Application Management & DevOps Lead

This role is responsible for leading the execution and governance of Application Engineering Services (AES) App Management & Devops deliverables across a diverse portfolio of 30+ application teams within the Global Financial Crimes Technology (GFCT) organization. The individual will partner with application, infrastructure, and control teams to drive application management, DevOps enablement, technology risk remediation, automation, and operational excellence initiatives across applications spanning multiple technology stacks. Key responsibilities include managing and tracking RISE deliverables, driving onboarding and adoption of SDLC tools and engineering platforms, supporting CI/CD and release engineering processes, leading automation initiatives, and ensuring successful delivery of technology risk and compliance obligations. The role will provide end-to-end visibility into operational health, governance, engineering maturity, and risk management activities while driving alignment to the evolving AES operating model. A key focus of this role is to support the AES transformation strategy by partnering with application teams to transition, centralize, and standardize CI/CD, and deployment activities that are currently performed independently across application teams. The individual will drive adoption of enterprise DevOps tools and best practices, establish consistent delivery processes, and enable a scalable operating model across a broad portfolio of applications and technology platforms Lead the execution and governance of AES Application management/ DevOps capabilities across a portfolio of 30+ applications, ensuring alignment with the AES operating model, technology standards, and organizational objectives. Drive technology risk remediation activities by managing and tracking RISE deliverables, including Service ID Management, Certificate Management, Surveys, Attestations, Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP), and Capacity Planning. Partner with application teams, infrastructure teams, DevEX, and control partners to ensure timely delivery of operational, engineering, risk, and compliance commitments. Drive the transition, centralization, and standardization of CI/CD, release management, and deployment activities from application teams into the AES operating model, enabling scalable and consistent engineering practices. Partner with Application Teams and DevEX to execute strategic DevOps initiatives, including XLR adoption, and later migration from XL Release (XLR) to Harness, and adoption of enterprise SDLC tooling and engineering platforms. Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives to improve engineering efficiency, reduce manual effort, enhance operational controls, and improve developer experience. Provide leadership and oversight for CI/CD operations, deployment governance, release readiness, and resolution of pipeline, configuration, and tooling-related issues. Own the maintenance and enhancement of the in-house Application Management Dashboard, ensuring accurate operational reporting, governance visibility, performance metrics, and alignment with evolving AES services and operating model requirements.

Looking for a senior AES Application Management & DevOps Lead with 7 10 years of experience in CI/CD, Jenkins, Ansible, XLR/Harness, application governance, and technology risk management., 7 to 10 years of experience in technology delivery, application management, DevOps, engineering operations, or technology risk management within a large and complex organization. Strong familiarity with RISE, Continuous Monitoring, CI/CD practices, Jira, and technology governance processes. Experience supporting large-scale application portfolios, including application lifecycle management, operational governance, release management, deployment automation, and engineering operations. Hands-on experience with DevOps tools such as Ansible, XL Release (XLR), Harness, Jenkins, Bitbucket/Git, and CI/CD platforms. Strong understanding of SDLC processes, application onboarding, technology controls, operational governance, and risk management practices. Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and coordinate delivery across multiple stakeholders, technology teams, and platforms. Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Ability to adapt to evolving priorities, navigate ambiguity, and perform hands-on work when required. Experience supporting applications across multiple technology stacks, including distributed, middleware, database, and enterprise platform technologies. Application Management DevOps & CI/CD Technology Risk Management SDLC & Engineering Practices Automation & Process Improvement Portfolio & Program Delivery Agile Practices Problem Solving Analytical Thinking Communication & Executive Reporting Collaboration & Influence Operational Excellence Strategic Planning Results Orientation, Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline. Experience leading technology transformation, automation initiatives, or modernization programs. Experience working in a large-scale financial services or highly regulated environment.