Team Leader - Technology

Edward Jones; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and prescription drug

Dental and vision

Short- and long-term disability

401k retirement plan

Vacation and holidays

Bonuses and profit sharing

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Edward Jones is seeking a Team Leader to guide a multi-functional technology team in Tempe, AZ. The role focuses on aligning activities with strategic goals, mentoring staff, and delivering enhancements, while managing resources and vendor relationships.

The position expects 5+ years in IS tech, 1+ year in leadership, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud deployments across AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI. On-site four days a week from commutable locations around Tempe and St. Louis.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience directly related to Information Systems technology with at least 1 year in a leadership role.
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting distributed applications using Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience deploying and managing cloud-based solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI.
• Understanding of technologies related to or dependent on the team's systems.
• Knowledge of business system interactions, infrastructure dependencies, system controls, monitoring, etc.

Responsibilities

• Align team activities with the firm’s strategic direction.
• Develop and execute on-going improvements for processes related to the team.
• Ensure prudent use of the firm’s financial resources.
• Provide leadership, development, and mentoring to associates.
• Develop successors for key positions on their team.
• Ensure the execution and quality of enhancements, support and projects.
• Establish and maintain effective communications across teams, departments, vendors and divisions.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

OCI

Job description

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 14-Sep-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500 company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.

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Team Overview

The Team Leader plans, directs, and leads a team of associates and contractors responsible for operation, regulatory compliance, support, development, security, quality, disaster recovery and implementation of technologies.

What You'll Do

• Align team activities, strategies, responsibilities and objectives with the firm’s strategic direction.
• Develop and execute on-going improvements for processes related to the team (e.g. resource management and support processes).
• Ensure prudent use of the firm’s financial resources.
• Provide leadership, development, and mentoring to associates through examples and timely feedback.
• Develop successors for key positions on their team
• Ensure the execution and quality of enhancements, support and projects.
• Understanding of the team's systems, processes and technologies
• Manages and develops self while internalizing leadership feedback.
• Establish and maintain effective communications and relationships across teams, departments, countries, vendors and other divisions.
• Must be able to establish and maintain effective relationships with vendors while aligning to the firms' objectives.

What Experience You Need

• Bachelor's degree preferred or related work experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience directly related to Information Systems technology with at least 1 year in a leadership role (mentoring associates, lead analyst, project leaders, etc.)
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting distributed applications using Kubernetes, and CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) pipelines.
• Experience deploying and managing cloud-based solutions across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Required understanding of technologies related to or dependent on the team's systems.
• Knowledge of business system interactions, infrastructure dependencies, system controls, monitoring, etc.
• Understanding system development methodologies and processes within IS (change management, QA, Project Life Cycle, etc.)

Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week.

At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.

Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones

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Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

• Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage.
• Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates.
• Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account.
• Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism.
• Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing.
• All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program.

For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.