Vice President, DevOps Engineer

BlackRock is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for its SMA Solutions Architecture & Devops team. This role involves building, scaling, optimizing, and maintaining applications and Kubernetes (EKS)/AWS infrastructure. The engineer will collaborate with engineering teams, focusing on infrastructure and automation to ensure high availability, performance, security, and scalability of production systems. Key responsibilities include deployment automation, system troubleshooting, and implementing monitoring solutions. The position is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional locations in Sausalito, California.

Must Have

• Over 10 years of experience in provisioning, operations, and management of cloud environments, preferably AWS.
• Minimum 5 years experience with Kubernetes, specifically in large, multi-cluster deployments.
• 10 years experience in code development/scripting in at least one high-level programming language, preferably Python.
• Minimum 5 years working knowledge of using Terraform, Jenkins & ArgoCD in cloud environments.
• Minimum 5 years knowledge of Monitoring and Observability Tools: Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, Splunk.
• 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.

Perks & Benefits

• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Hybrid work model (at least 4 days in office, 1 day from home)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Network of Mental Health Ambassadors

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$0.00 - USD$0.00 . 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$0.00 - USD$0.00 . 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.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

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 Disability.Assistance@blackrock.com. 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.

Job Requisition #

R257996

BlackRock Principles

We look to hire people that will embody our BlackRock Principles:

• We are a fiduciary to our clients.

This is the bedrock of our identity; it reflects our integrity and the unbiased advice we give our clients.

• We are One BlackRock.

We work collaboratively to create the best outcomes for our clients, our firm and the communities where we operate.

• We are passionate about performance.

We are relentless in innovating and finding better ways to serve our clients and improve our firm.

• We take emotional ownership.

We have a deep sense of responsibility to our clients and to each other.

• We are committed to a better future.

We are long-term thinkers, focused on helping people build a better tomorrow.

Career path

We recognize that our technologists benefit from a tailored approach to navigating and advancing their careers in the ways they envision. Our tech career paths are specifically built to support vertical and horizontal trajectories – including Enterprise Leadership (team manager) and Tech Leadership (individual contributor) ‘tracks’ as well as various other career moves.

• Engineer I (Analyst)

• Engineer II/III (Associate)

• Senior Engineer I/II (Vice President)

• Lead Engineer

(Vice President)

Engineering Team Manager

(Vice President)

• Principal/Sr. Principal

Engineer (Director)

Engineering Team Director/ Sr. Engineering Team Director

• Managing Director

Managing Director

• TECH

LEADERSHIP

ENTERPRISE

LEADERSHIP

Benefits

We care about your overall well-being and design our benefits package to support you in various aspects of your life.

• ### Financial well-being

We offer resources designed to help you build a sound financial future for you and your family, like retirement savings plans and tuition reimbursement.

• ### Pay for performance

Our pay-for-performance philosophy includes a base salary and a discretionary annual bonus.

• ### Physical well-being

Our healthcare plans and resources help you focus on your physical health, so you and your family can feel your best.

• ### Emotional well-being

We support our people's mental health and emotional well-being by providing access to an Employee Assistance Program and a network of Mental Health Ambassadors.

• ### Life management

You'll be able to focus on moments that are important to you with benefits designed to support life in and outside of work with Flexible Time Off, parental leave and more.