Asset & Wealth Management - Birmingham - Vice President - DevOps Engineer Birmingham · United K[...]

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Vice President - DevOps Engineer to join their Asset & Wealth Management team in Birmingham. In this pivotal role, you'll design and implement scalable systems using a microservices architecture while collaborating with diverse teams to enhance automation and efficiency. Your expertise in Systems Engineering and Software Development, particularly in a Linux environment, will drive innovation and problem-solving. This dynamic position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced environment, making a significant impact on the firm's operations and client solutions. If you are a creative collaborator with a passion for technology, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Wellness programs

Mindfulness programs

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant experience in Systems Engineering and Software Development.
• Strong analytical skills and communication abilities are essential.

Responsibilities

• Build highly available systems based on microservices architecture.
• Collaborate with teams to automate processes and uplift services.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Software Development

Shell scripting

Perl

Python

Agile methodology

Analytical skills

Cloud infrastructure expertise

Communication skills

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Equivalent work experience

Tools

Github

Terraform

Jenkins

Bamboo

BitBucket

Chef

Ansible

PowerShell

Splunk

ELK

Kafka

MongoDB

Job description

Asset & Wealth Management - Birmingham - Vice President - DevOps Engineer location_on Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

What We Do

At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets.

Who We Look For

Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.

Asset & Wealth Management

The Asset & Wealth Management Division includes Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), Private Wealth Management (PWM) and Marcus Savings & Invest businesses (MS&I). We provide asset management, wealth management and banking expertise to consumers and institutions around the world. AWM partners with various teams across the firm to help individuals and institutions navigate changing markets and take control of their financial lives.

In this role you will

• Build highly available systems based on a microservices architecture
• Collaborate with Application Development Engineers, Technology Infrastructure teams and vendor teams to ensure that the solutions being implemented are scalable and highly automated, from infrastructure provisioning to code deployment and support
• Automate activities and operations to make processes faster and more efficient
• Uplift existing services from the firm private cloud to the latest technologies on public cloud
• Troubleshoot problems encountered by both technology teams as well as end users of our applications

Skills and experience we are looking for

• Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience
• B.S. or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent work experience)
• Advanced experience in Systems Engineering
• Experience with Software Development in a Linux environment, Shell scripting, Perl/Python
• Understanding of the Agile development methodology
• Experience with any of these tools: Github, Terraform, Jenkins, Bamboo, BitBucket, Chef, Ansible, PowerShell
• Experience with deploying code to production systems and building out blue/green deployment infrastructure and accompanying automation techniques
• Energetic, self-directed and self-motivated, able to build and sustain long-term relationships with clients and colleagues
• Exceptional analytical skills, able to apply knowledge and experience in decision-making to arrive at creative and commercial solutions
• Strong desire to learn and contribute solutions and ideas to a broad team
• Can manage multiple tasks and use sound judgment when prioritizing
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Cloud infrastructure expertise, preferably AWS

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with log aggregation (Splunk, ELK, etc)
• Experience managing Kafka as messaging middleware
• Familiarity with high-scale NoSQL solutions like MongoDB
• Knowledge of compute, storage, firewalls and networking fundamentals
• Expertise in delivering SOA or microservices architecture
• Understanding of principles of Continuous Delivery, DevOps and Site Reliability

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.

Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.