Cloud Engineer

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of Richmond

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.
Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more. All brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance.

About the Opportunity

National IT is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join the Cloud Engineering Services (CES) Team in support of Federal Reserve System (FRS) technology modernization efforts. NIT CES is a cloud accelerator supporting application infrastructure build & deployment automation for cloud migrations, green field builds, and on-going enhancements primarily within AWS GovCloud.

The team is composed of cloud engineering experts who champion an automation first mindset to deliver cloud solutions focused on operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, reusability, cost optimization, and sustainability. 

Job Summary: 

The Cloud Engineer is responsible for developing and delivering automated solutions which enable secure and resilient application infrastructure provisioning (IaC), configuration management (CaC), and operations management (DevOps) across all SDLC environments. Completes analysis of business requirements and architecture supplied designs, as it relates to technical infrastructure design, and ensures traceability of the design to the business requirements. This position requires a seasoned professional with a full solid of industry best practices for application deployment, testing, issue remediation, and monitoring. Requires high level of experience and proficiency in field with proven hands-on delivery. 

What You Will Do:

The Cloud Engineer will be accountable for:

• Serving as a hands-on technical Engineer to provide reusable automated solutions aligned with strategic technological directives 
• Working knowledge of architecture leveraging cloud-based technologies
• Close collaboration with cloud architects and application development teams to design, develop, build, test, and deliver business application infrastructure in cloud hosting environments
• Oversees problem avoidance actions and assist with environmental software/operating system issue remediation
• ​Implement changes to business information and technical systems utilizing enterprise Change Management functions and processes. in the cloud hosting environments
• Analyzes and revises existing system logic and documentation as necessary with focus upon accuracy and toil reduction/avoidance 
• Evaluates, recommends, and selects new software/services as the become available within GitLab and/or AWS Gov Cloud
• Performs change and problem management using System IT standard tools and practices
• Ensures conformance and compliance with existing system standards defined via the establishment of application NFRs, SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs. Measures application performance via automation to ensure proper operation and availability upon demand as well as throughout application business hours
• Leads highly technical/complex projects utilizing matrixed and non-matrixed resources 
• Follows and ensures adherence to technical standards for programming and design techniques (code re-use, repository management, code reviews, etc...) 
• Mentors System technical and non-technical staff on developed solution(s), utilized tools, via customer-oriented knowledge transfer sessions as well as runbook documentation and solution demos 
• Monitors compliance with internal audit requirements and Information Security Manual guidelines 
• Performs other related duties as assigned 

Qualifications:

• 4+ years hands-on IT solution delivery engineering experience with cloud services including planning, development, migration and integration of applications and services from on premises infrastructure to cloud based platforms
• 1+ years of interpretive programing experience such as Python (preferred) or Go
• 1+ years shell scripting, Bash preferred 
• 3+ years of for hands-on IaC/CaC contributions leveraging Terraform (preferred), ARM Templates and/or CloudFormation 
• 3+ years of automated application deployment via automated pipelines (GitLab preferred) leveraging Blue/Green or Carney deployment practices 
• Solid understanding of performance/load and functional automated testing practices; automated testing experience a plus.
• Solid understanding of the evaluation of application performance management utilization metrics (CPU, memory, garbage collection, etc...) 
• Ansible experience/awareness a plus
• Solid understanding of the DevOps Infinity Loop a plus
• Experience with enterprise public cloud platforms such as AWS and Microsoft Azure; including AWS networking, computing, and security services (e.g. VPC, EC2, AWS Config, AWS Inspector, Guard Duty) 
• Experience with CI and Source Code Management tooling (e.g. Git, GitLab) utilizing standard branching strategies 
• Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change. 
• Comprehensive knowledge pertaining to concepts and principles in functional area. General knowledge of department/business lines, Reserve Banks, and / or System operations, policies, procedures, and technologies a plus.
• Communications: Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, creativity, attention to detail, and oral and written communications skills tailored for the intended audience.
• Continual improvement, technically curious mindset
• Risk Management: The individual is responsible for understanding and applying risk management discipline in decision making and contributing to his or her function’s risk management. 
• Decision Making: Works under direction and guidance in planning details of procedures and methods to attain definite objectives. Makes decisions within established or widely accepted standards. Achieves assigned/planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, training, business principles, and practical experience. 

Desired Certifications (AWS): 

• AWS Solutions Architect – Associate (desired) 
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer (a plus) 
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate (desired) 

Education/Experience: 

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience with => 4 years of relevant work experience. 

*Denotes essential duties and/or any physical requirements required to perform essential duties for the role. 

Discover the Reason Why So Many People Love It Here!

When you join the Richmond Fed, not only will you find a challenging and purposeful career, you’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth, including:

• Great medical benefits
• Pension and 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee resource networks
• Paid volunteer leave
• Flexible work options
• Onsite amenities that make working here fun!

Other Requirements and Considerations:

• Candidates should review the Bank’s Employee Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.
• If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please notify [email protected].
• Employees who work at and/or visit another Federal Reserve entity or outside business as part of their job duties are required to comply with any onsite safety and health protocols of those organizations (including, but not limited to, requirements to vaccinate or test, mask, social distance, etc.).
• Key Point Mod: Sponsorship is not available for this role. The selected candidate will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility for this specific position requires U.S. Citizenship or three or more years of Permanent Resident (Green Card) status.
• The hiring range is $90,200 - $123,970 (Experienced), $110,200 - $151,580 (Senior), and $124,200 - $170,720 (Advanced) annually.
• For candidates outside Richmond, VA, listed hiring and salary ranges may be adjusted based on your geographic location.
• Salary offered will be based on the job responsibilities and the individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience as defined in the job qualifications.
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply by November 1, 2024. Always verify and apply to jobs on Federal Reserve System Careers or through verified Federal Reserve Bank social media channels.

Full Time / Part TimeFull time

Regular / TemporaryRegular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)Yes

Job CategoryInformation Technology

Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. 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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