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University of Maryland Global Campus is hiring an Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Platforms Engineering in the Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. The role leads a team of directors responsible for engineering, modernizing, and supporting the enterprise applications behind UMGC’s institutional business processes, including student information, ERP, and document management systems. It reports to the Vice President, Platform Engineering.

Highlights

Lead application engineering teams supporting Student Information Systems, ERP, Electronic Document Management, Faculty Profile Management, and related services.
Develop and execute enterprise applications strategy and modernization plans with enterprise and domain architecture.
Own engineering, integration, and escalated support of enterprise applications, along with the enterprise platforms engineering budget.
Guide lifecycle planning, Tier 3 operational support, and performance optimization so core business systems stay reliable, secure, and available.
Set engineering governance and delivery performance measures with domain architects, Quality Management, and Release Enablement.
Manage vendor relationships and partner with business leaders, cybersecurity, data, integrations, and IT operations teams.
Lead major incident response and on-call readiness, and develop engineering managers, solution architects, and engineers through workforce planning and coaching.
Bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of progressive application engineering experience, including seven years leading technical teams; hybrid with 2-3 days a week in the Adelphi office at $220,000 to $237,000.

Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Platforms Engineering Full Description

Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Platforms Engineering

Office of the Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, University of Maryland Global Campus | Adelphi, MD | Hybrid: 2-3 days a week in office | Exempt, Regular, Full-Time

Job Ref: 10026528

Hiring range: $220,000 - $237,000

About the Role

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) seeks an experienced servant leader as our next Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Platforms Engineering (AVP). Reporting to the Vice President, Platform Engineering, this AVP is responsible for leading a team of directors overseeing the engineering, modernization, escalated support, and continuous improvement of enterprise applications that enable critical institutional business processes. This role oversees application engineering teams supporting key application domains, including Student Information Systems (SIS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Electronic Document Management (EDM), Faculty Profile Management, and related services.

The AVP collaborates with Business Relationship Managers, Enterprise Architecture, Domain and Solution Architects, Data, Integrations, Cybersecurity, Quality Management, Release Enablement, IT Operations, and business stakeholders to ensure delivery of secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions that support UMGC priorities and operational excellence.

Position is hybrid with 2-3 days/week in office. Relocation to the Maryland/DC/Northern Virginia metro area is preferred.

Specific Responsibilities

Enterprise Platforms Strategy, Modernization & Domain Alignment. Partner with enterprise and domain architecture to develop and execute applications strategies and investments across multiple technology domains, ensuring alignment with architecture standards, business priorities, cybersecurity requirements, and technology direction.
Engineering, Integration & Solution Delivery. Accountable for high quality, efficient application engineering, testing, and escalated support of enterprise applications, services, workflows, and integrations; also responsible for the enterprise platforms engineering budget.
Management, Operations & Service Excellence. Work with architects to provide guidance on business applications lifecycle planning, Tier 3 operational support, issue resolution, performance optimization, and continuous improvement.
Engineering Governance & Delivery Performance. Partner with domain architects to establish engineering governance and performance measures while collaborating with Quality Management and Release Enablement teams on testing, quality assurance, release readiness, and deployment.
Business Partnership, Technology Enablement & Vendor Management. Partner with Business Relationship Managers, Enterprise Architecture, Architects, PMO, business leaders, Data, Integrations, Cybersecurity, and IT Operations to understand requirements, evaluate solutions, and manage vendor relationships.
Leadership, Workforce Development & Organizational Effectiveness. Lead and develop application engineering managers, solution architects, and engineers through workforce planning, talent development, succession planning, coaching, and performance management.
Technology Policy Advisory. Assist the Information Technology Policy Administrator with UMGC technology policy development and refinement.
Incident & Problem Management Leadership. Provide leadership for major incident response, escalation management, and operational resilience; oversee on-call readiness and coverage for critical off-hours support, and drive post-incident reviews, root cause analysis, and problem management.

Required Education & Experience

An earned Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Business, or a related technology discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; at least 10 years of progressive experience in application development, application engineering, software engineering, systems integration, or enterprise platforms, including seven (7) years leading application engineering, architecture, or technical delivery teams; hands-on techno-functional experience managing ERP solutions, including Human Capital Management (HCM), Finance systems, Student Information Systems (SIS), and payment gateways; experience leading application modernization, lifecycle management, API and integration solutions, and operational support; and demonstrated expertise in SDLC, Agile, DevOps, engineering governance, application security, performance optimization, and vendor management.

Preferred Education & Experience

An earned Master’s degree in a related technology discipline; senior leadership experience directing managers, engineers, architects, and technical teams in complex enterprise environments; experience leading implementations of Workday and PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, including large-scale business process transformation; demonstrated success leading cross-application modernization initiatives spanning ERP, HCM, Finance, Student Information Systems, data, identity, and integration platforms; experience in higher education or similarly complex, regulated organizations; and familiarity with enterprise architecture practices such as TOGAF. Professional certifications such as CBAP, PMP, SAFe, Agile, TOGAF, cloud, DevOps, or ITIL are desirable.

All submissions should include a cover letter and resume.

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