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Boston Fed works to promote sound growth and financial stability
The Role
Develop and maintain network automation applications using DevOps and CI/CD practices to create self-healing infrastructure. Build pipelines, implement orchestration and monitoring metrics, reduce manual operations, collaborate with agile teams, and optimize network performance and stability across Federal Reserve System infrastructure.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
When you join the Federal Reserve-the nation's central bank-you'll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we're building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.
The Infrastructure, Platforms & Operations portfolio supports the strategic direction and product delivery for System IT infrastructure and operations, as well as the alignment of technology to business strategies. The team serves as the business partner for secure and reliable IT products, services, and operations.
Position Overview
We are seeking an Associate Application Developer to join our team in developing network automation applications for the Federal Reserve System. In this role, you will apply DevOps methodologies and CI/CD practices to build self-healing infrastructure applications that minimize manual operations across our enterprise network and security platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Required Skills & Qualifications
Programming & Application Development
Network Automation & Infrastructure
DevOps & CI/CD
Monitoring & Analytics
Collaboration & Communication
Learning Mindset & Professional Growth
Education
Work Environment
This position involves working within the Federal Reserve System, partnering with multiple development teams across the organization to deliver enterprise-scale network automation applications.
The selected candidate will reside within a reasonable commuting distance defined by the employing Reserve Bank and will work full-time onsite.
Salary: 70,880 - 106,200
The listed salary is applicable to the 1st District (Boston Fed). Final offers are determined by factors including the candidate's qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is committed to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service.
All employees assigned to this position will be subject to FBI fingerprint/ criminal background and Patriot Act/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.
For this job, any offer of employment is contingent upon successfully passing a two-phase security screening. The first phase consists of the satisfactory completion of a physical examination (including a drug screening), reference checks, and a security investigation consisting of credit and criminal history checks.
The second phase is an additional risk-based security screening determined by the risk rating of the position. Depending upon the sensitivity of the position, this phase may include, and is not limited to, work and residency eligibility verification, and personal interviews with the candidate, references, and prior employers.
All applicants must have resided in the United States for at least three (3) years.
Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
No
Job Category
Information Technology Family Group
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.
Always verify and apply to jobs on Federal Reserve System Careers (https://rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS) or through verified Federal Reserve Bank social media channels.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
When you join the Federal Reserve-the nation's central bank-you'll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we're building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.
The Infrastructure, Platforms & Operations portfolio supports the strategic direction and product delivery for System IT infrastructure and operations, as well as the alignment of technology to business strategies. The team serves as the business partner for secure and reliable IT products, services, and operations.
Position Overview
We are seeking an Associate Application Developer to join our team in developing network automation applications for the Federal Reserve System. In this role, you will apply DevOps methodologies and CI/CD practices to build self-healing infrastructure applications that minimize manual operations across our enterprise network and security platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement network automation applications that enable self-healing infrastructure capabilities
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment and operations of network and security platform applications
- Reduce manual operational overhead through intelligent application development across the Federal Reserve System's infrastructure
- Develop and monitor infrastructure health metrics through custom applications to optimize network performance and stability
- Collaborate with cross-functional agile teams to deliver robust automation applications
- Stay current with emerging technologies and continuously expand technical expertise in network automation and infrastructure development
Required Skills & Qualifications
Programming & Application Development
- Proficiency in Python (required)
- Experience with additional programming languages applicable to automation application development
Network Automation & Infrastructure
- Understanding of network and security infrastructure components including switches, routers, and firewalls
- Experience with policy-based and software-defined networking automation applications
- Knowledge of network orchestration principles
DevOps & CI/CD
- Hands-on experience with mature CI/CD processes and tools
- Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and methodologies
- Understanding of deployment standards and release management procedures for infrastructure automation applications
Monitoring & Analytics
- Ability to develop and implement application-based metrics for infrastructure health monitoring
- Willingness to learn monitoring and alerting tools and concepts
- Focus on stability and performance optimization
Collaboration & Communication
- Experience working in agile development environments
- Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
- Proven track record of effective collaboration across distributed development teams
Learning Mindset & Professional Growth
- Intellectually curious with a passion for exploring new technologies and methodologies
- Hungry to learn and continuously develop skills in network automation, infrastructure, and emerging DevOps practices
- Self-motivated to seek out learning opportunities and tackle new technical challenges
- Enthusiastic about staying ahead of industry trends and best practices
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field
Work Environment
This position involves working within the Federal Reserve System, partnering with multiple development teams across the organization to deliver enterprise-scale network automation applications.
