Citco Looking for IT. Manager – AWS Development at Hyderabad, Telangana Full Time

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The Technology Operations group deliver platforms and services that support critical business processes, and create competitive advantage for Citco and our customers. The IT estate includes a suite of best-of-breed vendor technology platforms that are scheduled to be migrated to AWS Cloud as part of an IT transformation strategy. As a Manager of Cloud Engineering team, you will deliver and maintain automated IaaS and PaaS provisioning, and pipeline automations to deliver world-class Cloud Operations.

The scope of responsibilities includes:
Solutions Architecture and delivery of software platforms to AWS

DevOps, CI/CD, Cloud Formation, pipeline automation and delivery as per the AWS Well-Architected Framework

Thought leadership in the design and implementation of Cloud migrations strategies for Vendor Applications

The Cloud Engineering function operates within a larger group of AWS specialists that are together developing Citco’s AWS strategy, including the Standards and Architecture group, the Cloud Operations group and product-line DevOps functions. This specialty role will also drive practices in the global Cloud Engineering function for Vendor Applications.

The successful candidate will be a creative, questioning, focused, critical thinker with a passion for finding better ways to do things – and to share these practices within the group as part of Citco’s emergent Cloud capabilities. Able to communicate professionally with technical peers throughout the IT groups. He/she will support initiatives in infrastructure, platform and application deployment, management, configuration auditing, and any other areas where automation can yield improved service delivery.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS:
This position in Hyderabad, India, is within the Vendor Products group of Citco Technology Management, reporting to the SVP of Vendor Products department.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Cloud Engineering includes the following responsibilities:
Manage and provide technical leadership to a team of cloud engineers.

Develop and maintain Cloud Engineering/Automation solutions in the areas of DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, HA/DR, Tagging, Cost Controls, Landing Zone Management, Monitoring and Incident Response, Backup, Storage, Image Management, Patching

Develop and maintain automated Configuration Management and Auditing processes via Ansible Playbooks or comparable AWS tools, and act in a consultative role to other Operations groups

Ensure that solutions are adequately documented and supportable, and delivered per Well-Architected Framework

Communicate information related to Cloud Engineering to other IT Teams

Assist in the definition of and requirements analysis for technical solutions

Interact with Vendors on technical efforts when external resources are engaged

Work within an Agile framework, including JIRA and Confluence

Stay abreast of industry best practices and tools in the AWS, DevOps and Automation spaces

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

Minimum of 8 years of information technology background including 3 years of strong cloud implementation or consulting experience

Deep understanding of core Public cloud services categories (Compute, Network, Storage, IAM, PaaS, SaaS offerings)

Experience building, testing, deploying and operating highly scalable and resilient cloud-based infrastructure.

Direct experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, deployment via CodePipeline, DR/HA in AWS, Tagging and Cost Control, Backup and Storage, Monitoring & Incident Management, Systems Compliance, Image Management, Patching, Configuration Management and related domains

Solid understanding and experience with AWS services including but not limited to EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, EFS, IAM, CloudFormation, CodePipeline, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Service Catalog, AWS Systems Manager, ELB, Auto Scaling

Strong background and understanding of application architectures, networking, security, reliability, resiliency, scalability

Experience in Configuration Management via CloudFormation, Ansible, AWS Config

Experience in Monitoring and Event Management using CloudTrail, CloudWatch, X-Ray, Config, EKK/ELK and related tools.

Highly proficient in at least one of Python, Java or NodeJS

Superior critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills.

Some understanding of ITIL practices & other standard IT practices/procedures, particularly as they relate to the cloud.

AWS Solutions Architect Associate or other relevant certifications a plus

WHAT WE OFFER:
We offer a challenging job in a growing international company, an opportunity to expand your business knowledge by working with prestigious clients and complex financial and technological instruments, and a friendly and fast-paced environment. Additionally, Citco is proud to offer our employees competitive compensation, vacation and health insurance benefits.

INTEREST IN APPLYING?

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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills.