CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The St Louis Fed is one of 12 Reserve Banks serving all or parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas with branches in Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis. The St. Louis Fed’s most essential responsibilities include: promoting stable prices and economic growth, fostering a sound financial system, providing payment services to financial institutions, supporting the U.S. Treasury's financial operations, and advancing economic education, community development and fair access to credit.
Overview
The Bank’s Information Technology Services Department seeks a motivated Senior Cloud Platform Engineer with expertise in cloud-based infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, and full-stack development. The role involves designing new infrastructure solutions and enhancing existing ones, leveraging experience to help set technology direction. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to understand broader strategic goals, to guide the creation and maintenance of innovative, reusable enterprise technology solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design complex full-stack cloud technology solutions in collaboration with application development teams, aligned with the vision established by technology and product leaders.
- Take ownership of existing technology solutions, designing and recommending improvements to increase efficiency, resiliency, and reduce manual effort
- Develop and lead the peer review process for Infrastructure as Code (IaC). IaC tools include Terraform, PowerShell, bash and Python.
- Lead the implementation of additional tools and processes that maintain an automation-first approach to infrastructure and middleware management.
- Collaborate with teams to understand their current infrastructure state and assist them in achieving the next step forward.
- Help create roadmaps to sunset, replace, and decommission legacy implementations as new capabilities are introduced.
- Act as a subject matter expert for infrastructure operations in cloud; act as an escalation point for application development teams.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or a related field, or equivalent experience; technical certification preferred
- 5+ years of relevant experience, encompassing:
- Building and scaling highly available cloud architectures while maintaining high-quality codebases
- Utilizing system monitoring and automated self-healing.
- In-depth knowledge of Ansible, Terraform, Python, shell scripting, and other automation tools.
- Full stack application development experience, including CI/CD pipeline development, automated builds, testing, and Infrastructure as Code
- Developing and maintaining infrastructure solutions in Amazon Web Services (AWS), including tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, Lambda, and serverless deployments
- Applying Agile methodologies and DevSecOps practices in planning and organizing work
- Monitoring platform/application using tools such as Dynatrace, Grafana, CloudWatch is preferred.
- Occasional travel may be required
- US Citizenship requirement for role
Total Rewards
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.
Salary: $103,000-135,000
In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that all brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance:
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition & Training assistance/reimbursement
- 401(k) match & Annuity/Pension fund
- Top-notch health care benefits
- Child and family care leave
- Professional development opportunities
- And more...
At the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, we believe the Federal Reserve most effectively serves the American public by building a more diverse and inclusive economy. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion, at all levels of the organization, has been one of our core values for many years and remains strong as we continue enhancing our efforts. Learn more about Bank’s culture.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Job CategoryInformation Technology
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The Fed - Make a world of difference in the global economy
OUR BANK has one of the most recognizable brands around the world. The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States—one of the world's most influential, trusted and prestigious financial organizations. The Federal Reserve is charged with the important mission of promoting a strong economy and a stable financial system and fulfills this responsibility by formulating national monetary policy, supervising and regulating banks and bank holding companies, and providing financial services for banks and the U.S. government.
OUR PEOPLE are diverse in background and ideas, which allows for ongoing creativity and innovation. Ultimately, they are the ones who push our high-performance, exchange-driven culture forward.
Why Our People Choose Us:
Our reputation precedes us
There will always be room for personal growth
Our people are first
You’ll find the right balance
Your responsibilities will be meaningful
We hope that you will be our future colleague.
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