Change Release Management Engineer

MFS Investment Management - Boston, MA

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid - Boston, MA

1,001-5,000 employees

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters - to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures. The Change Release Management Engineer is an entry-level technical resource in Release Engineering and is primarily responsible for the safe, automated, and secure promotion of application objects through the various environments: development, staging, production, etc. This position is needed to maintain an appropriate segregation-of-duties between application developers and their production environments. This function is done through the strict adherence to the DevSecOps framework that governs the application delivery process at MFS. Lastly, this position is also responsible for supporting the maintenance and execution of the technologies related to Release Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Promotes application objects (i.e. binaries, reports, text files) from lower environments to upper-level production environments using tools appropriate for application deployment.
• Maintains a working knowledge of the systems related to Release Engineering and makes recommendations to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, or security of these systems as appropriate.
• Employ technical skills to support the ongoing efficient and reliable operation of the Release Engineering team.
• Using approved technologies to automate manual deployment tasks and seeks to improve efficiencies wherever practicable and appropriate.
• Adheres to and maintains MFS' information security controls, procedures, and standards. This includes mitigating security vulnerabilities within a prescribed timeframe, dependent on the severity of the vulnerability.
• Receives goals and objectives from management and provides input on how to best attain them.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or work experience of 0-2+ years
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills
• Basic knowledge of automated release management applications and frameworks
• Some application deployments occur outside of regular business hours, such as evenings and weekends. This resource is expected to be available to complete these tasks in a timely manner.

Benefits

• Generous time-off provided: including 'Responsible time off' for many roles, paid company holidays when the US Stock Exchange is closed, plus paid volunteer time
• Family Focus: Up to 20 weeks of paid leave for new parents, back-up care program, dependent care flexible spending account, adoption assistance, generous caregiver leave
• Health and Welfare: Competitive medical, vision and dental plans, plus tax-free health savings accounts with company contributions
• Wellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program, gym reimbursement through our medical plans, fitness center discounts and more
• Life & Disability Benefits: Company-paid basic life insurance and short-term disability
• Financial Benefits: 401(k) savings plan, Defined Contribution plan- 15% of base salary invested into the Plan, competitive total compensation programs