Delivery Manager - Infrastructure Transformation
We are seeking a hands-on Infrastructure Transformation Lead to act as the single point of accountability for infrastructure delivery across a Tier 1 trading-platform transformation program. The Lead is the "neck of the hourglass" — the one technical leader who takes demand from every workstream (Sybase→Oracle, Archiving & Retention, Workflow Decomposition, RADAR, Release Management, System Monitoring, Environment Management, Operational Dashboard, Storage Isolation and others) and converts it into agreed requirements, technical specifications and delivered infrastructure.
This is a working leadership role, not a status-reporting role. The successful candidate will be accountable (A in RACI) for infrastructure outcomes, partnered with the Infrastructure Delivery Manager (R in RACI), challenged plans, refined requirements, and drove build-to-date.
Responsibilities
- Own the infrastructure plan. Build it with the workstreams and the Infrastructure Delivery Manager at the outset; then own it — adjust, re-plan, and adapt as the work evolves
- Translate workstream demand into infrastructure requirements. Take workstream objectives, refine them into clear requirements, then agree detailed technical specifications with the delivery teams
- Challenge and shape options. Present good / better / best options to workstream leads; help them select pragmatically based on cost, time and risk
- Drive delivery to milestones. Track dependencies, identify risks, and drive the infrastructure build (compute, storage, network, virtualization, configuration) to date
- Surface and resolve issues. Proactively look across the program for blockers and dependencies between workstreams and infrastructure. Own issues from identification to closure
- Convene and chair the work. Organize and chair infrastructure forums, working groups, and cross-workstream technical sessions. Hold the cadence
- Escalate with judgment. Know what needs to go up and when. Manage upward visibility without burning the chain unnecessarily
- Own status, comms and schedule. Drive delivery to schedule. Manage stakeholder communications. Produce a status that reflects reality
Requirements
- Demonstrable, hands-on delivery of large-scale infrastructure transformation in a complex, regulated enterprise — compute, storage, network, virtualization, environments and operational tooling
- Deep, working domain expertise in enterprise infrastructure: storage architectures (included storage isolation/segregation patterns), capacity and performance management, environment strategy (dev/UAT/perf/prod), release and configuration management, monitoring and observability
- Proven ability to act as the single technical face-off between business/application workstreams and infrastructure delivery teams — the "neck of the hourglass" — converted demand into agreed specifications and delivered build
- Track record of taken accountability (A in RACI) for infrastructure outcomes while partnered with delivery managers who hold R
- Previous large-scale transformation experience in financial services or another complex, high-availability environment
- Proven ability to operate as a working Lead — comfortable in the technical detail with architects and engineers, while still owned plan, status, risks and stakeholder communications
- Strong written and verbal communication; able to write clearly, chair effectively, and brief senior stakeholders
Nice to have
- Experience supported database migrations from an infrastructure perspective (Sybase, Oracle, or equivalent) — included storage, throughput and HA considerations
- Exposure to trading, risk, or front-to-back capital-markets platforms
- Experience with archiving and retention infrastructure, system monitoring tooling, and operational dashboards
