Bank Of America Dev Ops Engineer 

United Kingdom, England, Chester 

33706897

Job Description:

The DevOps Engineer is expected to work with our development teams to onboard our applications to the enterprise Horizon SDM tool set made up of JIRA/Jenkins/Artifactory/Ansible and other build/deploy automation tools. The successful candidate will design, implement, and operate CI/CD workflow for the applications that is both functional and technical to eliminate manual repetitive tasks while also be a strong Python developer. This is a hands-on role; it will require a strong desire and ability to learn new tools and technologies as well as to provide direction, expertise, and mentor team members in the use of DevOps tools and technology. The most important skill is a keen enthusiasm to pick up a task that requires an unfamiliar technology, be able to quickly learn and deliver the desired results.

This role 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.

Responsibilities:

• Prioritize, propose and implement new features and capabilities for CI/CD service platform that fosters increased automation for our releases.

• Collaborates with our Solutions and Software Architects on mid-term and long-term strategy for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tool adoption efforts.

• Monitors and responds to aggregate alert trends across application and infrastructure key performance indicators (KPI) for our CI/CD solution.

• Responds to risk or audit identified issues with access control processed designed for compliance with firm separation of duties practices and software release management standards, and policies.

Required Qualifications:

• A solid understanding of SDLC

• Demonstratable experience in designing, developing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Ansible, Ansible Tower and JIRA.

• Previous experience in Python OOP development. Able to communicate effectively both in written and verbal English.

• Able to support development teams in a fast-paced environment in critical situations.

• Able to multitask and have a sense of priorities.

• Experience with supporting applications.

• Experience with Agile development processes and tools.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with network technologies: Switching, Routing, Firewalling, Proxy, SDN, Overlay Networking Strong expertise in Linux Administration

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons

• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.