Java DevOps Engineer - Digital Assets (VP)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive base salary with annualic?

Job summary

Citi Dublin is seeking a talented Java DevOps Engineer to join the CIDAP team. You will build, harden and optimize the technology infrastructure underpinning global financial systems, collaborating across Citi Infrastructure Partners and CIDAP Engineering.

You will help stabilize platforms, improve performance and ensure reliability at scale. The role emphasizes automation, security, and cross‑functional collaboration, with hybrid work options available and a competitive base salary.

Qualifications

• Significant hands‑on DevOps/engineering experience delivering complex infrastructure and platform solutions.
• Deep expertise in OpenShift administration with Docker and YAML configuration management.
• Advanced scripting and automation capabilities to design scalable workflows.
• Strong knowledge of microservices architecture including security and patterns.
• Experience with GitHub version control and workflows.
• Oracle database administration and integration experience.
• Experience with Load Balancers in high-availability environments.
• Observability tools including OTEL, Google Cloud Observability, Grafana, Kibana and Splunk.
• Knowledge of Kafka messaging and event streaming.
• Experience with Certificates/Secrets/Keys and access controls.
• Networking knowledge: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, ports, Firewalls, proxies, routing.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver seamless integrations between CIDAP and Citi infrastructure components for scalability.
• Lead root cause analysis for outages and performance issues in production and lower environments.
• Automate infrastructure builds and configurations to reduce manual overhead and improve consistency.
• Conduct security vulnerability assessments and implement robust remediation measures.
• Develop cross‑functional knowledge of business domains and infrastructure interconnections.
• Maintain up‑to‑date technical documentation and knowledge bases for environments and workflows.
• Assess risk in business decisions and ensure compliance with laws, rules and Citi policies.

Skills

Red Hat OpenShift

Docker

Scripting

Microservices

GitHub

Oracle

Load Balancers

OTEL

Google Cloud Observability

Grafana

Kibana

Splunk

Kafka

Certificates, Secrets, Keys management

Network troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

OpenShift administration

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.

We are looking for a talented and driven Java DevOps Engineer to join the Citi Integrated Digital Asset Platform (CIDAP) team. In this role, you will play a key part in building, hardening, maintaining, and continuously improving the Technology Infrastructure that underpins mission‑critical financial systems operating at a global scale. You will collaborate closely with the CIDAP Engineering Team and a broad network of Citi Infrastructure Partners, contributing to the full lifecycle of platform operations — from design and implementation through to advanced troubleshooting and issue resolution. Your work will be central to platform stabilization, performance optimization, and ensuring the highest levels of system reliability.

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. Discover more here.

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.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Applications Development

Time Type

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range

€93,280.00 - €139,920.00

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