DevOps Engineer

SWBC is seeking a talented individual to design, implement, and support automation relating to our public and private cloud software deployments and the automation of Configuration Management of all Development, Quality Assurance, User Acceptance, and Production servers. This key role is responsible for improving our efficiency and the scalability of both software and infrastructure cloud deployments leveraging modern toolsets and programming. In addition, performs systems tests, automation and initiation of software builds, and code deployments, version control management, and change management associated with company systems to improve the quality of products.

Why you'll love this role:

In this role, you will work amongst Cloud, information security, technology, and business professionals in the financial services industry within an enterprise level environment. As the DevOps Engineer, you will be involved in designs decisions, implementations, coding (Node.JS or .NET Core(C#), build and support CI/CD and automation relating to our AWS cloud and private cloud software deployments and the automation of Configuration Management of all Development, Quality Assurance, User Acceptance, and Production servers. Bring your skills involving VPC, EC2, Route53, IAM, Lambda and other AWS concepts and deploy releases to higher environments (DEV/QA/Prod) through automation and work closely and collaboratively in an Agile environment with engineers. SWBC offers amazing career advancement opportunities, leverages amazing technology and automation and celebrates our success as a team. IT leadership recognize that empowerment, autonomy, work-life balance, professional development, continuous improvement, and a commitment to shared values are key enablers of our success.

Essential duties include the following:

• Builds engineering automation tools using DevOps principles to help streamline and scale applications into a production environment. Develops, analyzes, and maintains scripts, tools, hardware, and systems that support and automate processes for software releases. Leverages scripting (Python, BASH, PowerShell etc.) to build tools.

• Creates automated, highly scalable, and repeatable processes. Proactively investigates, recommends, and develops enhancements to improve development and operational processes.

• Actively participates in release planning process to make sure everyone is thinking through the technical release processes. Deploys releases to higher environments (DEV/QA/Prod) through automation.

• Works closely and collaboratively in an Agile environment with engineers and product teams to analyze issues and find new insights covering our business and operations.

• Documents results of work and prepares status reports to include successes and failures for all systems for submission to division and corporate management.

• Maintains end-to-end security ensuring best practices are implemented.

• Troubleshoots and resolves application development, deployments and operational issues. 

• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Serious candidates will possess the minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field of study from an accredited four-year college or university required.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in managing AWS resources and automating CI/CD pipelines required.

• AWS Certified Developer Associate and/or AWS SysOps Administrator Associate required.

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification required.

• Experience in Release Engineering, Source Code Management, or related experience in an automated build, test and deploy environment a plus.

• Experience with Azure or Google Cloud a plus.

• Experience automating Blue/Green, Canary or other zero down time deployments.

• Experience with microservices and/or event-driven architecture.

• Experience using containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos or Vagrant).

• Virtualization experience (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM)  a plus.

• Working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.

• Working knowledge of QA and test methodologies.

• Knowledge of secure SDLC, OWASP top 10 and CWE/SANS top 25.

• Knowledge of infrastructure tools: Cloud Formation, Terraform.

• Advanced understanding of VPC, EC2, Route53, IAM, Lambda and other AWS concepts.

• Understanding of DNS, NFS, TCP/IP and other protocols.

• Proficiency Node.JS or .NET Core(C#).

• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python or Bash.

• NoSQL exposure [Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB, etc.].

• Strong practical Windows and Linux system administration skills in the cloud.

• RDBMS exposure [MySQL, SQL Server, Aurora, etc.] a plus.

• Able to build and administer CI/CD.

• Able to sit for long periods of time performing sedentary activities.

SWBC offers*:  

• Competitive overall compensation package
• Work/Life balance 
• Employee engagement activities and recognition awards 
• Years of Service awards
• Career enhancement and growth opportunities 
• Leadership Academy and Mentor Program
• Continuing education and career certifications 
• Variety of healthcare coverage options
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) retirement plans 
• Lucrative Wellness Program

*Based upon employee eligibility 

Additional Information:

SWBC is a Substance-Free Workplace and requires pre-employment drug testing.

Please note, SWBC does not hire tobacco users as allowed by law.

To learn more about SWBC, visit our website at www.SWBC.com. If interested, please click the appropriate apply button.