The selected candidate will reside within a reasonable commuting distance defined by the employing Reserve Bank and will work full-time onsite.
- The following Reserve Bank locations are preferred due to the concentration of System IT team members in these locations: Boston, Richmond.
Salary: 70,880 - 106,200
The listed salary is applicable to the 1st District (Boston Fed). Final offers are determined by factors including the candidate's qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is committed to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service.
All employees assigned to this position will be subject to FBI fingerprint/ criminal background and Patriot Act/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.
For this job, any offer of employment is contingent upon successfully passing a two-phase security screening. The first phase consists of the satisfactory completion of a physical examination (including a drug screening), reference checks, and a security investigation consisting of credit and criminal history checks.
The second phase is an additional risk-based security screening determined by the risk rating of the position. Depending upon the sensitivity of the position, this phase may include, and is not limited to, work and residency eligibility verification, and personal interviews with the candidate, references, and prior employers.
All applicants must have resided in the United States for at least three (3) years.
Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
No
Job Category
Information Technology Family Group
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.
Always verify and apply to jobs on Federal Reserve System Careers (https://rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS) or through verified Federal Reserve Bank social media channels.
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Skills Required
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience with additional programming languages applicable to automation
- Understanding of switches, routers, and firewalls
- Experience with policy-based and software-defined networking (SDN) automation applications
- Knowledge of network orchestration principles
- Hands-on experience with mature CI/CD processes and tools
- Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and methodologies
- Understanding of deployment standards and release management procedures
- Ability to develop and implement application-based metrics for infrastructure health monitoring
- Willingness to learn monitoring and alerting tools and concepts
- Experience working in agile development environments
- Strong communication skills to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field
- Must reside within reasonable commuting distance and work full-time onsite (preferred locations: Boston, Richmond)
- Must have resided in the United States for at least three (3) years
- Must pass two-phase security screening (physical exam including drug screen, background, credit and criminal checks; possible additional interviews and eligibility verification)
What the Team is Saying
Jennifer Mick
Lead Software Architect
Susan M. Collins
President & CEO
Ari Rizzitano
Ari Rizzitano
Mani Ganesan
Director, Technical Operations
Joubin Jabbari
Chief Information Security Officer, FedNow
Jennifer Dalessio
Vice President of People and Culture
Joubin Jabbari
Chief Information Security Officer, FedNow
Heather Nichols
Director and Head of FedNow Product Delivery
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — A defined-benefit pension alongside a 401(k)-style Thrift Plan with employer contributions is highlighted, offering uncommon long-term financial security. System materials also reference features like a portable cash option under the Fed retirement plan.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage are emphasized, supported by FSAs/HSAs and an Employee Assistance Program. On-site wellness resources such as a fitness center and group classes further reinforce health support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation, holidays, paid sick time, and generous parental and family leave are positioned as core parts of work-life balance. These programs are presented as standard elements of the overall package.
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The Company
What We Do
As part of the Central bank of the United States, the Boston Fed works to promote sound growth and financial stability in New England and the nation. We contribute to communities, the region, and the nation by conducting economic research, participating in monetary policy-making, supervising certain financial institutions, providing financial services and payments, playing a leadership role in the payments industry, and supporting economic well-being in communities through a variety of efforts.
Why Work With Us
At the Boston Fed, we strive to ensure that rigorous thinking and wide-ranging perspectives characterize our work and workplace. We also recognize that benefits and compensation play a central role in the employer you choose. We work to make sure our compensation package is competitive with those of top employers.
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OnSite Workspace
Positions are primarily in person, although some positions will allow employment based out of one of our twelve Banks nation-wide. Please see position description for specific location requirements.
Typical time on-site:
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Boston, MA
Centrally located next to Boston's South Station between the Financial District and the Boston Seaport neighborhood.
