Job description
Director, Infrastructure Service, Cloud Infrastructure Engineering
Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid)
Who are we looking for?
Choice Hotels, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, has an exciting new opportunity as our Director, Infrastructure Services in Cloud Infrastructure Engineering. Cloud Infrastructure Engineering is the team that ensures our cloud platform is running efficiently. As a key member of Cloud Infrastructure Engineering, you will direct engineering teams to build and operate applications and infrastructure, retire legacy systems, migrate applications to AWS, and modernize applications already in AWS while keeping our systems secure, stable, and highly available.
Are you a results driven Engineering Leader who enjoys challenges of scalability, availability and providing new capabilities to internal software engineers? We invite you to apply today for our Director, Infrastructure Services role today and #MakeItYourChoice.
Your Responsibilities
- Actively participates in software development and code reviews related to Cloud Infrastructure Engineering.
- Actively participates within agile teams to design, develop (write code), test and deploy, and operate software and infrastructure at scale.
- Promotes and ensures a high level of technical excellence in our IT development staff that is in keeping with a high-performing organization.
- Maintains continual communication with assigned project teams, verifying what was designed was built and adjusting the solution architecture as appropriate throughout the project.
- Manages the department’s staffing levels based on technical skill sets, application knowledge and business roadmap.
- Actively participates in the interviewing and hiring processes and ensuring successful functional on-boarding of new associates.
- Planning, assigning, and directing work for direct reports and all teams reporting to this role.
- Setting reasonable stretch performance goals, providing constructive, balanced, regular performance feedback, and conducting semi-annual performance appraisals.
Your Experience, Skills & Competencies
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field required or equivalent experience
- Master’s degree in related field preferred
- At least 5 years’ experience in AWS preferred
- At least 3 years’ experience as a Software Engineering Leader
- Continuous Integration/Delivery toolkits such as Maven and Jenkins/Harness/Puppet.
- Message Queues like ActiveMQ, Kafka, SQS ..etc
- Knowledge of Relational Database Management System (SQL) and non-relational database systems like NoSQL, Cassandra
- Version control such as Git and Stash.
- AWS cloud technology (EC2, Containers, API Gateway, Lambda, etc)
- Monitoring, Alerting, Logging and Tracing systems like Prometheus, Micrometer, Grafana, Open search / ELK / Splunk
- Exceptional analytical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interface with internal/external people at all levels.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and demeanor.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Participate and ensure a strong Code Review process
Your Team
This is a leadership role that will report to the Sr. Director, Infrastructure Services. You will have 15-20 associates in your team(s) and collaborate with cross functional departments on a regular basis.
Your Work Location
As our Director, Infrastructure Services, you will be based in our beautiful, state-of-the-art technology hub in Scottsdale, Arizona. In October 2021, Choice opened a newly constructed world class technology center.
Right now, our associates in Scottsdale, AZ are working in a hybrid environment, four days per week in the office and working virtually the remaining days. We provide flexibility and encourage ongoing communication with your leadership to establish expectations about your unique needs.
We are focused on safety and wellness in our offices, and as such, as a Choice associate you will be required to disclose your COVID-19 vaccination status and provide a copy of your vaccination card. If you are not vaccinated or elect not to disclose your status, we will require a weekly negative COVID-19 test when working in the office.
About Choice
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With more than 7,100 hotels, representing over 600,000 rooms, in nearly 40 countries and territories as of September 30, 2021, the Choice® family of hotel brands provide business and leisure travelers with a range of high-quality lodging options from limited service to full-service hotels in the upscale, midscale, extended-stay and economy segments. The award-winning Choice Privileges® loyalty program offers members benefits ranging from everyday rewards to exceptional experiences.
At our worldwide corporate headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, and technology center in Scottsdale, Arizona, and through our associates around the globe, we keep Choice hotels thriving by serving as a champion for our franchisees and providing cutting-edge technology.
Ability to model Choice’s Cultural Values: Welcome and Respect Everyone, Be Bold, Be Quick, Listen, Be Curious and Show Integrity.
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