Vice President, DevOps Engineer

About this role

For our BlackRock SMA Solutions Architecture & Devops team we are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who will be responsible for building, scaling, optimizing and maintenance of our applications and Kubernetes (EKS)/AWS infrastructure.
You will be working with the engineering teams and focusing on the infrastructure and automation.
Duties & Responsibilities

• Build, deployment, automation, management, and maintenance of cloud-based production system.
• Ensuring high availability, performance, security, and scalability of production systems.
• Management of creation, release, and configuration of production systems.
• Evaluation of new technology alternatives and vendor products.
• System troubleshooting and problem resolution across various application domains and platforms.
• Providing recommendations for architecture and process improvements.
• Definition and deployment of systems for metrics, logging, and monitoring on AWS platform.
• Designing, maintenance and management of tools for automation of different operational processes.
• Managing cloud-based infrastructure to ensure resilient and secure environment.
   

Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in provisioning, operations, and management of cloud environments, preferably AWS.
• Experience with Kubernetes, specifically in large, multi-cluster deployments, minimum 5 years
• Experience in code development/scripting in at least one high-level programming language, preferably Python - 10 years.
• Working knowledge of using Terraform, Jenkins & ArgoCD in the cloud environments, min 5 years
• Knowledge of Monitoring and Observability Tools: Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, Splunk, min 5 years
• Experience in securing & hardening applications running in Kubernetes
• Working knowledge of CI/CD – Jenkins, GitHub actions
• Experience with git, GitHub
• Familiarity with GitOps concepts & tooling
• Knowledge of operating system administration.
• Experience in creation of highly automated infrastructures.
• Good knowledge regarding contemporary processes and methodologies for development and operations.
• Experience with scaling, optimizing and tunning multi-tier architectures: load balancers, caching, web servers, application servers, databases, and networking.
• Experience with concepts and tooling used for patching cloud instances.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Manage your own time and work well both independently and as part of a team.

For Sausalito, CA Only the salary range for this position is USD$162,000.00 - USD$215,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance. For Atlanta, GA Only the salary range for this position is USD$148,000.00 - USD$200,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

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BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.

 

BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email [email protected]. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.