Digital Automation Lead

When you join Verizon

Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect across the globe. We’re a diverse network of people driven by our shared ambition to shape a better future. Here, we have the ability to learn and grow at the speed of technology, and the space to create within every role. Together, we are moving the world forward – and you can too. Dream it. Build it. Do it here.

What you’ll be doing...

You will be responsible for leading the enterprise digital automation tools team that enables all Verizon lines of business to adopt and execute with robotic process and desktop automations. You are excited by architecting and designing opportunities to translate strategies into user-friendly processes and systems and have a significant impact on the way we do business. You thrive in a collaborative environment and work well with multiple stakeholders at all levels. Your strong communication and influencing skills help you to gain their buy-in and support. Leading and inspiring teams to perform at their best comes naturally and is personally rewarding.

In this role you will lead the technical team that has ownership of the entire digital development life cycle management platform and all infrastructure related automation components. You will be responsible for leading this highly motivated and talented team, coaching and mentoring them to deliver high quality products, services and support. You will help establish goals, influence and effectively communicate the vision set by Senior Leadership.

• Lead the architecture, design/build and support of the digital tools platform consisting of UiPath built robots.
• Be well versed in .NET and/or C# along with UiPath bot development, angular js/java and PostgreSQL based systems as well as SQL Server platforms.
• Be acutely familiar with MVC design pattern for full-stack web applications (e.g., data modeling, view design, and controller implementation).
• Provide strategic architecture, leadership, direction and technical oversight pertaining to the implementation of the tools, technologies, solutions, and methodologies.
• Communicate architectural decisions, plans, goals, strategies and gain organizational commitment for enterprise-level architecture and infrastructure initiatives.
• Provide thought leadership by challenging the current way of operating to deliver best in class approaches.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with business domain leadership to keep track of changing business needs and priorities.
• Perform research activities to identify emerging technologies and trends that may affect the enterprise.
• Maintain awareness of vendor/product industry developments, regulations and trends and identify potential impacts.
• Propose the most optimum technical solutions in order to drive industry "best in class" KPI results and state of the art customer experiences.

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.

What we’re looking for...

You are excited by opportunities to translate strategies into user-friendly processes and systems and have a significant impact on the way we do business. You thrive in a collaborative environment and work well with multiple stakeholders at all levels. Your strong communication and influencing skills help you to gain their buy-in and support. Leading and inspiring teams to perform at their best comes naturally and is personally rewarding.

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Three or more years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in building bots specifically in the UiPath Re-Frameworks and familiarity with other leading automation technologies.
• Experience with architecture define/build and implementation.
• Experience with .NET and/or C#, AngularJS, and JavaScript.
• Experience with .NET and Postgres / SQL Server.
• Experience with robotic automation systems with focus on unattended and attended robotic solutions.
• Experience building DLL's in Visual Studio, compiling them as a Nuget, and implementing as a library through UiPath.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or related field.
• Five or more years of experience in large scale technology projects, architecture, and design.
• Fluent in technical stack development, open source tools and technologies.
• Experience developing product or end-to-end technology solution architectures.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., PHP, Python, PowerShell).
• Proficient in creating technical architecture diagrams/flows and helping properly document business processes.
• Experience with ETL Tools to move data and API/Web service integrations.
• Knowledge of industry trends and relevant application technologies.
• Experience with micro-services architecture, cloud-native architecture.
• Experience working across verticals within and outside the organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

NYC candidates: Verizon requires new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for onsite and hybrid NYC roles. Verizon provides reasonable accommodations consistent with legal requirements (e.g., for medical or religious reasons). Additional information will be provided during the hiring process.