Java DevOps Engineer - Digital Assets (VP)

Citi; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 93,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Citi Dublin is hiring a DevOps Engineer to design and implement scalable infrastructure in a hybrid, fast-paced environment. You will build integrations, automate deployments, and strengthen security across CIDAP services while collaborating with architecture and operations teams.

The role requires OpenShift and Docker expertise, strong scripting/automation, and solid knowledge of microservices and observability tools. A Bachelor’s degree is expected.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on DevOps engineering experience delivering complex infra and platform solutions.
• OpenShift admin expertise with Docker, YAML-based config management.
• Automation design and scalable workflow implementation.
• Microservices knowledge with security considerations and patterns.
• GitHub workflows, Oracle DB, load balancer optimization, monitoring/observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and deliver integrations between CIDAP and Citi infra components.
• Lead root cause analyses for outages and performance issues; propose remediation.
• Automate infrastructure builds and configuration to reduce manual work.
• Conduct security vulnerability assessments and mitigations.
• Foster cross-functional domain knowledge and document workflows.
• Develop internal knowledge base articles and technical documentation.
• Assess risk in business decisions and ensure compliance with laws and policy.

Skills

DevOps engineering

SRE practices

Strong communication

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

OpenShift

Docker

YAML configuration

GitHub

Oracle database

Load balancers

OTEL

Grafana / Kibana / Splunk

Kafka

Certificates and Secrets management

TCP/IP & networking basics

Job description

Discover your future at Citi

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.

Job Overview

Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn’t just support finance – we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Look to join a team where your work helps influence economies, your ideas can drive innovation and outcomes, and your growth is backed by mentorship, continuous learning and flexibility with potential hybrid work opportunities. Help solve real-world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and deliver seamless integrations between the CIDAP platform and key Citi Infrastructure components, driving platform scalability and capability enhancements to meet both current operational needs and future business demands.


• Lead root cause analysis efforts for system outages, performance degradations, and application failures in lower and production environments, proactively surfacing emerging risks and drive timely, well-defined remediation strategies to minimize impact and prevent recurrence.


• Proactively identify, drive the automation of infrastructure build and configuration through approved tooling, reduce manual overhead and ensure greater consistency, repeatability, and reliability across all environments.


• Conduct security vulnerability assessments and Infrastructure risk reviews across CIDAP services, deliver actionable mitigation recommendations and leading the implementation of robust remediation measures to strengthen the platform’s overall security posture.


• Build and maintain deep, cross-functional knowledge of how key Business domains, including architecture and infrastructure interconnect and collaborate to drive overarching business objectives, enabling more informed decision-making and delivering well-aligned technical solutions.


• Develop, maintain, and continuously refine internal knowledge base articles, FAQ guides, and technical documentation, ensuring teams have access to accurate, up-to-date reference material to environment setup, configuration, and day-to-day operational workflows.


• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience in a DevOps Engineering capacity or an equivalent software engineering role, with a proven track record of delivering complex infrastructure and platform solutions.


• Deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift administration, with comprehensive knowledge of Docker for building, optimizing, and managing container images, and strong proficiency in YAML based configuration management.


• Advanced scripting and automation capabilities, with the ability to design and implement robust, scalable automation workflows.


• Strong foundational knowledge of microservices architecture, including security considerations, design patterns, and implementation best practices.


• Extensive experience with GitHub, including branching strategies, merging workflows, and version control best practices.


• Solid experience in Oracle database administration and seamless application integration.


• Proven ability in configuring, maintaining, and optimizing Load Balancers for high-availability environments.


• Hands-on experience with alerting, monitoring, and observability tooling, including OTEL, Google Cloud Observability, Grafana, Kibana, and Splunk.


• Knowledge in messaging and event streaming platform – Kafka


• Knowledge in managing Certificates, Secrets, Keys and access controls.


• Experience in network connectivity and troubleshooting including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, ports, firewall, proxies and routing.


• Soft Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences; strong analytical and problem-solving aptitude with a collaborative, solution-oriented mindset.


• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related engineering discipline.

By joining Citi Dublin, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed) and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energised to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

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