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The Role
Operate and improve FedNow’s mission-critical production environment and large-scale distributed systems. Design monitoring, capacity planning, scaling, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, resiliency, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions. Build automation and operational tooling using AWS, programming languages, containers, and observability platforms. Support microservices, cloud infrastructure, ITIL processes, continuous improvement, and fault-injection testing while collaborating with engineering and architecture teams.
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Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via FedLine® Solutions, FedNowSM, Fedwire®, National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash®, FedACH® (Automated Clearing House), and Check Services. We are currently leading a strategic effort to transform FRFS to a national, enterprise-focused organization. Through our evolved structure, we will meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and services more quickly, seek to provide a more robust and unified customer experience across our financial service offerings, and create new career growth opportunities for FRFS staff.
The Federal Reserve has developed a new interbank 24x7x365 real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service with integrated clearing functionality, called the FedNow Service. This service enables financial institutions to provide their customers with the ability to send and receive payments any time, any day, and have full access to those funds within seconds. This position is a unique opportunity to be part of this mission-critical Federal Reserve initiative that is transforming the payments landscape in the United States.
The position will be primarily on-site with residency commutable to one of our offices required.
Candidates may come from infrastructure/DevOps backgrounds or software engineering backgrounds (e.g., Java Python, Go) with strong interest in operating and improving reliability of distributed production systems.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Engineer of the SRE / Production Operations team for FedNow, you will operate the production environment for the program.
You will architect, implement, and leverage solution monitoring and tooling to be used for capacity planning, utilization reporting, and scaling.
The team uses open source and proprietary software to support Engineering, DevOps, and DevSecOps tools, services, and solutions.
CI/CD and IaC Pipeline automation design and development.
Resiliency, DR and BCP (including testing)
The SRE / Production Operations team is part of the Technical Operations (TechOps) department and has the overall responsibility for the design, management and execution of operations required to support the ongoing technical and delivery needs of the FedNow Program, as well as the transition to production support and operations.
It owns ongoing ITIL processes, and the implementation and driving of continuous improvement initiatives.
The role applies both software engineering and system engineering practices to operate and improve large-scale distributed systems. You will work closely with Engineers and Architects of the FedNow program in order to maintain seamless automation across the entire platform.
Proactively identify suspected gaps in system architecture and design experiments to expose them
The ideal candidate is someone who loves building and maintaining reliable and scalable systems, CI/CD tooling, and automating cloud-based highly available, high performing applications.
Key Skills
Strong communication and collaborationskills
Extensiveknowledge and understanding of working in AWS environments & services
EC2, EBS, EKS, RDS, Aurora, S3, Route 53, ELB, IAM, etc.
HashicorpTerraform, Consul, Vault, and Ansible
Experience developing automation or operational tooling using scripting or programming languages such as Python, Java, Go, or similar languages.
Experience working with cloud infrastructure platforms or distributed system environments
Experience working in Linux environment and shell scripting
Experience supporting infrastructure for large multi-services applications
Experience working with continuous deployment in micro-services architectures
Experience working with Docker, Containers, ECR and EKS.
Observability - CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Dynatrace, Grafana,Prometheus
Familiarity with Fault Injection tooling
(i.e. AWS Fault Injection Simulator, Gremlin,ChaosToolkit, Chaos Monkey)
Automation mindset to enable consistency and dependability in common actions
The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $210,900. The position and job description posted is for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer however, candidates will be placed in an appropriate level within the Site Reliability Engineer job family based on the extent of their experience.
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, which might not be complete until after you begin working at the Reserve Bank, 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)
Yes
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
Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via FedLine® Solutions, FedNowSM, Fedwire®, National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash®, FedACH® (Automated Clearing House), and Check Services. We are currently leading a strategic effort to transform FRFS to a national, enterprise-focused organization. Through our evolved structure, we will meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and services more quickly, seek to provide a more robust and unified customer experience across our financial service offerings, and create new career growth opportunities for FRFS staff.
The Federal Reserve has developed a new interbank 24x7x365 real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service with integrated clearing functionality, called the FedNow Service. This service enables financial institutions to provide their customers with the ability to send and receive payments any time, any day, and have full access to those funds within seconds. This position is a unique opportunity to be part of this mission-critical Federal Reserve initiative that is transforming the payments landscape in the United States.
The position will be primarily on-site with residency commutable to one of our offices required.
Candidates may come from infrastructure/DevOps backgrounds or software engineering backgrounds (e.g., Java Python, Go) with strong interest in operating and improving reliability of distributed production systems.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Engineer of the SRE / Production Operations team for FedNow, you will operate the production environment for the program.
You will architect, implement, and leverage solution monitoring and tooling to be used for capacity planning, utilization reporting, and scaling.
The team uses open source and proprietary software to support Engineering, DevOps, and DevSecOps tools, services, and solutions.
CI/CD and IaC Pipeline automation design and development.
Resiliency, DR and BCP (including testing)
The SRE / Production Operations team is part of the Technical Operations (TechOps) department and has the overall responsibility for the design, management and execution of operations required to support the ongoing technical and delivery needs of the FedNow Program, as well as the transition to production support and operations.
It owns ongoing ITIL processes, and the implementation and driving of continuous improvement initiatives.
The role applies both software engineering and system engineering practices to operate and improve large-scale distributed systems. You will work closely with Engineers and Architects of the FedNow program in order to maintain seamless automation across the entire platform.
Proactively identify suspected gaps in system architecture and design experiments to expose them
The ideal candidate is someone who loves building and maintaining reliable and scalable systems, CI/CD tooling, and automating cloud-based highly available, high performing applications.
Key Skills
Strong communication and collaborationskills
Extensiveknowledge and understanding of working in AWS environments & services
EC2, EBS, EKS, RDS, Aurora, S3, Route 53, ELB, IAM, etc.
HashicorpTerraform, Consul, Vault, and Ansible
Experience developing automation or operational tooling using scripting or programming languages such as Python, Java, Go, or similar languages.
Experience working with cloud infrastructure platforms or distributed system environments
Experience working in Linux environment and shell scripting
Experience supporting infrastructure for large multi-services applications
Experience working with continuous deployment in micro-services architectures
Experience working with Docker, Containers, ECR and EKS.
Observability - CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Dynatrace, Grafana,Prometheus
Familiarity with Fault Injection tooling
(i.e. AWS Fault Injection Simulator, Gremlin,ChaosToolkit, Chaos Monkey)
Automation mindset to enable consistency and dependability in common actions
The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $210,900. The position and job description posted is for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer however, candidates will be placed in an appropriate level within the Site Reliability Engineer job family based on the extent of their experience.
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, which might not be complete until after you begin working at the Reserve Bank, 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)
Yes
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.
Privacy Notice
Skills Required
- Extensive experience working in AWS environments and services, including EC2, EBS, EKS, RDS, Aurora, S3, Route 53, ELB, and IAM
- Experience with Terraform, Consul, Vault, and Ansible
- Experience developing automation or operational tooling using Python, Java, Go, or similar languages
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure platforms or distributed system environments
- Experience working in Linux environments and shell scripting
- Experience supporting infrastructure for large multi-service applications
- Experience with continuous deployment in microservices architectures
- Experience with Docker, containers, ECR, and EKS
- Experience with observability tools such as CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Dynatrace, Grafana, and Prometheus
- Familiarity with fault-injection tooling such as AWS Fault Injection Simulator, Gremlin, Chaos Toolkit, or Chaos Monkey
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- At least three years of U.S. residency
- Successful completion of physical examination, drug screening, reference checks, credit and criminal history checks, and security screening
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:
None
Boston, MA
Centrally located next to Boston's South Station between the Financial District and the Boston Seaport neighborhood.
