Sr. DevOps Engineer (Information Technology)

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

We are dedicated to serving the public by promoting a strong financial system and a healthy economy for all. These efforts take a team of dedicated individuals doing many different jobs. Together we're creating a workplace where talented people can thrive, and we welcome your unique background and perspective to help present the best possible solutions for our partners.

Location: #LI-Hybrid

About the Role:

This role works within an Agile Delivery Team supporting large platforms that are hosted within AWS Gov Cloud and other AWS environments and is made up of other infrastructure and components. This team's work is highly visible within the Federal Reserve System, and it is of strategic importance.

You Will:

• Work closely with software engineering, operations and information security teams to automate and support infrastructure and tooling in cloud-based platforms.
• Leverage infrastructure-as-code (IaC) to architect and provision all workload resources and components using cloud-agnostic and/or cloud-native tooling.
• Perform Relational Database Services (RDS) in AWS
• Set up, operate and scale relational databases in cloud environments.
• Apply automated deployment tool sets and infrastructure including environments and code management using Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery processes.
• Build solutions based on security, monitoring, logging, and alerting requirements. Integrate on premise solutions with Cloud resources.
• Develop testing use cases and detailed testing plans that map to the documented business and technical requirements, complies with Federal Reserve security specifications and policies and industry standard / accepted testing practices.
• Continuous monitoring of application performance and detecting conditions affecting the health of IT cloud services in various cloud platforms
• Perform and/or support response activities for operational and security incidents.
• Drive the implementation and rollout of application reliability, including disaster recovery.
• Provide guidance and apply agile and DevOps/DevSecOps practices to streamline product delivery and reliable operations of products.
• Continuously identify opportunities to automate and save time.

You Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent background or experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with cloud-based platforms in an enterprise environment
• Minimum 3 years DevOps engineering experience in a team-based environment
• Advanced experience with programming tools, computer interfaces, and application architectures
• Advanced experience in designing, deploying and monitoring infrastructure in public clouds (AWS) using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Advanced experience deploying, managing, operating and monitoring applications in scalable, highly available and fault tolerant data centers (both on-premise and hosted)
• Advanced experience with Continuous Integration build tools (GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub, etc.)
• Advanced experience learning, sharing, and implementing best practices with the ability to establish operational processes, implement DevOps, deployment checklists
• Advanced knowledge of scripting languages
• Experience with multiple programming languages (Node.js, Python)
• Experience with source code management tools
• Experience developing solutions in an iterative (Agile) approach
• Knowledge of basic networking concepts
• Experience with system configuration tools and implementation of architectural frameworks (Service Oriented Architecture, Domain-Driven Design)
• Knowledge of container orchestration solutions
• Equivalent education and/or experience may be substituted for any of the above requirements

Certifications preferred:

• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform (Associate​ or higher)
• AWS Certified Sysops Administrator - Associate Certification
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional​
• AWS Solution Architect Certification (Associate or higher)

Our Benefits:

Our total rewards program offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career:

• Comprehensive healthcare options (Medical, Dental, and Vision)
• 401K match, and a fully funded pension plan
• Paid vacation, holidays, and volunteer hours; flexible work environment
• Generously subsidized public transportation and free parking
• Annual tuition reimbursement
• Professional development programs, training and conferences
• And more…

Notes:

This position may be filled at various levels based on candidate's qualifications as determined by the department.

Please submit your application by Thursday, January 2nd.

This role allows for the employee to work in a hybrid manner with some work conducted onsite at the Federal Reserve work location and some work conducted remotely. Specific schedule details will be discussed during the recruitment process. 

This position requires access to confidential supervisory information and/or FOMC information, which is limited to "Protected Individuals" as defined in the U.S. federal immigration law. Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents who either are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization or who have applied for naturalization within the requisite timeframe. Candidates who are permanent residents may be eligible for the information access required for this position if they sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen and pursue a path to citizenship and meet other eligibility requirements. In addition, all candidates must undergo an enhanced background check and comply with all applicable information handling rules. 

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer that believes in the diversity of our people, ideas and experiences, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that represents the communities we serve.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please notify your Talent Acquisition Consultant.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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