Tech Support This principal-level individual contributor serves within Kaiser Permanente's Container Platform and Adoption Services organization and provides operational leadership for the enterprise container platform service across on-premises and public-cloud environments. The department supports a growing portfolio of business-critical applications and shared technology capabilities that require consistent service reliability, operational readiness, security, compliance, and resilience. The Container Platform Operations Lead centralizes operational accountability and serves as the primary coordination and escalation point for platform health, major incidents, tenant-impacting risks, service readiness, and operational performance. The position partners with internal support organizations and external service providers to establish clear ownership, effective support models, reliable operating procedures, and measurable service expectations across the container platform ecosystem. The role leads operational governance across incident, problem, change, capacity, availability, vulnerability, compliance, business continuity, and disaster recovery practices. It also maintains the operational improvement backlog, strengthens monitoring and service-health reporting, and converts operational lessons into preventive controls and engineering priorities. In close partnership with the Engineering Lead, this position improves service stability, reduces operational risk, and ensures the enterprise container platform remains ready to support mission-critical healthcare services as adoption grows. Job Summary: This senior level employee is primarily responsible for influencing and leveraging the technical direction of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions and for serving as an expert for technical teams. This employee is accountable for ensuring software solutions are managed with full adherence to industry best practices. Essential Responsibilities: Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others. Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback. Provides insight into recommendations for complex technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Serves as an expert for innovative technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Provides technical expertise for the development, configuration, or modification of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by providing insight, guidance, and an escalation point for the design and coding of component-based applications. Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications. Leverages networks to drive collaboration between technical teams, architects, and/or software consultants, and ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders. Oversees the review and implementation of recommendations of technical solutions across multiple functions. Takes accountability for ensuring specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions support technical solutions and are aligned with architectural designs. Derives an overall strategy of data management, within an established Information Architecture, that supports the business model. Identifies information structures and detail to enable the development and secure operation of new information services. Takes overall responsibility for planning effective information storage, sharing, and publishing within the organization. Sets strategies for effective use of database technology taking account of the complex interrelations between hardware/software. Provides specialist expertise in the development, use, or operation of database management system tools and facilities. Provides expert knowledge in the selection, provision, and use of database architectures, software, and facilities, typically taking responsibility for a team of technical staff. Facilitates and serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the release schedule of business and enterprise software solutions. Provides expertise and guidance to team members for systems incident responses for complex issues. Fosters and leverages partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specification. Maintains and enhances technical expertise and knowledge of industry trends by attending participating conferences, and developing a network with other IT industry experts. Leads consultation efforts to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures. Provides expert technical advice and recommendations to others within the organization on matters related to software engineering, including market trends, and new programs and applications. Reviews and verifies resource estimates for complex technical design, coding, and testing efforts. Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions, serving as an escalation point for complex or unresolved issues related to requirements translation. As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum six (6) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC). Minimum four (4) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum ten (10) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
08/08/2026
Full time
Tech Support This principal-level individual contributor serves within Kaiser Permanente's Container Platform and Adoption Services organization and provides operational leadership for the enterprise container platform service across on-premises and public-cloud environments. The department supports a growing portfolio of business-critical applications and shared technology capabilities that require consistent service reliability, operational readiness, security, compliance, and resilience. The Container Platform Operations Lead centralizes operational accountability and serves as the primary coordination and escalation point for platform health, major incidents, tenant-impacting risks, service readiness, and operational performance. The position partners with internal support organizations and external service providers to establish clear ownership, effective support models, reliable operating procedures, and measurable service expectations across the container platform ecosystem. The role leads operational governance across incident, problem, change, capacity, availability, vulnerability, compliance, business continuity, and disaster recovery practices. It also maintains the operational improvement backlog, strengthens monitoring and service-health reporting, and converts operational lessons into preventive controls and engineering priorities. In close partnership with the Engineering Lead, this position improves service stability, reduces operational risk, and ensures the enterprise container platform remains ready to support mission-critical healthcare services as adoption grows. Job Summary: This senior level employee is primarily responsible for influencing and leveraging the technical direction of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions and for serving as an expert for technical teams. This employee is accountable for ensuring software solutions are managed with full adherence to industry best practices. Essential Responsibilities: Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others. Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback. Provides insight into recommendations for complex technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Serves as an expert for innovative technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Provides technical expertise for the development, configuration, or modification of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by providing insight, guidance, and an escalation point for the design and coding of component-based applications. Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications. Leverages networks to drive collaboration between technical teams, architects, and/or software consultants, and ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders. Oversees the review and implementation of recommendations of technical solutions across multiple functions. Takes accountability for ensuring specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions support technical solutions and are aligned with architectural designs. Derives an overall strategy of data management, within an established Information Architecture, that supports the business model. Identifies information structures and detail to enable the development and secure operation of new information services. Takes overall responsibility for planning effective information storage, sharing, and publishing within the organization. Sets strategies for effective use of database technology taking account of the complex interrelations between hardware/software. Provides specialist expertise in the development, use, or operation of database management system tools and facilities. Provides expert knowledge in the selection, provision, and use of database architectures, software, and facilities, typically taking responsibility for a team of technical staff. Facilitates and serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the release schedule of business and enterprise software solutions. Provides expertise and guidance to team members for systems incident responses for complex issues. Fosters and leverages partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specification. Maintains and enhances technical expertise and knowledge of industry trends by attending participating conferences, and developing a network with other IT industry experts. Leads consultation efforts to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures. Provides expert technical advice and recommendations to others within the organization on matters related to software engineering, including market trends, and new programs and applications. Reviews and verifies resource estimates for complex technical design, coding, and testing efforts. Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions, serving as an escalation point for complex or unresolved issues related to requirements translation. As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum six (6) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC). Minimum four (4) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum ten (10) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Description: Job Title: Consumer Lending Manager Department: Consumer Lending Reports to: Vice President of Consumer Lending Hours per Week: 40 hrs./week Salary Exempt Company Summary Welcome to Financial Plus Credit Union (FPCU) - 'The Place where it's Possible.' At FPCU, we believe in the power of collaboration, embrace inclusivity as a strength, and are driven by a shared commitment to success. Our community-centered approach goes beyond financial services; it's about fostering connections and making a positive impact. Join us, and be part of an environment that prioritizes wellness, encourages continuous learning, and opens doors to developing you into the person you want to be. Explore the opportunities that await you at FPCU - where you aren't just making a living but joining a PLACE where you can REACH your goals. Position Summary The Consumer Lending Manager is responsible for overseeing both the Consumer Loan Officer team, the Consumer Lending Operation Specialists, and the Loan Support Clerk, ensuring strong operational performance, underwriting consistency, member experience, and overall operational effectiveness. This role combines day-to-day leadership of lending and loan support staff with strategic oversight responsibilities focused on evaluating lending performance, identifying trends and opportunities, recommending operational improvements, and supporting initiatives designed to achieve organizational production, service, and portfolio growth goals while maintaining sound lending practices, operational consistency, and appropriate risk management. The Consumer Lending Manager works closely with the VP of Consumer Lending, Consumer Lending Processing Manager, Consumer Lending Systems Analyst, and other departments to support operational efficiency, process improvements, strategic initiatives, and organizational growth. This role balances production leadership, member service, operational collaboration, risk management, and employee development while ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements. Essential Functions & Primary Responsibilities Oversee the Loan Officers, Consumer Lending Operations Specialists, and Loan Support Clerk, ensuring strong member experience, service consistency, operational effectiveness, underwriting quality, credit risk management and overall lending operational effectiveness. Provide leadership, direction, coaching, and performance management to lending and loan support staff while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional development. Support organizational consumer lending growth objectives through strategic leadership, operational analysis, production monitoring, and data-driven recommendations. Analyze lending production trends, pull-through ratios, application sources, operational performance, and portfolio growth opportunities to identify areas requiring improvement or strategic focus. Provide recommendations to senior leadership regarding operational changes, workflow improvements, staffing needs, product enhancements, promotional opportunities, service strategies, and process efficiencies to support organizational lending goals. Monitor loan application conversion metrics, funded loan ratios, turnaround times, productivity, and member experience trends to identify opportunities for improvement. Coach and develop team on underwriting consistency, operational effectiveness, product knowledge, member experience expectations, and lending best practices. Partner with internal departments to support lending knowledge, workflow alignment, operational consistency, and member experience throughout the lending process. Identify development opportunities and assist in preparing team members for increased responsibilities and future leadership opportunities. Assist with escalated lending decisions, exception requests, member concerns, and complex lending situations while balancing member experience, organizational policy, and risk management. Ensure lending decisions, exception handling, and operational processes are consistently documented and aligned with organizational policies, procedures, and risk tolerance. Partner closely with the Consumer Loan Processing Manager to ensure seamless workflow coordination, efficient handoffs, funding timeliness, and operational consistency throughout the loan lifecycle. Collaborate with Retail Delivery, Digital, Processing, Indirect Lending, Marketing, and other departments to improve workflows, reduce member friction, and enhance the overall lending experience. Participate in cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives supporting consumer lending efficiency, scalability, and member service. Partner with the Consumer Lending Systems Analyst to identify operational inefficiencies, support workflow enhancements, participate in user acceptance testing, and assist with implementation and adoption of lending technology initiatives. Provide operational input and feedback regarding loan origination systems, workflow tools, automation opportunities, and process improvements. Monitor and manage departmental performance metrics including funded loan volume, application conversion, approval ratios, turnaround times, productivity, service standards, member experience, and portfolio trends. Utilize production reporting and operational analytics to identify performance gaps, process inefficiencies, and opportunities for growth, operational improvement, and enhanced member experience. Utilize reporting and analytics to identify trends, improve operational performance, and support strategic decision-making. Analyze lending performance, portfolio trends, operational data, and member experience feedback to identify opportunities for growth and improvement. Support strategic lending initiatives, promotional campaigns, and market growth efforts in partnership with senior leadership and marketing. Maintain and improve member service by ensuring inquiries, applications, and member issues are handled professionally, consistently, and promptly. Conduct quality reviews and audits to ensure lending accuracy, operational consistency, compliance, and proper documentation. Stay up to date on industry trends, lending laws, operational best practices, and product innovations to recommend improvements and new opportunities. Assist in budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning for the consumer lending division. Work collaboratively with third-party vendors, partners, and internal stakeholders to support lending operations and organizational initiatives. Oversee the processing and management of title work, loan payoffs, release of liens, and UCC filings. Promote a positive team environment, encouraging collaboration and high-quality service. Ensure employees have the tools, materials, and training necessary for success. Ensures compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act, Patriot Act, and Office of Foreign Asset Controls, and should request legal interpretation as necessary. Must ensure subordinates are also compliant with such laws and regulations. Must be bondable. Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements: Education & Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field; or equivalent work experience. 3 to 5 years of previous consumer lending experience with a proven performance record, with leadership or management experience preferred. Strong understanding of consumer lending regulations, underwriting principles, operational workflows, and member service expectations. Experience leading teams in a fast-paced lending environment focused on balancing growth, service, operational efficiency, and risk management. Experience working with loan origination systems, workflow automation, reporting tools, and lending technology platforms preferred. Strong communication, coaching, organizational leadership, and relationship-building skills. Ability to analyze operational data and utilize reporting to drive performance improvements and strategic decision-making. Candidate must have a thorough understanding of the Loan Policy and Guidelines. Candidate must be knowledgeable of Credit Unions product and services and demonstrate the ability to cross-sell and build deeper relationships with our membership. This position requires an understanding of basic computer skills including Microsoft 365 suite applications. Skills and Abilities Strong leadership and management skills with the ability to motivate, coach, and develop high-performing teams. Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to evaluate operational performance and make data-driven decisions. Exceptional problem-solving skills with a solution-oriented mindset. Detail-oriented with a strong focus on operational consistency, compliance, and member experience. Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines. Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. Ability to build collaborative relationships across departments and effectively navigate operational challenges. Presents a positive and professional image to members and team members through effective and courteous verbal and written communications. . click apply for full job details
