Citi Group Senior Engineer Java/DevOps VP 

United Kingdom, England, London 

890712248

About Citi

The group works to optimize the IT environment by standardizing production platforms, reducing complexity, and introducing innovative solutions that provide new business capabilities, reduce total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi.

We welcome applications from any industry and should you wish to apply your application will be reviewed for a multitude of Developer positions at varying levels.

Role Overview/What you will do:

• Coordinate delivery and automate set up of bare-metal / virtualized / cloud infrastructure for business applications
• Help development teams improve usage of CI/CD tools and processes
• Improve high availability, resilience, observability, maintainability and security of applications with industry standard and/or bank's internal solutions
• Automating application releases, deployment, configuration and other aspects of software development lifecycle
• Enabling connectivity between various components in distributed networks
• Help migrating and upgrading systems to newer infrastructure

What we are looking for:

• A real interest in/passion for technology
• Extensive experience in hands-on software development using Java/Python and related frameworks (core Java, Python, Flask, etc)
• Proficiency in scripting (Python/Bash & Powershell preferred)
• Highly credible hands-on engineer, confident to dive into a code-base and deliver substantive features and change
• Not afraid to get their hands dirty to tackle hard issues
• Strong systems (software, hardware, networks) knowledge required to trouble shoot and resolve issues
• Unix/Linux skills at a system admin level
• Strong knowledge in computer networks and hands-on experience with their troubleshooting
• Experience with Java build tools (Gradle/Maven preferred) and databases (Oracle/PostgreSQL preferred)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines (Jenkins/TeamCity/Artifactory)
• Understanding of distributed systems architecture, microservices, virtualization techniques
• Experience in working in an environment with cross-functional teams
• Awareness of industry trends and leveraging new technologies as appropriate
• An understanding of FX or another Markets business highly preferred

Nice to have:

• Basics of ITIL practices (change/incident management)
• Messaging middleware (Tibco, Solace)

Bachelor’s degree/University degree in a numerate discipline or equivalent experience in a similar role.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

What we’ll provide you

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

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