Sr Cloud Engineer

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The Application Delivery Services department of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is seeking an expert AWS Cloud Engineer with additional skills in Oracle and Java development. The Federal Reserve plays a major role in operating the nations payment system. This position will be responsible as a contributor in the analysis design development and implementation of enterprise AWS cloud solutions in support of the US Treasury. This individual will be responsible for working with the development team and architects to implement application and infrastructure enhancements.

Responsibilities

• Understand current infrastructure and stack to employ best cloud solutions. Design cost-effective migration strategies taking advantage of cloud services.
• Work with infrastructure and engineering teams to migrate portfolio applications to cloud services.
• Conduct analysis testing updating and debugging identifying bottlenecks and bugs in the system and develop solutions.
• Translate complex application stories use cases and business concept designs into functional dynamic applications.
• Develop reusable and scalable code using industry standard software development practices techniques tools and frameworks.
• Work with cross functional teams integrate solutions and handle data conversions and migrations.
• Be a technology leader and foster a learning and innovation culture within the Information Technology Division and across the Federal Reserve System

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an information technology field (e.g. Computer/Management Information Systems (MIS/CIS) Computer Science (CS) Electrical/Computer Engineering (EE/CE) or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Typically requires at least 10 years of relevant and progressive information technology experience directly related to architecture design and development of cloud and software solutions ranging in complexity from department-class to enterprise-class.
• Familiarity with Industry cloud implementation and software development methodologies standards and architecture frameworks is required.
• Demonstrated proficiency with some of the following technologies on a Cloud platform: cloud native services Infrastructure as Code Python Java GitLab and PostgreSQL is required.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation) is required.
• Excellent organizational project management and problem-solving skills is required.
• Experience using modern CI/CD pipelines using DevOps tooling (e.g. Git Bitbucket Bamboo GitLab Maven Nexus Fortify Sonar etc.) is required.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt and learn new technologies is required.
• Excellent initiative innovative thinking skills and the ability to analyze details and adopt a big-picture view is required.
• Experience with AWS cloud services (esp. EC2 ECS and/or EKS S3 SQS Lambda IAM CloudTrail CloudFormation) is preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Agile software development principles is preferred.
• Experience with Java Enterprise Applications (e.g. JEE Spring etc.) is preferred.
• Experience with Automated Testing UML Design Patterns Object Oriented Design Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test Driven Development (TDD) is preferred.
• Experience designing and deploying microservice solutions using RESTful APIs is preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to explain complex technical information to technical and non-technical contacts including executive audiences is preferred.
• Candidates with less experience can be considered for a lower level position
• US Citizenship required

Total Rewards

Bring your passion and expertise and well provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growthalong with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health wealth and life.

Salary: $120-170k

In addition to competitive compensation we offer a comprehensive benefits package that all brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance:

• Generous paid time off
• Tuition & Training assistance/reimbursement
• 401(k) match & Annuity/Pension fund
• Top-notch health care benefits
• Child and family care leave
• Professional development opportunities
• And more...

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