08/07/2026
Full time
Description: Job Title: Consumer Lending Manager Department: Consumer Lending Reports to: Vice President of Consumer Lending Hours per Week: 40 hrs./week Salary Exempt Company Summary Welcome to Financial Plus Credit Union (FPCU) - 'The Place where it's Possible.' At FPCU, we believe in the power of collaboration, embrace inclusivity as a strength, and are driven by a shared commitment to success. Our community-centered approach goes beyond financial services; it's about fostering connections and making a positive impact. Join us, and be part of an environment that prioritizes wellness, encourages continuous learning, and opens doors to developing you into the person you want to be. Explore the opportunities that await you at FPCU - where you aren't just making a living but joining a PLACE where you can REACH your goals. Position Summary The Consumer Lending Manager is responsible for overseeing both the Consumer Loan Officer team, the Consumer Lending Operation Specialists, and the Loan Support Clerk, ensuring strong operational performance, underwriting consistency, member experience, and overall operational effectiveness. This role combines day-to-day leadership of lending and loan support staff with strategic oversight responsibilities focused on evaluating lending performance, identifying trends and opportunities, recommending operational improvements, and supporting initiatives designed to achieve organizational production, service, and portfolio growth goals while maintaining sound lending practices, operational consistency, and appropriate risk management. The Consumer Lending Manager works closely with the VP of Consumer Lending, Consumer Lending Processing Manager, Consumer Lending Systems Analyst, and other departments to support operational efficiency, process improvements, strategic initiatives, and organizational growth. This role balances production leadership, member service, operational collaboration, risk management, and employee development while ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements. Essential Functions & Primary Responsibilities Oversee the Loan Officers, Consumer Lending Operations Specialists, and Loan Support Clerk, ensuring strong member experience, service consistency, operational effectiveness, underwriting quality, credit risk management and overall lending operational effectiveness. Provide leadership, direction, coaching, and performance management to lending and loan support staff while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional development. Support organizational consumer lending growth objectives through strategic leadership, operational analysis, production monitoring, and data-driven recommendations. Analyze lending production trends, pull-through ratios, application sources, operational performance, and portfolio growth opportunities to identify areas requiring improvement or strategic focus. Provide recommendations to senior leadership regarding operational changes, workflow improvements, staffing needs, product enhancements, promotional opportunities, service strategies, and process efficiencies to support organizational lending goals. Monitor loan application conversion metrics, funded loan ratios, turnaround times, productivity, and member experience trends to identify opportunities for improvement. Coach and develop team on underwriting consistency, operational effectiveness, product knowledge, member experience expectations, and lending best practices. Partner with internal departments to support lending knowledge, workflow alignment, operational consistency, and member experience throughout the lending process. Identify development opportunities and assist in preparing team members for increased responsibilities and future leadership opportunities. Assist with escalated lending decisions, exception requests, member concerns, and complex lending situations while balancing member experience, organizational policy, and risk management. Ensure lending decisions, exception handling, and operational processes are consistently documented and aligned with organizational policies, procedures, and risk tolerance. Partner closely with the Consumer Loan Processing Manager to ensure seamless workflow coordination, efficient handoffs, funding timeliness, and operational consistency throughout the loan lifecycle. Collaborate with Retail Delivery, Digital, Processing, Indirect Lending, Marketing, and other departments to improve workflows, reduce member friction, and enhance the overall lending experience. Participate in cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives supporting consumer lending efficiency, scalability, and member service. Partner with the Consumer Lending Systems Analyst to identify operational inefficiencies, support workflow enhancements, participate in user acceptance testing, and assist with implementation and adoption of lending technology initiatives. Provide operational input and feedback regarding loan origination systems, workflow tools, automation opportunities, and process improvements. Monitor and manage departmental performance metrics including funded loan volume, application conversion, approval ratios, turnaround times, productivity, service standards, member experience, and portfolio trends. Utilize production reporting and operational analytics to identify performance gaps, process inefficiencies, and opportunities for growth, operational improvement, and enhanced member experience. Utilize reporting and analytics to identify trends, improve operational performance, and support strategic decision-making. Analyze lending performance, portfolio trends, operational data, and member experience feedback to identify opportunities for growth and improvement. Support strategic lending initiatives, promotional campaigns, and market growth efforts in partnership with senior leadership and marketing. Maintain and improve member service by ensuring inquiries, applications, and member issues are handled professionally, consistently, and promptly. Conduct quality reviews and audits to ensure lending accuracy, operational consistency, compliance, and proper documentation. Stay up to date on industry trends, lending laws, operational best practices, and product innovations to recommend improvements and new opportunities. Assist in budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning for the consumer lending division. Work collaboratively with third-party vendors, partners, and internal stakeholders to support lending operations and organizational initiatives. Oversee the processing and management of title work, loan payoffs, release of liens, and UCC filings. Promote a positive team environment, encouraging collaboration and high-quality service. Ensure employees have the tools, materials, and training necessary for success. Ensures compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act, Patriot Act, and Office of Foreign Asset Controls, and should request legal interpretation as necessary. Must ensure subordinates are also compliant with such laws and regulations. Must be bondable. Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements: Education & Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field; or equivalent work experience. 3 to 5 years of previous consumer lending experience with a proven performance record, with leadership or management experience preferred. Strong understanding of consumer lending regulations, underwriting principles, operational workflows, and member service expectations. Experience leading teams in a fast-paced lending environment focused on balancing growth, service, operational efficiency, and risk management. Experience working with loan origination systems, workflow automation, reporting tools, and lending technology platforms preferred. Strong communication, coaching, organizational leadership, and relationship-building skills. Ability to analyze operational data and utilize reporting to drive performance improvements and strategic decision-making. Candidate must have a thorough understanding of the Loan Policy and Guidelines. Candidate must be knowledgeable of Credit Unions product and services and demonstrate the ability to cross-sell and build deeper relationships with our membership. This position requires an understanding of basic computer skills including Microsoft 365 suite applications. Skills and Abilities Strong leadership and management skills with the ability to motivate, coach, and develop high-performing teams. Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to evaluate operational performance and make data-driven decisions. Exceptional problem-solving skills with a solution-oriented mindset. Detail-oriented with a strong focus on operational consistency, compliance, and member experience. Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines. Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. Ability to build collaborative relationships across departments and effectively navigate operational challenges. Presents a positive and professional image to members and team members through effective and courteous verbal and written communications. . click apply for full job details
Tech Summary This principal-level individual contributor serves within Kaiser Permanente's Container Platform and Adoption Services organization and provides technical leadership for the enterprise container platform service spanning on-premises and public-cloud environments. The department's mission is to deliver a consistent, secure, resilient, and supportable platform experience that enables application modernization and scalable adoption across the organization. The Container Platform Engineering Lead sets the technical direction for platform engineering and establishes the reusable standards, architectural guardrails, automation approaches, and engineering practices needed to operate the service as one enterprise capability. The position leads complex designs for shared platforms, dedicated environments, application onboarding, developer tooling, data services, enterprise middleware, and other specialized workloads while remaining actively engaged in engineering and implementation. The role works across application delivery, cloud and infrastructure engineering, cybersecurity, networking, observability, reliability engineering, enterprise architecture, and external service providers to translate strategy and risk requirements into practical platform outcomes. Through design leadership, technical governance, mentoring, and partnership with the Operations Lead, this position reduces fragmented solutions, improves engineering quality and platform reliability, and creates the repeatable capabilities required to modernize mission-critical healthcare applications at enterprise scale. This principal-level individual contributor serves within Kaiser Permanente's Container Platform and Adoption Services organization and provides technical leadership for the enterprise container platform service spanning on-premises and public-cloud environments. The department's mission is to deliver a consistent, secure, resilient, and supportable platform experience that enables application modernization and scalable adoption across the organization. The Container Platform Engineering Lead sets the technical direction for platform engineering and establishes the reusable standards, architectural guardrails, automation approaches, and engineering practices needed to operate the service as one enterprise capability. The position leads complex designs for shared platforms, dedicated environments, application onboarding, developer tooling, data services, enterprise middleware, and other specialized workloads while remaining actively engaged in engineering and implementation. The role works across application delivery, cloud and infrastructure engineering, cybersecurity, networking, observability, reliability engineering, enterprise architecture, and external service providers to translate strategy and risk requirements into practical platform outcomes. Through design leadership, technical governance, mentoring, and partnership with the Operations Lead, this position reduces fragmented solutions, improves engineering quality and platform reliability, and creates the repeatable capabilities required to modernize mission-critical healthcare applications at enterprise scale. Job Summary: This senior level employee is primarily responsible for influencing and leveraging the technical direction of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions and for serving as an expert for technical teams. This employee is accountable for ensuring software solutions are managed with full adherence to industry best practices. Essential Responsibilities: Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others. Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback. Provides insight into recommendations for complex technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Serves as an expert for innovative technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Provides technical expertise for the development, configuration, or modification of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by providing insight, guidance, and an escalation point for the design and coding of component-based applications. Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications. Leverages networks to drive collaboration between technical teams, architects, and/or software consultants, and ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders. Oversees the review and implementation of recommendations of technical solutions across multiple functions. Takes accountability for ensuring specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions support technical solutions and are aligned with architectural designs. Derives an overall strategy of data management, within an established Information Architecture, that supports the business model. Identifies information structures and detail to enable the development and secure operation of new information services. Takes overall responsibility for planning effective information storage, sharing, and publishing within the organization. Sets strategies for effective use of database technology taking account of the complex interrelations between hardware/software. Provides specialist expertise in the development, use, or operation of database management system tools and facilities. Provides expert knowledge in the selection, provision, and use of database architectures, software, and facilities, typically taking responsibility for a team of technical staff. Facilitates and serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the release schedule of business and enterprise software solutions. Provides expertise and guidance to team members for systems incident responses for complex issues. Fosters and leverages partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specification. Maintains and enhances technical expertise and knowledge of industry trends by attending participating conferences, and developing a network with other IT industry experts. Leads consultation efforts to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures. Provides expert technical advice and recommendations to others within the organization on matters related to software engineering, including market trends, and new programs and applications. Reviews and verifies resource estimates for complex technical design, coding, and testing efforts. Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions, serving as an escalation point for complex or unresolved issues related to requirements translation. As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum six (6) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC). Minimum four (4) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum ten (10) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
07/28/2026
Full time
Tech Summary This principal-level individual contributor serves within Kaiser Permanente's Container Platform and Adoption Services organization and provides technical leadership for the enterprise container platform service spanning on-premises and public-cloud environments. The department's mission is to deliver a consistent, secure, resilient, and supportable platform experience that enables application modernization and scalable adoption across the organization. The Container Platform Engineering Lead sets the technical direction for platform engineering and establishes the reusable standards, architectural guardrails, automation approaches, and engineering practices needed to operate the service as one enterprise capability. The position leads complex designs for shared platforms, dedicated environments, application onboarding, developer tooling, data services, enterprise middleware, and other specialized workloads while remaining actively engaged in engineering and implementation. The role works across application delivery, cloud and infrastructure engineering, cybersecurity, networking, observability, reliability engineering, enterprise architecture, and external service providers to translate strategy and risk requirements into practical platform outcomes. Through design leadership, technical governance, mentoring, and partnership with the Operations Lead, this position reduces fragmented solutions, improves engineering quality and platform reliability, and creates the repeatable capabilities required to modernize mission-critical healthcare applications at enterprise scale. This principal-level individual contributor serves within Kaiser Permanente's Container Platform and Adoption Services organization and provides technical leadership for the enterprise container platform service spanning on-premises and public-cloud environments. The department's mission is to deliver a consistent, secure, resilient, and supportable platform experience that enables application modernization and scalable adoption across the organization. The Container Platform Engineering Lead sets the technical direction for platform engineering and establishes the reusable standards, architectural guardrails, automation approaches, and engineering practices needed to operate the service as one enterprise capability. The position leads complex designs for shared platforms, dedicated environments, application onboarding, developer tooling, data services, enterprise middleware, and other specialized workloads while remaining actively engaged in engineering and implementation. The role works across application delivery, cloud and infrastructure engineering, cybersecurity, networking, observability, reliability engineering, enterprise architecture, and external service providers to translate strategy and risk requirements into practical platform outcomes. Through design leadership, technical governance, mentoring, and partnership with the Operations Lead, this position reduces fragmented solutions, improves engineering quality and platform reliability, and creates the repeatable capabilities required to modernize mission-critical healthcare applications at enterprise scale. Job Summary: This senior level employee is primarily responsible for influencing and leveraging the technical direction of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions and for serving as an expert for technical teams. This employee is accountable for ensuring software solutions are managed with full adherence to industry best practices. Essential Responsibilities: Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others. Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback. Provides insight into recommendations for complex technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Serves as an expert for innovative technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Provides technical expertise for the development, configuration, or modification of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by providing insight, guidance, and an escalation point for the design and coding of component-based applications. Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications. Leverages networks to drive collaboration between technical teams, architects, and/or software consultants, and ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders. Oversees the review and implementation of recommendations of technical solutions across multiple functions. Takes accountability for ensuring specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions support technical solutions and are aligned with architectural designs. Derives an overall strategy of data management, within an established Information Architecture, that supports the business model. Identifies information structures and detail to enable the development and secure operation of new information services. Takes overall responsibility for planning effective information storage, sharing, and publishing within the organization. Sets strategies for effective use of database technology taking account of the complex interrelations between hardware/software. Provides specialist expertise in the development, use, or operation of database management system tools and facilities. Provides expert knowledge in the selection, provision, and use of database architectures, software, and facilities, typically taking responsibility for a team of technical staff. Facilitates and serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the release schedule of business and enterprise software solutions. Provides expertise and guidance to team members for systems incident responses for complex issues. Fosters and leverages partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specification. Maintains and enhances technical expertise and knowledge of industry trends by attending participating conferences, and developing a network with other IT industry experts. Leads consultation efforts to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures. Provides expert technical advice and recommendations to others within the organization on matters related to software engineering, including market trends, and new programs and applications. Reviews and verifies resource estimates for complex technical design, coding, and testing efforts. Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions, serving as an escalation point for complex or unresolved issues related to requirements translation. As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum six (6) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC). Minimum four (4) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum ten (10) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Please note, this position is designated as flexible, which means the selected candidate may be required to report to the assigned office in Greensboro, NC at least part of the time each week. Technical Summary: This is a hands-on, senior individual-contributor role for an experienced operations leader who can bring structure, accountability, and technical depth to how cloud services are supported, documented, measured, escalated, and continuously improved. The principal will own the operating model for platform operations, documentation, incident and change processes, HA/DR posture documentation, operational readiness standards for new cloud services, vendor performance management, and service-level accountability. The principal will enable onshore and offshore technical teams responsible for 24x7x365 operation of the environment, partner with vendors responsible for L1/L2 support, and coordinate with service and platform teams responsible for L3 escalation. The role ensures that services are not only technically ready for general availability, but operationally ready with runbooks, failure scenarios, monitoring, alerting, auditability, logging, escalation paths, ownership boundaries, and sustained support expectations in place. Job Summary: This senior level employee is primarily responsible for influencing and leveraging the technical direction of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions and for serving as an expert for technical teams. This employee is accountable for ensuring software solutions are managed with full adherence to industry best practices. Essential Responsibilities: Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others. Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback. Provides insight into recommendations for complex technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Serves as an expert for innovative technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Provides technical expertise for the development, configuration, or modification of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by providing insight, guidance, and an escalation point for the design and coding of component-based applications. Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications. Leverages networks to drive collaboration between technical teams, architects, and/or software consultants, and ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders. Oversees the review and implementation of recommendations of technical solutions across multiple functions. Takes accountability for ensuring specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions support technical solutions and are aligned with architectural designs. Derives an overall strategy of data management, within an established Information Architecture, that supports the business model. Identifies information structures and detail to enable the development and secure operation of new information services. Takes overall responsibility for planning effective information storage, sharing, and publishing within the organization. Sets strategies for effective use of database technology taking account of the complex interrelations between hardware/software. Provides specialist