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**Ref #** 20664

**Remote?** No

Ally and Your Career

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Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

The Opportunity

At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that has worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We are always evolving and see that as a good thing. From owning our work to seeing its impact in the real world, our team is relentless in finding new ways technology can help make experiences better and help people. We are problem solvers, we value diverse thinking, we support one another, and we challenge ourselves to think bigger in the journey to deliver customer-obsessed tech solutions. To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog at ally.tech

In this pivotal engineering role, you will design, build and implement network solutions, ensuring stability, performance and scalability. This role combines strategic planning, design, implementation and support to maximize the availability and reliability of Ally’s network systems. You will align technical capabilities with business goals, facilitating cross-functional collaboration and ensuring compliance with security and performance standards.

This role will require you to work closely with several peer teams across enterprise technology and security groups. Your ability to bridge these areas will be essential in delivering industry-leading solutions that meet the diverse needs of our stakeholders and customers.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The Work Itself

* Provide network subject matter expertise to further our hybrid cloud position and progress

* Guide the development and implementation of network architecture, standard and policies for SD-WAN and telecommunications technologies

* Work with engineering, operations and teams throughout technology to ensure the scalability and reliability of our network infrastructure

* Provide advanced network simulation and analysis of application and business requirements

* Design, implement, and maintain cloud networking technologies, including virtual machines, containers, storage, databases and networking

* Collaborate with teams and leaders across technology to identify, troubleshoot, and remediate network-based application performance issues

* Design, implement and maintain network observability solutions to monitor network performance and implement enhancements to meet or exceed operational targets

* Staying up to date on the latest network technologies and recommending solutions to improve network performance and efficiency

* Build a secure-by-design mindset across all areas of the network stack

* Mentor and provide knowledge transfer for Network Engineers and Operations team members

The Skills You Bring

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Information Sciences, Cybersecurity, a related technology field or equivalent experience.

* 5+ years of experience in network technology and support, with at least 3 years with deep focus on architecture and engineering.

* Strong knowledge of network principles, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), VPNs and network security frameworks. (e.g., NIST)

* Proven experience in designing and managing high availability and resilient network infrastructures.

* Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with experience working across the technology, business and risk organizations.

* Robust communication and presentation skills, demonstrating how architecture and design improvements will enable Ally’s high-availability objectives.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Minimum of 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity / technology management.

* Expertise in software-defined network principles and solutions.

* Network certifications (e.g., CCNP, CCIE, etc.)

* Strong expertise in networking solutions and observability tools (e.g., Cisco, Arista, Fortinet, Ciena, ClearPass, NetScout, Solarwinds etc.)

* Experience in highly regulated banking environments, ensuring compliance with FFIEC and NIST frameworks.

* Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and secure CI/CD pipeline integration.

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How We'll Have Your Back

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Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally’s total compensation - or total rewards - extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:

* Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.

* Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.

* Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.

* Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and childcare discounts.

* Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered, if not currently employed by Ally.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at [email protected]. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

_Base Pay Range:_

An individual's position in the range is determined by the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.

**Emerging:** 110000

**Experienced:** 145000

**Expert:** 180000

Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan