SS&C Technologies - Waltham, MA

posted about 1 month ago

Full-time - Senior
Hybrid - Waltham, MA
10,001+ employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team in Waltham, MA, to support our innovative Aloha investment operations platform. This platform is designed to provide extensive asset class and functional support across the front, middle, and back office, built natively for the cloud with advanced technology. The role involves working with a team that focuses on Test Automation, Build & Release, and Security, ensuring that our cloud infrastructure is robust, secure, and efficient. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and improvement of Kubernetes clusters as software services running in SS&C's private cloud. You will lead discussions on cloud platform system design and architectural decisions, build infrastructure applications that support automation and maintenance of highly available Kubernetes clusters, and integrate application monitoring and alerting for applications running in these clusters. Your role will also involve leading teams to enhance Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery systems and collaborating closely with the Test Automation, Build & Release, and Security Teams to deploy and identify cybersecurity measures. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for diagnosis, troubleshooting, and debugging of enterprise, distributed, horizontally scalable, messaging-based cloud applications. You will be expected to bring your expertise in containerization technologies, Kubernetes orchestration, and management to the team, ensuring that our cloud infrastructure is not only functional but also optimized for performance and security.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implementation, and improvement of Kubernetes clusters as software services running in SSNC private cloud.
  • Lead discussions on cloud platform system design and architectural decisions.
  • Build infrastructure applications that support automation and maintenance of highly available Kubernetes clusters and their tenants.
  • Integrate application monitoring and alerting for applications running in Kubernetes clusters.
  • Lead teams to enhance Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery systems.
  • Work closely with the Test Automation, Build & Release and Security Teams to ensure deployment and identification of cyber-security measures, and collaborate on test improvement opportunities.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience with containerization technologies and Kubernetes orchestration and management.
  • 5+ years of Kubernetes deployment and manifest management experience with Helm or similar tools.
  • 10+ years of hands-on experience with any shell (bash, ksh, csh) scripting skills.
  • 7+ years of experience with one of the programming languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Golang, Java or C++.
  • Experience with Terraform for VM provisioning and Ansible/SALT or similar for configuration management.
  • Monitoring and Alerting skills with Prometheus, Grafana and related plug-ins.
  • NoSQL/MongoDB/Cassandra experience in addition to traditional relational DB/SQL Server/mySQL.
  • Git/GitHub and similar version control tooling.

Nice-to-haves

  • Ability to work independently from teams across different time zones.
  • CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) would be a significant advantage.
  • Familiarity with standard IT security practices (e.g. TLS certificates, key management, oAuth, LDAP etc).
  • Strong computer science fundamentals with systems knowledge.
  • Proficiency with data structures, algorithmic complexity and problem solving.
  • Demonstrated interest and ability to learn about the developing cloud native components and technologies.

Benefits

  • 401k Matching Program
  • Professional Development Reimbursement
  • Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off
  • Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Parental Leave
  • Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!
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