Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Title:

Senior DevOps Engineer

Location:

Block 23

What you'll do:

The Senior DevOps Engineer is accountable for capability engineering & support for tooling and processes that supports Application Development, Testing, & Build/Deploy (CI/CD) capabilities. As an engineer for this domain, this role is responsible for advancing the capability roadmap to develop platforms & services that Application Teams can consume & onboard on to that enable automation, robust testing, & a ‘shift left’ security mentality as it relates to developing, testing, & deploying application code as well as infrastructure as code pipelines. This role will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture & the Application Teams to understand needs across the enterprise, as well as evangelize the use of CI/CD pipelines & automation in Software Development Lifecycle processes.

This role requires a technical understanding in the areas of: DevOps platforms, CI/CD pipelines and integrations, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Atlassian Confluence/Jira, PowerBI, development frameworks, and configuring and deploying software across multiple environments. Additionally, strong strategic & critical thinking skills as well as communication and collaboration skills are required to develop relationships with multiple delivery teams, business partners, and IT leadership.

• Responsible for defining, implementing, & supporting a target state architecture of DevOps platform tooling that supports multiple delivery teams across multiple development stacks. 
• Works with Cloud Architecture and Solution Delivery teams to develop strategy and plan for application and pipeline modernization with a “cloud first” mentality.
• Establish standards and best practices around SCM, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, security scanning automation, vulnerability management, and delivery (containers, PaaS, etc.).
• Works with Enterprise Architecture, QA, & Security teams to analyze new and emerging trends in DevOps and Development Architecture to ensure standards remain current and relevant.
• Guide internal application teams on standards and best practices to streamline their development processes in the evolving DevOps/Cloud technologies.
• Facilitates the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services within the domain of DevOps and Development Architecture.
• Administer cloud-based Azure DevOps Services, Atlassian Cloud, and other DevOps tooling.
• Utilize PowerBI to create dashboards and reports for monitoring DevOps and QA metrics.
• Guide and mentor team members on DevOps best practices and standards.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement solutions to optimize development and deployment processes.

What you'll need:

• 7+ years of related IT experience, with 3+ years in application development with experience building & managing automation using DevOps / DevSecOps platforms & tooling.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience with Azure Devops, Jira, and/or Jenkins administration
• Experience in designing & implementing modern continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines that include YAML, security scanning (SAST, DAST, SCA), containerized deployments, and automated testing capabilities (unit tests, regression tests, etc.).
• Proficiency in Git including branching strategies and pull request best practices.
• Demonstrated experience in any of the following technologies: Python, FastAPI, Typescript, Node.js, Angular, React, Java, and .Net.
• Proficiency in PowerBI for data visualization and reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that can develop content for & communicate with Application Development & Infrastructure Engineering teams.
• The Objective mindset that can think ‘enterprise first’ and remain unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice, with decisions made based on data, analysis, & POC results.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Experience in the following tools and technologies: SonarQube, Invicti, Github Advanced Security, LucidChart, Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes preferred.
• Knowledge of networking protocols and tools preferred.
• Certification in relevant Technologies (e.g., Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert) preferred.
• Experience delivering & operating in the Banking industry preferred.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching