Application Support Lead

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Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

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Duties: Ensure proper coordination of software application design, development, testing, quality assurance, configuration, installation and support to ensure smooth, stable and timely implementation of work requests and issue resolution. Provide technical and application portfolio risk management consulting leadership to managers and the supplier. Accountable for the technical delivery of work for a defined portfolio. Ensure delivery and planning of large application maintenance and currency efforts in partnership with the supplier and project management. Coordinate with the supplier and the Application Development Project team to transition services and support the application maintenance transition activities. Partner with architects and shared services teams to ensure Voya standards, software development practices, and compliant designs are met. Review support documentation for Operational IT governance and ensure it is up to standard. Identify opportunities for new services, continuous improvement and/or cost reduction and manage related change requests. Manage the day-to-day operations of an application portfolio (such as application maintenance, stability, innovation, development, incident, change & problem management) inclusive of a vendor team of resources within an outcome-based contract. Monitor Supplier procedures and client interaction to ensure compliance with Voya policy and SLAs. Review performance results and determine when application maintenance support levels need to be changed. Review and validate service level report accuracy and escalate concerns/discrepancies. Act as initial contact in the end-to-end support process. Telecommuting permitted.

Requirements: Requires a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field, and five (5) years of experience as a Software Engineer, Software

Developer or a related position.

Experience must include: Working with new computing architectures and implementing networked computing structures; Participating in the design and maintenance of systems based on application architectures that enhance business processes and align with/support critical business strategies; Facilitating continuous process and performance improvements within application portfolios; Developing robust disaster recovery (DR) plans and leading or participating in DR testing, resulting in outcomes; Engaging in critical vulnerability and security-related matters, with the expertise to influence rapid resolutions that mitigate organizational risk.

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Compensation Pay Disclosure:

Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.

The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

$147,430

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Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

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Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.