Production Support Manager - Payments

Directors
  • New York
  • Permanent
  • Permanent IT
  • LTs8-1613167
  • 08/09/2025
Production Support Manager – Payments
New York City
Competitive Base + Bonus (DOE)

Certus Recruitment Group is exclusively partnered with a global financial institution to find a high-impact Production Support Manager to lead and evolve their regional payments support function.

This is a key leadership role, ideal for someone who thrives in complex, high-stakes environments and has a deep understanding of modern DevOps practices. The successful candidate will drive operational excellence, automate relentlessly, and ensure top-tier uptime for mission-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead regional and global teams in managing high-impact production incidents, ensuring effective resolution and root cause analysis
  • Own the payments observability platform, optimising monitoring and reducing false positives
  • Drive automation and tooling improvements using Chef, Puppet, Rundeck, Ansible, and more
  • Implement resiliency measures including self-healing infrastructure, failover automation, and capacity planning
  • Act as a central liaison between technical teams, senior leadership, and business stakeholders
  • Mentor and grow a high-performing SRE team, fostering a collaborative and resilient culture
Ideal Candidate Profile:
  • Extensive experience in Production Support, SRE, or DevOps within complex, regulated environments
  • Previous exposure to front-office trading support (FX, Rates, Capital Markets) is advantageous
  • Strong technical knowledge of UNIX/Linux (including AIX), Oracle, Control-M, Elastic, and networking
  • Proficiency in scripting (Python, Shell) and messaging systems (Kafka, IBM MQ, Solace)
  • Familiarity with modern observability and monitoring tools (Splunk, Prometheus, ITRS, Prognosis)
  • Demonstrated success in leading technical teams and engaging senior stakeholders
Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a world-class platform where performance, resilience, and automation are top priorities. With strong leadership support, meaningful scope, and global visibility, this role offers the chance to make a real difference in how critical financial services operate.
 
Certus Recruitment is a well-established and experienced specialist consultancy providing sales, marketing, and IT recruitment services. We serve the technology sector across the UK, Europe, North America, and Australia.
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