Associate Director-Software Development

Job Description

When you join Verizon

Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect around the world. We’re a human network that reaches across the globe and works behind the scenes. We anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together—lifting up our communities and striving to make an impact to move the world forward. If you’re fueled by purpose, and powered by persistence, explore a career with us. Here, you’ll discover the rigor it takes to make a difference and the fulfillment that comes with living the #NetworkLife.

What you’ll be doing...

Our Point of Sale (POS) applications enable us to sell to customers through a huge variety of channels. You’ll be part of our POS IT team, responsible for telesales, MSO & FiOS integration and touch points, high-volume preorder/backorder portal, web services development, and backend programming. In addition, you’ll join the core team that’s developing and promoting DevOps and cloud adoption across various sales and web service applications. We’re pushing ourselves to be more nimble and efficient as we redefine the retail landscape—and you’ll play a meaningful role.

• Leading a team, planning and reviewing their work, plus removing barriers and solving problems to help them be optimally productive.

• Creating the software vision for assigned sales channels and web services.

• Developing highly-available applications and service stacks in production environment.

• Providing architectural oversight for systems and services.

• Promoting, implementing, and educating about Agile software development.

What we’re looking for...

You have the ability to define a vision and your ambitious attitude drives you to generate highly innovative ideas and take calculated risks. You develop positive relationships and innovative solutions, which makes you a productive collaborator. Customers appreciate that you take personal responsibility for their satisfaction, and team members know they can count on your commitment.

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or six or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant work experience.

• Exposure to Oracle BRM, ADF, SOA, Rabbit MQ, Data Power

• Knowledge of Cloud Services Architecture,
  Prior experience in telecom industry

• Product company experience, Experience in micro frontends, AEM

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A degree in computer science or computer engineering.

• Master’s degree.

• Software development experience in a diverse set of areas including scalable web applications, iOS platform app development, web services, message queues, Scalable C programming.

• Experience in project management including waterfall and agile methodologies.

• Proven experience in leading Software projects/development teams.

• Experience triaging/handling high pressure customer end user/requests.

• Experience with performance tuning, scalability and availability.

• Significant experience in software development cycle.

• Hands on experience in Java/J2EE application development including experience leading a technical team in such web technologies.

• Experience in a DevOps software development environment.

• Experience migrating web applications to Cloud (AWS, Oracle Cloud or Cloud Foundry etc.)

• Knowledge and experience of Docker/Container technologies.

• Experience with Sales and Supply chain systems, logistics, Customer Engagement & CRM systems.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.