Vice President, Production Services Application Support

BNY Mellon

$150K — $200K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Significant experience in large-scale production environments in financial services or regulated industries.
  • Strong skills in incident, problem, change, and production support management under pressure.
  • Deep understanding of enterprise application architecture, distributed systems, and cloud technologies.
  • Experience with operational tooling for highly available production platforms.
  • Strong analytical skills for troubleshooting and identifying root causes.
  • Excellent communication skills tailored for technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure stability and availability of Digital Assets production platforms through proactive monitoring.
  • Act as a technical partner to enhance platform reliability and operational readiness.
  • Lead technical coordination during major incidents and drive communication and recovery efforts.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives in automation and service reliability.
  • Evaluate production risks for application releases and infrastructure changes.
  • Analyze incidents and trends to identify opportunities for resiliency improvements.
  • Support disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives across Digital Assets services.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits package.
  • Access to flexible global resources and tools.
  • Focus on health and personal resilience.
  • Generous paid leave, including volunteer time.
  • Participation in 401(k) and various insurance plans.
Full Job Description
Job Description

We're seeking a Production Services Application Support professional to join our Digital Asset production Services team in New York.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Ensure the stability, resiliency, and availability of critical Digital Assets production platforms by proactively monitoring system health, identifying risks, and driving operational excellence.
  • Act as a senior technical partner to Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Product teams to improve platform reliability and operational readiness.
  • Lead technical coordination during major incidents, helping drive rapid diagnosis, recovery, stakeholder communication, and root cause remediation.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, observability, service reliability, operational efficiency, and reduction of manual processes.
  • Evaluate production risks associated with application releases, infrastructure changes, and platform enhancements to ensure safe and controlled implementation.
  • Analyze recurring incidents and operational trends to identify opportunities for resiliency improvements and long-term risk reduction.
  • Support disaster recovery, business continuity, capacity planning, and platform resiliency initiatives across Digital Assets services.
  • Contribute to the development of operational standards, runbooks, monitoring strategies, and best practices that strengthen the overall Production Services discipline.
  • Partner with global support teams to provide seamless 24x7 operational coverage for business-critical services and client-facing platforms.


To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Significant experience supporting complex, large-scale production environments within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
  • Strong experience in incident, problem, change, and production support management, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues under pressure.
  • Deep understanding of enterprise application architecture, distributed systems, cloud technologies, middleware, databases, and infrastructure components.
  • Experience with monitoring, observability, automation, and operational tooling used to support highly available production platforms.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions.
  • Ability to assess operational risk, challenge assumptions, and make sound decisions in high-pressure situations.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business partners, and senior stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating across multiple technology and business teams.
  • Strong focus on operational excellence, client outcomes, continuous improvement, and disciplined risk management.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting financial technology platforms.
  • Experience with cloud-native technologies, containerized environments, SRE practices, and modern automation frameworks.
  • Familiarity with ITIL, SRE, DevOps, or technology risk management practices.
  • Experience supporting globally distributed production environments operating in a 24x7 support model.


Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting.

Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee's eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, the employee will be in an "at will" position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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