Associate Director

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

What you’ll be doing...

Lead a data science and development team supporting network applications that monitor and improve the performance of RAN network (20%); Partner with the AI&D community to define industry standards for AI led/autonomous network (10%); Build data models that will drive automation of network assurance, performance and planning activities (10%); Partner with the Network Performance teams to manage project prioritization and work with global delivery teams (including vendors) to deliver the program and projects meeting the timeline, quality and budget (10%); Adopt and strengthen agile, SOE practices (examples: adopt SOE tech stack, reduce backlog, reusable components, code standardization, test automation) (10%); Improve delivery management and automation (test driven config/development) and increase feature delivery throughput (drive process improvement, reduce cycle time) (10%); Lead the delivery of Systems Reliability Engineering (SRE) product journeys across platforms to capture customer or user feedback to improve user experience (10%); Engage in technical discussion to build solutions that can scale, and are resilient to meet agreed upon service levels (10%); Drive the adoption of analytics in decision making, build business cases and translate findings into practical business implications (5%); Demonstrate and encourage on-going performance coaching to refresh, elevate and unlock talent, and execute on Development Plans/Performance Improvement Plans (5%).

What we’re looking for...

Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, and 6 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or as a software engineer, member technical staff, IT/system analyst or consultant, or in a related/similar position, working on end-to-end systems analysis/design, applications development/architecture, database analysis/design or quantitative modeling, statistics or data mining. Experience therein to include 6 years using C/C++, Java, React JS, Spring Boot, and Python; 4 years using DevSecOps, RAN Network, Oracle or Druid, Cassandra or Postgres databases, and data science tools such as Tableau, Grafana, Domino, or Big Query. Hybrid role, ability to work from home. 

Must Reference:  Job code SHKATS-W.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.