About the position
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! This job is responsible for configuring complex software delivery automation. Key responsibilities include ensuring software deployments are configured to meet access, ownership, and authentication standards, providing technical direction within a functional domain, modifying code for software deployment automation, and overseeing software promotion pipelines for complex/high availability applications following Continuous Delivery practices. Job expectations include the ability to integrate development, testing practices, software delivery tools, and runtime application standards at the bank. The Lead DevOps Engineer will be taking command of the development, deployment, and maintenance of cutting-edge software systems within our organization. In this role, your expertise in both software development and IT operations will be the catalyst for bridging the gap between these crucial disciplines. As the orchestrator of efficient, secure, and highly available software releases, you'll be at the forefront of collaboration with cross-functional teams, driving improvements in overall system performance and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the end to end one click deployment DevOps strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.
- Collaborate with software developers, system administrators, system engineers, and other stakeholders to implement and maintain a scalable and reliable infrastructure.
- Automate and streamline deployment processes, minimizing manual intervention and improving system efficiency, while striving for continuous improvement of process and procedure.
- Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact the business.
- Manage and optimize on prem and internal cloud infrastructure, including provisioning and configuring OpenShift containers.
- Implement security best practices to protect company data and systems.
- Collaborate with development teams to implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, enabling faster and more reliable one click software releases.
- Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues, ensuring minimal downtime and disruption to business operations.
- Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, assessing their potential impact, and recommending adoption where appropriate.
- Mentor and guide junior DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in a DevOps or similar role, with a proven track record of managing and maintaining complex software systems.
- 2+ years experience in a lead role, directing and monitoring activities of DevOps Engineers.
- Architectural level knowledge of automation solutions.
- Experience with high-traffic and high-availability global enterprise critical systems.
- Must be passionate about implementing scalable, performant, reliable, and secure automation solutions.
- Strong experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Proficiency in configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
- Familiarity with DevOps stack including Bitbucket, Artifactory, Jenkins, Ansible Tower and XLR.
- Deep understanding of containerization technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
- Experience with both on prem and cloud platforms, including infrastructure provisioning and automation.
- Solid understanding of networking concepts, including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers, and firewalls.
- Creative problem solver with the ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple projects simultaneously to deliver solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and make data-driven decisions.
- A passion for continuous learning and keeping up to date with the latest trends and technologies in DevOps and software engineering.
- Knowledge of security best practices and the ability to implement security controls at the infrastructure level.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus or Splunk.
Nice-to-haves
- 6-8 years experience in a DevOps or similar engineering role.
- Professional experience in the financial industry, supporting a global scale enterprise environment.
- Industry certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or RedHat Certified Engineer are highly desirable.
