Senior DevOps Engineer  (New York, NY or Stamford, CT)

Summary

Global infrastructure team is looking for a leader in infrastructure engineering who is excited about building best in class CI/CD software and infrastructure as code pipelines, managing containerized applications, and working with public cloud. This person will be responsible for many critical aspects of infrastructure at a well-respected hedge fund. We operate a 24×7 mission-critical environment which features a global team to delivery high quality solutions. The ideal candidate for this role will arrive with extensive knowledge around many of these technologies and have the aptitude to quickly learn about the rest.

Responsibilities

• Will be responsible for a growing public cloud environment; this includes architecting changes to the environment as well as overseeing maintenance of the environment.  (We look to automate maintenance wherever possible.)

• Leading the DevOps practice through engaging with teams across the technology department providing ongoing improvements and support for software releases.

• Working with senior stakeholders to determine how our software release process, containerization strategy, and public cloud should evolve over time. Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with all stakeholders is a must.

Job Qualifications

• Strong academic background with a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent).
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience architecting solutions leveraging AWS at a top tier financial or technical firm.
• Expert-level knowledge of the AWS services and security to include principles as well as enforcement.  Professional level certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Systems / Cloud Engineer, or Cloud DevOps Engineer are preferred.
• Must have demonstrated the ability to lead complex engineering projects. Understanding of the Release and Deployment Management processes, preferably using Team City or GitHub Actions.
• Ansible, Terraform, and Python scripting proficiency is required.
• Deployment engineering tasks to include site surveys, installation, configuration management, documentation, commissioning, and upgrade/patch management.
• Working knowledge of the following technologies related technologies:
  • Enterprise containerization and Kubernetes
  • Atlassian software to include Confluence and JIRA
  • GitHub Enterprise with access management and integration with CI/CD pipelines.
  • JFrog Artifactory for package storage and security scanning.
• Understanding of DevOps principles to serve as a bridge between Infrastructure and Software Development teams.

This role requires occasional data center work, as well as on-call and periodic operational work.