Sr. DevOps Engineer
Description The Senior Analyst, Dev Operations will be responsible for evaluating, coding, upgrading, configuring, and maintaining the build and deployment processes across the development teams. Collaborate on the design of automation and implementation of continuous integration and delivery to ensure quality and performance improvements are made while working closely with partner teams. Implement processes and document procedures to ensure consistency across automation projects and workflows. Perform problem investigation and resolution in coordination with various teams across IT. Train and mentor new and existing staff and provide group training on specific subject areas as needed.
As a Denver Post Top Workplaces award winner seven years in a row (2012-2018), FirstBank provides many great benefits for being a part of our family. From competitive salaries, employer-contributed retirement and health plans, some reduced fee banking services, paid time off, employer paid basic life insurance, short-term and long term disability policies, to holiday parties and more, you will be appreciated and made to feel at home at FirstBank.
FirstBank provides a high-paced work environment with different projects landing on your desk routinely. From building the back-end of new products, improving current products and designing internal systems, to managing our security systems, maintaining and improving infrastructure and much more, no week is the same. This is a challenging position that comes with great rewards.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Perform coding, testing, and maintenance on existing programs with little direction or supervision
- Pursue educational opportunities to expand knowledge and improve skills through workshops, classes, seminars, and bank operations training
- Ability to teach small seminars on specific topics
- Contribute to design of various size projects and perform design independently on moderate to large sized projects
- Support major applications with minimal supervision
- Majority of time spent on technical issues such as coding, testing, and maintenance
- Handle critical problems with minimal supervision
- Lead other developers on moderate to large sized projects from analysis through implementation (including establishing hours estimates and project due dates)
- Work with vendors under minimal supervision
- Suggest changes and/or additions to the Programming Standards Manual and other application manuals
- Make suggestions for improving the development process
- Maintain proper documentation
- Perform other duties and projects as assigned
- Understand and comply with all provisions of the Safety in the Workplace policy
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF POSITION:
- Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in related field and a minimum of 5 years of related experience. A combination of post-high school education, job related certification and related experience equivalent to 9 years may be considered in lieu of minimum requirements.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS OF POSITION:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Sciences or other technical field is preferred
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Working knowledge of scripting languages using Python, BASH, PowerShell, Java, Groovy, and/or related technologies
- Working knowledge of CI/CD tools including Jenkins, Ansible, Artifactory
- Experience leveraging cloud technologies
- Demonstrated problem solving skills
- Experience working in different software development lifecycle methodologies including agile, iterative, and Waterfall
- Excellent organizational skills allowing for the work on multiple tasks simultaneously
- Demonstrated ability to define, design, code, test and implement efficient, quality programs, both batch and on-line, for moderate to large sized projects
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Technical understanding of FirstBank’s environments
- Strong customer service skills
- Thorough understanding of FirstBank’s change control process
- Good understanding of information security concepts
- Learned a technical skill outside of their domain
- A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required