Join the FHLBC team!
At the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, employees come first - that's why we offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees.
* Retirement program (401k and Pension) * Medical, dental and vision insurance * Lifestyle Spending Account
* Generous PTO plan
* 11 paid holidays per year
* Hybrid working model
Who we are:
FHLBank Chicago partners with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment in the Bank, and support for their community investment activities. We are one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks created by Congress in 1932 as a government sponsored enterprise to support mortgage lending and community investment. We are member owned and member focused. Our members include banks, credit unions, insurance companies and CDFIs.
What you'll do:
- You'll be responsible for managing and guiding the development of staff and for supporting technology business management processes.
- You'll work closely with team members and customers to understand operations and system requirements and to deliver quality solutions.
- You will be expected to provide the technical guidance, leadership, coordination and/or specialized expertise needed to successfully develop, integrate and maintain business solutions.
How you'll make an impact:
- You'll be in a critical and very visible leadership role within the Bank that will have interactions with various departments and employees (from IT to Executive Team level) as well as external vendors.
- You'll be responsible for driving the development, implementation and support of member facing credit systems for the FHLBank Chicago.
What you can expect:
- Manage and provide direction for the application development team in support of business operations and objectives.
- Manage the development team efforts to deliver member facing applications that are secure, right-sized, and of high quality.
- Lead teams in documenting and understanding data, and their related flows, across systems to support the Bank.
- Ensure high-level business needs are decomposed into well written user stories leveraging the INVEST criteria.
- Collaborates with architects and designers to ensure the technical solution aligns with the business needs/requirements.
- Provide technical leadership to scrum masters, developers and quality assurance staff working on the IT Delivery Team.
- Cultivate, disseminate, and enforce functional policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Collaborate with analysts, developers, and system owners in the testing of new software programs and applications.
- Promote a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Assist in incident and problem resolution for the delivery team's supported applications.
- Manage team including individual and team performance goals, career development and skills training.
- Prepare, establish, and manage annual budgets.
- Guides, directs, and coaches less experienced IT staff as needed.
What you'll bring:
- Bachelor degree in Information Systems or related degree
- Advanced degree preferred
- Minimum of 9 years client server software development experience or 12 years combined applications development and support experience.
- SDLC methods - Waterfall, Agile (Scrum)
- Experience with common languages and frameworks: Angular, .Net Core/C#, Java/J2EE/Spring
- Experience with common OS and RDBMS: Windows, Solaris, Linux; SQL Server
- App Server: Apache/Tomcat, IIS, Websphere 7.x/8.x
- Other: DevSecOps, API's, Webservices, Microsoft Azure DevOps, AWS
- Experience with process automation (build, deploy and test) and continuous integration principles
- Solid background in software, data and enterprise architecture concepts
- Financial systems experience a plus.
- Capital Markets, Finance or Accounting background a plus.
- Experience with Agile project methods (Scrum) essential.
- Experience with responsive web design to support mobile usage.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
- Strong collaboration and team work experience
- Customer service focus
- Strong analytical skills
- High degree of personal accountability and integrity
- Demonstrated leadership ability.
- Demonstrated capacity to manage, mentor and assess the performance of a team.
- Knowledge of Finance, Banking, Mortgage Lending and/or Capital Markets
- Broad knowledge of software development methods including waterfall and Agile (Scrum)
- Demonstrated knowledge of software design patterns and advanced knowledge of software/data architectural concepts
- Familiarity with emergent architecture concepts
The perks:
At FHLBank Chicago, employees come first. We offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. Our retirement program includes a 401K and Pension. Our generous PTO plan provides five weeks of vacation for new employees and 11 paid holidays per year. We offer work from home options and a casual dress code at our beautiful new space in the Old Post Office. Step into your future with us. #LI-Hybrid
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