Manager/Product Owner, Software Development (Python)

Job Title: Manager/Product Owner, Software Development (Python)

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid – 3 days in office per week)

Type: Direct Hire

Compensation: Competitive salary, Access to Healthcare, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plan of Choice, and 401K

Chamberlain Advisors is currently seeking a Manager/Product Owner for our direct client in the financial services industry. This is a direct hire position. The ideal candidate will use independent judgement for directing, managing, planning, and administrating a team responsible for developing tools and CI/CD framework that accelerate development, testing, and deployment of applications.

Summary

This candidate will use independent judgement for directing, managing, planning, and administrating a team responsible for developing tools and CI/CD framework that accelerate development, testing, and deployment of applications. The candidate must be able to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, and proactively engage in technical decision making to achieve objectives. This individual will be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in an agile environment.

What You Will Be Accountable For

• Responsible for development, management, and implementation of a CI/CD framework to make it easier for teams to build, configure and deploy.
• The team you lead is responsible for building the tools only. There is a separate run/operate DevOps team that supports what your team builds.
• Collaborate with Architecture and DevOps teams across pillars to build automation tools.
• Conduct architecture assessments and define solutions.
• Contribute to and/or lead teams and processes to achieve strategic goals.
• Monitor project status and take remedial action on projects behind schedule and/or over budget.
• Present status reports to clients and key internal stakeholders.
• Evaluate new tools, technologies, and processes to improve speed, efficiency, and scalability of systems the team builds.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manage a team.
• Direct work of staff and conduct appropriate personnel actions (hiring, promotions, terminations, etc.) when necessary.
• Communicate and advise staff on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities, and methods and software change issues.
• Prepare and conduct employee reviews as well as monitor progress to satisfy employee management goals.
• Promote employees' development by conducting career-planning sessions and scheduling employee training classes, conferences, and seminars.
• Ensure that proper funding is added to the departmental budget.

What Qualifications You Need

• 7+ years of development experience in a cloud environment.
• 5+ years experience in people management.
• 3+ years experience building CI/CD pipelines and tooling development.
• Hands-on experience working in Agile and DevOps cultures, focusing on process improvement and automation.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Self-starter – takes the initiative to research, learn, and deliver. Anticipates the play.
• Team player – humble, collaborative, and focused on making sure the entire team succeeds.

Technical Skills

• 4+ years programming experience developing in Python and/or Java (with at least one year Python).
• 4+ years experience using DevOps and CI/CD processes and toolsets like GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory, Harness.
• Experience with containers like Docker.
• Experience with Terraform (Enterprise preferred).
• (Desired) Working knowledge of Kubernetes & Helm.
• (Desired) Experience working in an AWS environment.

Education And/or Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degrees in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field, or equivalent work experience.

Certificates and Licenses

• Relevant industry certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate or similar are a plus.

Why Work with Chamberlain?

Chamberlain Advisors is a veteran-owned business that provides human capital solutions across a wide range of industries and engagement types. Chamberlain candidates benefit from our unique hiring and interviewing process which has been designed to increase the likelihood that they will be successful in their job searches. This is achieved through our 5-step recruitment process, ensuring a top-of-the-line candidate experience. Find out what makes us different; apply to Chamberlain today.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Chamberlain Advisors provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Chamberlain Advisors expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Chamberlain Advisors' employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.