Principal of Cloud Infrastructure & Engineering

T. Rowe Price; Owings Mills (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and wellness benefits

Family care resources

Job summary

T. Rowe Price in Owings Mills seeks a Cloud Infrastructure Lead to oversee ambitious technical initiatives and lead cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in technical leadership, extensive experience with AWS and Azure, and expertise in Cloud security and infrastructure best practices. This role offers competitive compensation, health benefits, and opportunities for professional development in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of operating in a technical leadership capacity.
• Demonstrated expertise in infrastructure components and their integration.
• Hands-on current experience with Cloud security, reliability, and integration best practices.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the firm’s most ambitious technical initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional efforts for adopting new Cloud technologies.
• Mentor and coach team members providing professional development.

Skills

Cloud security

Infrastructure as Code

Technical leadership

AWS

Azure

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven solutions

Mentoring

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Java

Groovy

Job description

At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident.We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business. With a career at the firm, you can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. You’ll enjoy resources to support your career path, as well as compensation, benefits, and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you’ll find a collaborative culture that respects and values differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity. * Take ownership of the firm’s most ambitious and complex technical initiatives, ensuring successful execution from conception to completion.* Lead cross-functional efforts to enable teams to adopt standard methodologies to integrate new Cloud technology effectively.* Serve as a representative of the Cloud community in both internal and cross-organizational forums, acting as a subject matter expert.* Continuously monitor industry trends and proactively identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies that benefit the firm.* Act as a hands-on technologist, taking point on resolving complex technical challenges, and troubleshooting critical issues and incidents as they arise.* Align your team’s book of work to realize the Global Technology (GT) strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.* Champion a culture of continuous improvement by leveraging technical and business acumen to identify root causes, address business problems, and implement data-driven solutions.* As a leader use your knowledge of IAM and security systems to ensure integrations best practices are applied in the SDLC.* Build and maintain a broad network of peers in technology and business functions and ensure that the Cloud Infrastructure and Engineering team is represented and visible across the firm.* Represent Cloud Infrastructure and Engineering in key firm-wide committees and forums such as the Architecture Council and Cloud Expert Group.* Use your influence and leadership across the organization at all levels to amplify impact and drive delivery across the global organization.* Apply your expert knowledge of diverse infrastructure & components to inform decisions on system upgrades, refresh cycles, and strategic replacements.* Demonstrate structured decision-making, even when faced with limited information or resources.* Mentor and coach team members, providing guidance and professional development opportunities.* Offer feedback and support to others with management responsibilities, fostering a collaborative leadership environment.* Oversee the recruitment, development, and performance management of associates within the team.* Demonstrate thorough knowledge of products/flows across the asset management industry.* Provide insight and perspective to help shape organizational strategies.* 10+ years of operating in a technical leadership capacity, and proven track record of leading and managing geographically distributed teams.* Demonstrated expertise in infrastructure components and their integration across on-premises environments and cloud service providers.* Hands-on current experience with Cloud security, reliability, and integration best practices and industry trends in AWS, Azure, and GCP.* Stay abreast of industry trends and technologies and know when/if/how to apply them.* Fluency with current IAC technologies including Terraform and CloudFormation, and experience with relevant technologies like Ansible, Python, Java, and Groovy are an advantage.* Extensive experience managing Cloud Infrastructures on AWS and Azure, with exposure to GCP and other Cloud platform providers.* Experience integrating SaaS and Vendor solutions with a cross-cloud environment.* Consider the operational aspects of a system, long-term supportability, maintenance, etc.* Apply technical skills and business knowledge to set standards for Global Technology.* Solid understanding of requirements of the modern developer community.* Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code, automated configuration for large scale infrastructure deployments, infrastructure/software design for High Availability and Resilience at scale.* In-depth knowledge of modern monitoring and alerting solutions for complex systems spanning on-premises and cloud.* Cloud certifications* Prior asset management experiencePlacement within the range provided above is based on the individual’s relevant experience and skills for the role. Base salary is only one component of our total compensation package. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.We value your goals and needs, at work and in life. As an associate, you’ll be supported with resources, benefits, and work-life balance so you can thrive in ways that matter to you. Featured employee benefits to enrich your life: Competitive compensation Health and wellness benefits, including online therapy Family care resources, including fertility and adoption benefits