expertise in the development, use, or operation of database management system tools and facilities. Provides expert knowledge in the selection, provision, and use of database architectures, software, and facilities, typically taking responsibility for a team of technical staff. Facilitates and serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the release schedule of business and enterprise software solutions. Provides expertise and guidance to team members for systems incident responses for complex issues. Fosters and leverages partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specification. Maintains and enhances technical expertise and knowledge of industry trends by attending participating conferences, and developing a network with other IT industry experts. Leads consultation efforts to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures. Provides expert technical advice and recommendations to others within the organization on matters related to software engineering, including market trends, and new programs and applications. Reviews and verifies resource estimates for complex technical design, coding, and testing efforts. Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions, serving as an escalation point for complex or unresolved issues related to requirements translation. As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum six (6) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC). Minimum four (4) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum ten (10) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
07/15/2026
Full time
Please note, this position is designated as flexible, which means the selected candidate may be required to report to the assigned office in Greensboro, NC at least part of the time each week. Technical Summary: This is a hands-on, senior individual-contributor role for an experienced operations leader who can bring structure, accountability, and technical depth to how cloud services are supported, documented, measured, escalated, and continuously improved. The principal will own the operating model for platform operations, documentation, incident and change processes, HA/DR posture documentation, operational readiness standards for new cloud services, vendor performance management, and service-level accountability. The principal will enable onshore and offshore technical teams responsible for 24x7x365 operation of the environment, partner with vendors responsible for L1/L2 support, and coordinate with service and platform teams responsible for L3 escalation. The role ensures that services are not only technically ready for general availability, but operationally ready with runbooks, failure scenarios, monitoring, alerting, auditability, logging, escalation paths, ownership boundaries, and sustained support expectations in place. Job Summary: This senior level employee is primarily responsible for influencing and leveraging the technical direction of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions and for serving as an expert for technical teams. This employee is accountable for ensuring software solutions are managed with full adherence to industry best practices. Essential Responsibilities: Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others. Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback. Provides insight into recommendations for complex technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Serves as an expert for innovative technical solutions that meet design and functional needs. Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Provides technical expertise for the development, configuration, or modification of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by providing insight, guidance, and an escalation point for the design and coding of component-based applications. Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications. Leverages networks to drive collaboration between technical teams, architects, and/or software consultants, and ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs. Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders. Oversees the review and implementation of recommendations of technical solutions across multiple functions. Takes accountability for ensuring specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions support technical solutions and are aligned with architectural designs. Derives an overall strategy of data management, within an established Information Architecture, that supports the business model. Identifies information structures and detail to enable the development and secure operation of new information services. Takes overall responsibility for planning effective information storage, sharing, and publishing within the organization. Sets strategies for effective use of database technology taking account of the complex interrelations between hardware/software. Provides specialist expertise in the development, use, or operation of database management system tools and facilities. Provides expert knowledge in the selection, provision, and use of database architectures, software, and facilities, typically taking responsibility for a team of technical staff. Facilitates and serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the release schedule of business and enterprise software solutions. Provides expertise and guidance to team members for systems incident responses for complex issues. Fosters and leverages partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specification. Maintains and enhances technical expertise and knowledge of industry trends by attending participating conferences, and developing a network with other IT industry experts. Leads consultation efforts to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures. Provides expert technical advice and recommendations to others within the organization on matters related to software engineering, including market trends, and new programs and applications. Reviews and verifies resource estimates for complex technical design, coding, and testing efforts. Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions, serving as an escalation point for complex or unresolved issues related to requirements translation. As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum six (6) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC). Minimum four (4) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum ten (10) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.