Digital Engineering Senior Manager - mtb

OpenTalent; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent seeks a leader to manage the activities and strategic direction of the Digital Engineering department, directing diverse technology operations and support teams. You will oversee budgets across multiple cost centers and coordinate concurrent development streams, partnering with Divisional peers and business partners.

You will provide long and short-term strategic direction for cloud-native platform and application engineering, focusing on building and operating scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Direct and participate in consults with client management in the analysis of short and long-range business requirements and recommend innovations that anticipate future impact of changing business requirements.

Tools

Azure AKS

Istio

Envoy

Open Policy Agent

PostgreSQL

API Gateway

Java

.NET

C#

Job description

Overview

Manages the activities and strategic direction of the Digital Engineering department, including indirectly managing several diverse types of Technology operations and/or support function teams. Responsible for the budget of multiple cost centers spanning concurrent development streams. Provides long and short-term strategic direction for cloud-native platform and application engineering, with a focus on building and operating systems at scale. Serves as primary contact to Divisional peers, Technology leadership team, Management Group and business partners. Oversees development and career planning for all team members.

Technical Focus Areas

• Cloud infrastructure and architecture at scale on Azure , including AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)
• Service mesh and edge/ingress traffic management with Istio and Envoy
• Policy-as-code and fine-grained authorization using Open Policy Agent (OPA) Relational data platforms, primarily PostgreSQL
• API Gateway design and management for internal and external service exposure
• Application development in Java , .NET , and C#
• Strong grounding in software architecture principles — able to evaluate and guide system design trade-offs, not just implementation
• Comfortable operating and directing work autonomously, with minimal need for day-to-day oversight
• Applying Generative AI and agentic software development practices (e.g. AI-assisted coding, autonomous coding agents) to accelerate delivery and improve engineering quality
• Running delivery through Agile and Kanban workflows, tailoring ceremonies and flow metrics to team and program needs

Primary Responsibilities

Direct and participate in consults with client management in the analysis of short and long-range business requirements of the largest and/or most complex nature and recommend innovations that anticipate future impact of changing business requirements. Build positive client relationships to support the delivery of these activities.