Java DevOps Engineer - Digital Assets (VP)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Citi Dublin seeks a senior DevOps Engineer to design and deliver seamless integrations between CIDAP and Citi infrastructure. You will lead root-cause analysis, automate builds, and drive secure, scalable platforms across environments.

The role emphasizes strong OpenShift expertise, Docker/YAML proficiency, and hands-on observability with OTEL, Grafana, Kibana, and Splunk; hybrid work opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience in a DevOps Engineering capacity or an equivalent software engineering role.
• Deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift administration, with Docker and YAML configuration management.
• Advanced scripting and automation capabilities for scalable workflows.
• Strong knowledge of microservices architecture, including security and design patterns.
• Extensive experience with GitHub, including branching and merge workflows.
• Solid experience in Oracle database administration and integration.
• Proven ability to configure and optimize Load Balancers for high availability.
• Hands-on with alerting and observability tooling (OTEL, Google Cloud Observability, Grafana, Kibana, Splunk).
• Knowledge in Kafka messaging and event streaming.
• Experience managing Certificates, Secrets, Keys and access controls.
• Experience with TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, ports, firewall and routing.
• Soft skills: clear communication, analytical, collaborative problem solving.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or related engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and deliver integrations between CIDAP platform and Citi infrastructure.
• Lead root cause analysis for outages and performance issues; define remediation strategies.
• Automate infrastructure build and configuration to reduce manual overhead.
• Conduct security vulnerability assessments and drive remediation measures.
• Develop cross-functional knowledge of business domains and infrastructure collaboration.
• Develop and refine internal knowledge base articles and technical documentation.
• Assess risk in business decisions, ensuring compliance and safeguarding Citi.

Skills

DevOps

OpenShift

Docker

YAML

Scripting

Microservices

GitHub

Oracle DB

Load Balancers

Observability tools

Kafka

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / IT / engineering

Tools

OpenShift

Docker

GitHub

Oracle

Load Balancers

Kibana

Grafana

OTEL

Kafka

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 judgement 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. ( 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.

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Applications Development

Time Type

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range

93,280.00 - 139,920.00

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

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