Manager IC, Tech Engineer
KPMG
Houston, TX
Description
Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.
KPMG is currently seeking a Manager IC, Tech Engineer to join our Digital Nexus technology organization. This is a remote work opportunity.
Responsibilities:
- Drive efficiencies and automation that help support the resilience of the Firm's most critical applications
- Set team goals and SLA's, offer and receive feedback while partnering with near-shore and offshore IT-DR teams; help set the IT-DR Lifecyle roadmap and identify unaddressed areas for solutioning
- Assign team members to the right projects at the right time within budget and timelines; ensure team members have skills and tools to perform their jobs, acting as point of escalation to leadership
- Focus is blended between execution and tactical planning and participation in strategic planning; contribute to tactical plans and monitor monthly, quarterly, and yearly performance for the IT-DR Area
- Advocate alignment with relevant strategies, ensuring adherence to these strategies and related commitments while partnering with ERO (Enterprise Resilience Organization) and Risk management; utilize advanced technical expertise and resources to effectively guide IT disaster recovery and Business application team members towards optimal solutions
- Regularly engage with department management and staff across Digital Nexus/functional processes to influence client expectations and provide well-considered alternatives, suggestions, and recommendations for improvements; ensure that goals and objectives are consistently
Qualifications:
- Minimum five years of recent experience in IT-Disaster Recovery and/or leading IT Infrastructure or Application Teams
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; IT-DR related Certifications a plus
- Expert knowledge understanding IT Infrastructure, Networking, DNS, Load Balancing, Servers, High Availability
- Demonstrated experience in an enterprise setting as part of an IT-DR team or Application team that performed IT-DR planning and Testing. i.e. Application Fail-Over and run out of DR site
- Capable leader and effective communicator, with a proven track record of successful collaboration with application teams as well as nearshore and offshore teams
- Demonstrated knowledge of ServiceNow, SharePoint, Office Suite and Agile
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)
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