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Director of Biometrics Description American Express is embarking on an exciting Cloud, Big Data and Mobile transformation driven by an energetic team of high performers. This group is nimble and creative with the power to shape our technology and product roadmap. You will lead an engineering organization working with cross-functional and cross-enterprise teams that define requirements (business and technical), develop architecture specifications, assess and select vendors/products, pilot new technology elements and process, develop enterprise-scale deployment plans and lead initial implementations.
The role will have an emphasis on, but not limited to, developing security capabilities to enable identity management via biometrics. The role will work closely with other Information Security Organizations like Security Assurance, Security Operations, Security Incident Response teams along with internal cloud development teams and external cloud providers on requirements, design, integration and delivery of these solutions. Responsibilities • Provide engineering leadership to all phases of the Biometrics Program. • Lead technical analysis and recommendations (e.g. evaluate and select vendor security products based on functional, security and operational requirements; review and comment on security architecture) • Lead technical design and first instance deployment of global projects including security solutions for internal and external Biometrics-based identity management solutions. • Produce (contribute to and oversee others) high quality documentation (e.g. Architecture Specifications, System Requirements, Roadmaps, White Papers) to accurately capture and communicate business drivers, technical requirements, system design, and future plans and provide thought leadership at the enterprise level). • Present Biometrics architectural design concepts and solutions to all levels in the organization. • Drive proof of concepts that assess the feasibility of solutions and demonstrate to our product partners how technology can be leveraged. • Gather requirements; build functional specifications, timelines, adoption plans and other artifacts to support security implementation. • Work with stakeholders within and across Business Unit teams to build consensus and drive decision making. • Work with various businesses to evaluate various technologies including setting up POC, evaluation criteria, managing professional services resources for design, architecture and implementation. Qualifications Must possess deep industry solution expertise and drive high priority customer initiatives. This is engineering leadership role that is accountable for the end-to-end product experience. • Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing • Excellent understanding of security requirements applicable to the adoption of Biometrics for the purpose of identity management. • Thorough understanding of XML, JSON , web services technologies, and data structure fundamentals, with experience in multi-threaded programming • Experience with Java applications design and development in an Enterprise setting using J2EE, Spring, SQL DBMSs • Experience with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies is a plus • Expertise in objected oriented analysis and design across a variety of platforms • A proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software • Ability to effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on solution design • Experience with Java Application Servers (Websphere, Jboss, Tomcat) • Experience with design patterns (DAO, Session Façade, Business Delegates, etc) • Problem-solving mentality leveraging internal and/or external resources • Exceptional verbal and written communication • Deep technical experience in one or more of the following areas: Software design or development, Application Design, Systems Operations / Management, • Database architecture, Virtualization, IP Networking, Storage, IT Security, Linux • Working knowledge of one or more of the following programming languages: .NET, C++, Java, JSON, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails, Pig/Hive Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations. American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by law. Click here to view the "EEO is the Law" poster. Job Technologies Primary Location US-Arizona-Phoenix Secondary Location US-Palo Alto Organization Technology Schedule Full-time Job Band 40
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Qualifications
Qualifications Must possess deep industry solution expertise and drive high priority customer initiatives. This is engineering leadership role that is accountable for the end-to-end product experience. • Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing • Excellent understanding of security requirements applicable to the adoption of Biometrics for the purpose of identity management. • Thorough understanding of XML, JSON , web services technologies, and data structure fundamentals, with experience in multi-threaded programming • Experience with Java applications design and development in an Enterprise setting using J2EE, Spring, SQL DBMSs • Experience with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies is a plus • Expertise in objected oriented analysis and design across a variety of platforms • A proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software • Ability to effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on solution design • Experience with Java Application Servers (Websphere, Jboss, Tomcat) • Experience with design patterns (DAO, Session Façade, Business Delegates, etc) • Problem-solving mentality leveraging internal and/or external resources • Exceptional verbal and written communication • Deep technical experience in one or more of the following areas: Software design or development, Application Design, Systems Operations / Management, • Database architecture, Virtualization, IP Networking, Storage, IT Security, Linux • Working knowledge of one or more of the following programming languages: .NET, C++, Java, JSON, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails, Pig/Hive
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Job Description:
Director of Biometrics Description American Express is embarking on an exciting Cloud, Big Data and Mobile transformation driven by an energetic team of high performers. This group is nimble and creative with the power to shape our technology and product roadmap. You will lead an engineering organization working with cross-functional and cross-enterprise teams that define requirements (business and technical), develop architecture specifications, assess and select vendors/products, pilot new technology elements and process, develop enterprise-scale deployment plans and lead initial implementations.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Qualifications
Qualifications Must possess deep industry solution expertise and drive high priority customer initiatives. This is engineering leadership role that is accountable for the end-to-end product experience. • Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing • Excellent understanding of security requirements applicable to the adoption of Biometrics for the purpose of identity management. • Thorough understanding of XML, JSON , web services technologies, and data structure fundamentals, with experience in multi-threaded programming • Experience with Java applications design and development in an Enterprise setting using J2EE, Spring, SQL DBMSs • Experience with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies is a plus • Expertise in objected oriented analysis and design across a variety of platforms • A proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software • Ability to effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on solution design • Experience with Java Application Servers (Websphere, Jboss, Tomcat) • Experience with design patterns (DAO, Session Façade, Business Delegates, etc) • Problem-solving mentality leveraging internal and/or external resources • Exceptional verbal and written communication • Deep technical experience in one or more of the following areas: Software design or development, Application Design, Systems Operations / Management, • Database architecture, Virtualization, IP Networking, Storage, IT Security, Linux • Working knowledge of one or more of the following programming languages: .NET, C++, Java, JSON, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails, Pig/Hive
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