configuration management for a variety of database technologies • Vendor relationship management for a broad range of hardware assets and software products • Financial oversight for the full lifecycle of technology assets and software licenses • Management of technology currency and migration to strategic platforms

Responsibilities Include:• Managing a team of 16 within a department of 35 Software Developers for a division comprised of several hundred IT staff.. • Being heavily involved in recruiting efforts as department size increased by 30% in 18 months (2017). • Continuously engaging in recruiting activities: recruitment events, interviewing and offer negotiation. • Responsible for many aspects of overall Software Architecture to support our internal client service teams as well as external facing communication channels (web, phone, email, social network). • Responsible for establishing technical and architectural road maps to support the strategic vision of the business . • Establishing a culture of innovation, fostering experimentation and adoption of new technology into established systems and projects.. • Establishing best practices for the team and spearheading cross-training and collaboration between development teams. • Collaborating with business partners to understand their business and provide flexible software platforms upon which they can grow their business capabilities . • Managing full-stack development teams throughout the complete SDLC using a wide variety of technologies:. • Java/Spring based SOAP and REST based web services. • Angular / Apache Wicket front end web sites. • DevOps automation using Chef, Bamboo/Jenkins. • Full test automation using TestNG/JUnit and Selenium/Protractor. • Automated workflow using Camunda BPM