Director, API Platform & Cloud Strategy

JLL; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL is seeking a strategic and experienced leader to drive the API Management Platform strategy and operations across its Azure-based ecosystem. You will oversee governance, security, and scalability of enterprise endpoints, and mentor a team of DevOps engineers and system admins.

You will partner with product engineering and enterprise architecture to prioritize enhancements, ensure reliability, and align technology initiatives with business goals for a future-ready platform.

Responsibilities

• API Management: Direct the governance, integration, and security of enterprise endpoints using Azure API Management (APIM).
• Work with product technical leads to prioritize and approve new platform features or enhancements. Take part in system development including analysis, coding, and testing.
• Application Lifecycles: Lead the roll-out, maintenance, integration, and upgrading of all enterprise software solutions.
• Security & Compliance: Enforce data protection protocols, identity access rules, backup schedules, and disaster recovery plans.
• Performance Monitoring: Maintain system uptime goals by establishing real-time monitoring workflows for bugs and latency.
• Help management to formulate group's technology vision and set/enforce technical standards for the team.
• Consults with enterprise architecture group to develop documentation and communication materials to ensure accurate design standards and patterns are followed
• Team Management: Direct, mentor, and evaluate the performance of DevOps engineers, system administrators, and IT support leads.
• Mentors less experienced analysts on

Job description

JLL is seeking a strategic and experienced leader to drive the API Management Platform strategy and operations across its Azure-based ecosystem. You will oversee governance, security, and scalability of enterprise endpoints, and mentor a team of DevOps engineers and system admins.

You will partner with product engineering and enterprise architecture to prioritize enhancements, ensure reliability, and align technology initiatives with business goals for a future-ready platform.