Sr. DevOps Engineer - The Clearing House : Job Details

The Clearing House (TCH) has launched the first new national payments system in over 40 years. The Real-time Payments system (RTP) allows customers of participating Banks and Credit Unions to send instant payments to any other person or business whose bank participates. The goal of the system is to ultimately provide access to instant payments to every financial institution and account holder in the US. To achieve this goal, significant enhancements and expansion of the system will occur over the next 3-5 years in order to support over 10,000 financial institutions.

This position is for a Senior DevOps Engineer focused on CI/CD tooling for the on-premise and AWS infrastructure. This position will work closely with developers, QC and infrastructure teams to build out our in-house and cloud CI/CD pipelines so that developers can build and deploy applications in a secure manner. This position will also maintain current DevOps tooling at TCH.

Qualifications required:

• Experience in implementing and supporting DevOps tooling for highly regulated environments.
• Experience in working with Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience in working with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Artifactory, SonarQube, Fortify, Blackduck, Xray, and AWS tools.
• Experience with security tooling and principles including AWS SecurityHub.
• Experience in working in a secure environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in mentoring and working with other team members in an Agile environment.
• Experience in working in a regulated environment with a Secure-SDLC and implementing checkpoints and processes for building and deploying code within that regulated environment.
• Experience developing and supporting large, mission-critical applications, transaction processing applications is preferred.
• Experience in working in a regulated environment and understanding advanced security concepts.
• Experience in Software Development is preferred.

Essential functions and responsibilities:

• Build out an advanced CI/CD solution.
• Support our existing CI/CD toolchain.
• Complete tasks and projects in a timely manner.
• Assist in defining and documenting support procedures.
• Assist in training QA and Operations staff in functionality and operation of the system.

Success factors/job competencies:

The successful candidate will have strong technical expertise on a variety of platforms and will be able to contribute to the design, testing, and implementation of the application. The candidate will need to be detail-oriented but also able to understand the overall environment (internally and externally) and interact with and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and external clients. The candidate should be a strong team player. The ability to work effectively cross-organizationally and with external clients will be a key factor to success in this role.

Performance standards:

• Complete tasks and projects in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate high levels of professionalism and decorum.
• Demonstrate effective teamwork.
• Adhere to and support all Tech & Ops and TCH strategic goals.
• Communicate effectively with internal personnel at all levels and with vendors and external clients.

Physical demands and work environment:

Work is generally sedentary in nature. The working environment is generally favorable. Lighting and temperature are adequate, and there are no hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by noise, dust, etc. Work is generally performed within an office environment, with standard office equipment available.

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $125,000-$145,000. Base salary will be determined by the role, experience, skill set, and location. For eligible positions, discretionary incentive compensation may be awarded contingent on personal and company performance. Our benefits program includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k plan with company contribution and company match, tuition reimbursement, and more.