JOB DESCRIPTION:

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.
You can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
The Senior 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.

Required Skills:

• 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.
• Knowledge of security best practices and the ability to implement security controls at the infrastructure level.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to identify root causes and implement effective solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus or Splunk.

Qualifications:

• 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.
• Industry certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or RedHat Certified Engineer are highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, agile practices, and the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with high-traffic and high-availability global enterprise critical systems is preferred.
• 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.
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with cross functional team members at all levels of the organization.

• 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