DevOps & Application Support Engineering ,Vice President,
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18 hours ago
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Job Summary
About this role
At BlackRock technology resilience and operational excellence are foundational. As a VP of DevOps & Application Support with a strong Java engineering background you will lead the reliability automation and production stability of missioncritical enterprise-scale software.
You will combine deep systems engineering strong operational instincts and handson automation expertise with the ability to understand and troubleshoot Javabased services & modern tech stack. This hybrid profile strengthens your capacity to drive endtoend service ownershipruntime operations to incident leadership.
About Post Trade Accounting (PTA)
A major strategic area within Aladdin and one of BlackRocks largest engineering investments.
Responsible for the systems that ensure accurate scalable and efficient accounting across global operations.
Expanding into data analytics and pipeline initiatives using Snowflake Redis and Kafka to manage high-volume real-time data.
Collaborates closely with Product Operations and other Engineering teams to deliver business-critical capabilities.
Agile and collaborative environment that values technical depth quality and innovation.
Key Responsibilities
Act as the senior owner for production stability and service reliability.
Implement and refine monitoring alerting and observability using Prometheus Grafana Splunk and OpenTelemetry.
Ensure production readiness through capacity planning change reviews and disasterrecovery exercises.
Drive longterm remediation by translating operational learnings into engineering backlog priorities.
Influence service design toward operability observability and supportability.
Lead major incident management including triage stakeholder communication and rootcause analysis.
Work closely with L1/L2/L3 support teams to define escalation paths SLAs and handover processes.
Design and promote agentic automation solutions to reduce repetitive manual tasks across DevOps and Application Support workflows.
Champion a shift from reactive support toward proactive intelligent operations.
Bridge gaps between Engineering and Operations through shared technical context.
Qualifications / Competencies
B.S./M.S. in Computer Science Engineering or related discipline.
8 years of professional experience across DevOps SRE Product Engineering and/or Production Support roles.
Strong knowledge of Java and Spring-based services and enterprise integration patterns.
Strong handson experience with observability and monitoring stacks.
Exposure to AIassisted tooling for operations automation or observability.
Solid understanding of distributed systems and eventdriven architectures.
Proven incident leadership and calm decisionmaking under pressure.
Excellent communication skills and ability to influence engineering and operations teams.
Experience with Sybase SQL Server Snowflake Cassandra Redis and Kafka is a plus.
Nice to Have
Experience with service resiliency patterns or multiregion deployments
Experience with Kubernetes Docker or cloud-native environments (AWS/GCP).
Familiarity with financial systems accounting or investment technology.
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
BlackRocks 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 childrens 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. Its why were dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed valued and supported with networks benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
For additional information on BlackRock please visit @blackrock Twitter: @blackrock LinkedIn: is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age disability family status gender identity race religion sex sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.
Required Experience:
Exec
Key Skills
- React Native
- AI
- Enterprise Software
- React
- Node.js
- Redis
- AWS
- Software Development
- IOS
- Team Management
- Product Development
- Mobile Applications
About Company
BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of investment management. Find out more information here.
