Job Classification:
Technology - Engineering & Cloud
Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.
Your Team & Role
As a Director, Infrastructure Developer in the Container and Application Platform team, you will play a crucial role in enabling the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of the container platforms through your expertise in API development, Kubernetes, and other container technologies. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role.
Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day
- Collaborate with product owners to understand key objectives, tech leads in defining technical design and feature stories, and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact and support organizational goals.
- Deliver platform solutions for our container platforms using industry standards and emerging technologies.
- Develop APIs using FastAPI and build patterns of infrastructure services that are consumed via self-service.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design solutions, and implement easily consumable services and enhancements to the container platform.
- Document and present API specs, technical diagrams, code, etc. for knowledge sharing and future reference.
- Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, JavaScript, and Node.js.
The Skills & Expertise You Bring
- Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in a related field.
- Experience with agile development methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
- Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business.
- Ability to coach others with minimal guidance and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization.
- Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and new challenges.
- Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills.
Advanced experience with several of the following:
- Expert level knowledge of Kubernetes and other container orchestration platforms such as AWS ECS.
- Strong technical experience in infrastructure development and Infrastructure as Code.
- Proficiency developing APIs using Python FastAPI or similar frameworks.
- Solid understanding of cloud services, networking, security, monitoring, observability, logging, and best practices.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Financial/Insurance industry knowledge is a plus, not a must
You’ll Love Working Here Because You Can
Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, we’ll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You’ll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.
Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave
Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
To find out more about our Total Reward package, see ourTotal Rewards Brochure. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.
Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $173,500.00 to $234,700.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.
Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.
We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.
Note that this posting is intended for individual applicants. Search firms or agencies should email Staffing at staffingagencies@prudential.com for more information about doing business with Prudential.
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES:
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