Director, Platform Management

## Director, Platform Management Apply:
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Las Vegas, NV:
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We are seeking a strategic and experienced leader to drive our API Management Platform strategy and operations. In addition, lead the strategic development, deployment, and maintenance of our core software platforms and technology infrastructure. In this role, you will oversee a team of engineers and administrators, work with product engineering teams across JLL, negotiate with vendors, and ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our API management core platform ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will work closely with technical leaders and product development teams across JLL to prioritize enhancement requests while operating and maturing JLL’s Azure-based API management platform.  Has deep experience on Microsoft Azure and AWS. Come up with a strategic plan to mature the platform while also driving portfolio initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and industry best practices. This role requires a visionary and organized approach to platform management, roadmap execution, and stakeholder management.
** Responsibilities:*
* · API Management:
Direct the governance, integration, and security of enterprise endpoints using Azure API Management (APIM).
· Work with product technical leads to prioritize and approve new platform features or enhancements.  Take part in system development including analysis, coding, and testing.
· Application Life cycles:
Lead the roll-out, maintenance, integration, and upgrading of all enterprise software solutions.
· Security & Compliance:
Enforce data protection protocols, identity access rules, backup schedules, and disaster recovery plans.
· Performance Monitoring:
Maintain system uptime goals by establishing real-time monitoring workflows for bugs and latency.
· Help management to formulate group’s technology vision and set/enforce technical standards for the team.
· Consults with enterprise architecture group to develop documentation and communication materials to ensure accurate design standards and patterns are followed
· Team Management:
Direct, mentor, and evaluate the performance of Dev Ops engineers, system administrators, and IT support leads.
· Mentors less experienced analysts on proper standards/techniques to improve their accuracy and efficiency.
· Articulates business requirements in sufficient detail such that a technical solution can be design and engineered.
· Provide on-going support to application used within the organization.
** Sound like you?

To apply you need to be / have:
**** Experience & Education*
* · 12+ years IT experience
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Education:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, MIS, or equivalent experience in corporate IT, including deep hands-on familiarity with cloud environments.
· Leadership

Experience:

Minimum 4 years directly managing engineering teams, IT budgets, and technology vendors.
· Cloud & API Architecture:
Deep expertise managing infrastructure platforms like Microsoft Azure, including practical knowledge of Azure APIM gateway deployment and policy configurations.
· Enterprise Software:
Proven track record supporting ERP, CRM,…