Why USAA? At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families. Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful. We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs. The Opportunity As a dedicated Director, Information Technology, you will lead the Database Security team within USAA's Technology Infrastructure and Operations department. The role will be responsible for the full lifecycle of database account management including provisioning, rotation, and retirement while maintaining compliance with security and data governance in the highly regulated financial services industry. You will direct, plan, and organize activities of professional and administrative staff engaged in providing information technology services. Provide for technical leadership in the plan, design, development, testing, implementation, or maintenance of business solutions. Provide high level consultation and influence on technical solutions, including emerging technologies. Lead and direct change management, process improvement, or technical support initiatives cross-departmentally and within assigned unit. Contribute to and execute long- and short-term strategic direction. Advise senior management and provide input to aide in decision making. We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX or Plano, TX. Relocation assistance is not available for this position. What you'll do: Responsible for developing, maintaining, testing, and monitoring an internal control environment, including preventative and detective controls, to effectively manage risks. Builds and oversees a team of employees for assigned technology support area through ongoing execution of recruiting, development, retention, coaching and support, performance management, and managerial activities. Oversees efforts in establishing documentation standards and quality assurance methodologies for technology support functions and ensure adherence to standards across teams. Accountable for the identification, research, and analysis of end to end business, processes, and technology support opportunities. Develops and oversees metrics for technology support capabilities and/or processes (KPIs, KRIs, etc.). Creates a multi-year plan to operationalize a technology support strategy, with key milestones, deliverables, and realization targets. Oversees the creation and execution of departmental budgets and forecasts for applicable technology support function. Oversees the availability management of technology solutions / domains by applying strong change and incident management practices. Works across multiple functional areas and influences future business strategy to be able to best utilize available technology support functions as well as future ones. Stays abreast of industry trends and understands the direction of applicable technology support capabilities and ensures technology environment is agile enough to change quickly to support. Builds successful stakeholder relationships with other IT and business leaders by developing a clear understanding of business needs, acting as a trusted advisor, and ensuring cost-effective delivery of technology support services to meet those needs. Participates in the development of 3rd Party vendors strategy and provides oversight to ensure achievement of technology support objectives. May provide oversight of vendor management activities including service agreements, staff augmentation and technology contracts. Builds and oversees a team of employees for assigned functional area through ongoing execution of recruiting, development, retention, coaching and support, performance management, and managerial activities. Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures. What you have: Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience. 8 years of experience in a technology function in a Software Development/Engineering or Infrastructure environment. 3 years of direct team lead or management experience of IT professionals. Experience overseeing the technology life cycle from requirements analysis, feasibility estimates, design, code, documentation, testing, implementation, and support. Technical knowledge and understanding of technical domains that reside within Infrastructure Services, Data or Application Development. Experience conducting cost benefit analyses and leveraging results to drive technology support solutions. Demonstrated thought leadership in embedding intuitive story telling of technology support functions including concise presentation of complex technical details. Previous experience managing multiple tasks and responsibilities in high-pressure environments; excelling at pinpointing and resolving problems in early stages to avoid cost/time expenses. Experience and ability to drive a culture of quality and personal accountability through technology support teams. Demonstrated experience in vendor contract management and management of distributed development teams and resources. Demonstrated financial acumen involving budgets, forecasting, and executing on the budgets for applicable technology support function. Advanced facilitation, collaboration and consensus building skills, with experience in presenting to cross-functional teams and Senior/Executive leaders. Experience in inspiring, leading, and defining vision, strategy and organizational change. Demonstrated experience in explaining complex technology decisions to both technical and nontechnical audiences at all levels in the organization. Demonstrated ability to influence change at the executive level and team level. Understanding of relevant industry frameworks, i.e. COBIT, ITIL, SAFe, etc. Understanding of Legislative and Regulatory Compliance Requirements. What sets you apart: Experience leading technical teams in the technology infrastructure and/or information security environment. Experience supporting multiple database technologies such as Oracle, IBM Distributed DB2, SQL Server, Yugabyte, Snowflake, Cassandra, and AWS Cloud Native Databases. Deep understanding of database security processes and technologies. Experience in automating technology infrastructure operations. Experience operating IT infrastructure in a highly regulated industry such as financial services. US military experience gained through military service or gained as a military spouse / domestic partner. Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $143,320 - $273,930. USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.). Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors. The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job. Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals. For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com. Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting. USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you are an existing USAA employee, please use the internal career site in OneSource to apply. Please do not type your first and last name in all caps. Find your purpose. Join our mission. USAA is unlike any other financial services organization. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services; in so doing, USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. We do this by upholding the highest standards and ensuring that our corporate business activities and individual employee conduct reflect good judgment and common sense, and are consistent with our core values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity. USAA attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource: our 35,000 employees. They are the heart and soul of our member-service culture. When you join us, you'll become part of a thriving community committed to going above for those who have gone beyond: the men and women of the U.S. military, their associates and their families. In order to play a role on our team, you don't have to be connected to the military yourself – you just need to share our passion for serving our more than 13 million members. USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law. California applicants, please review our HR CCPA - Notice at Collection here.

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