Lead DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

While the SF Fed is a Reserve Bank, we’re not what you might expect. We’re unreserved here. That means we seek new and diverse perspectives. We spark conversations and encourage debate. We build opportunity. We pursue careers that are true to ourselves. We are looking for people who want to help our country reach its full economic potential.
When you join the SF Fed, you join a team of people working together to foster an inclusive economy that works for everyone. From data-driven insights to cloud transformation, the information technology team moves the SF Fed forward. We use innovative technologies and Agile methods to positively impact every American across the communities we serve.
Come and be a part of the National Integration Services (NIS) dynamic team! If you have a passion for building the Bank of tomorrow on the best technology available, then this role is for you. NIS is responsible for a portfolio of both established and emerging application integration products architected to support our mission-critical systems.
We are looking for a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to join our team. To be successful in this role, you must be an organized self-starter with stellar leadership and communication skills who can work independently building relationships and driving technical solutions from inception to completion.

Responsibilities:

• Defines standards to guide solution decisions in relation to multiple integration technologies.
• Leads efforts to establish, define, maintain and communicate automation architecture guidelines, principles, standards and best practices across multiple product teams as they migrate to the cloud.
• Leads architecture and development for Infrastructure as Code (IAC).
• Defines and documents continuous integration/continuous deployment best practices.
• Design, Build, Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes across all products.
• Collaborates with Integration engineers, to create automation best practices.
• Designs and deploys new application components and infrastructures
• Implements and maintains a continuous integration environment.
• Supports and troubleshoots product and infrastructure issues.
• Writes configuration scripts for automation tools and automates recurring tasks.
• Actively monitors and administers cloud-hosted applications and builds integrations.
• Solves difficult problems with scription language across multiple environments.
• Implements and maintains security in accordance with Bank security policies.
• Drive improvement opportunities in infrastructure, tooling, and workflows using a continuous feedback loop
• Ensure uptime and reliability of Cloud based infrastructure and systems, monitoring system performance, and maintaining high availability of cloud-based assets.
• Participate in incident Response and Troubleshooting by conducting root cause analysis and implementing solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Provide on call production support

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other technical degree
• Typically requires 7+ years of relevant technical or business experience with 5 years of experience in managing complex systems using software.
• General familiarity with automated deployments.
• Proven experience with architecture and development of CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with IBM ACE/MQ, Mulesoft, AWS Transfer Family is preferred. 
• Experience in common scripting language (shell, Python, Perl, YAML etc.,)
• Proven ability to write clear and concise technical documents including design documents, specifications and technology roadmaps.
• Requires recent demonstrable experience with GITLAB pipeline architecture, coding. Capable to stitch together Terraform, AWS CLI commands and BASH scripting.
• Ability to write and develop Terraform modules for different infrastructure setup, installation and configuration. 
• Recent experience with AWS CLI including S3, EC2, ASG, ELB, SFTP, Cloud Formation, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Lambda etc.,
• AWS Certification and/or experience utilizing AWS services
•  Working experience in Ansible, GitLab, Terraform, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Grafana or equivalent is a must
• Integration experience with Micro Services is a plus
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or a Green Card holder with the intent to become a U.S. Citizen

Base Salary Range: Lead Site Reliability Engineer: Min: $138900 - Mid: $180400 - Max: $221900 (Location: San Francisco)

Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

We offer a wonderful benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account, Backup Child Care Program, Pre-Tax Day Care Flexible Spending Account, Paid Family Care Leave, Vacation Days, Sick Days, Paid Holidays, Pet Insurance, Matching 401(k), and Retirement/Pension.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. The SF Fed is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
 

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Job CategoryInformation Technology

Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)

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