Principal DevOps Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries.

Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries.

Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.

Job Description

DevOps Engineer

Get To Know The Team :

Aloha is an all-new investment operations platform that provides extensive asset class and functional support across the front, middle and back office.

Built natively for the cloud with advanced technology, Aloha features an innovative user experience, actionable monitors, notifications, and alerts infused with AI.

We're seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to support Test Automation, Build & Release and Security teams.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility : Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future : 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work / Life Balance : Flexible Personal / Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing : Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Diversity & Inclusion : Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training : Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks : Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do :

• Design, implementation, and improvement of Kubernetes clusters as software services running in SSNC private cloud.
• Lead discussions on cloud platform system design and architectural decisions.
• Build infrastructure applications that support automation and maintenance of highly available Kubernetes clusters and their tenants.
• Integrate application monitoring and alerting for applications running in Kubernetes clusters.
• Lead teams to enhance Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery systems.
• Work closely with the Test Automation, Build & Release and Security Teams to ensure we deploy and identify cyber-security measures, collaborate on test improvement opportunities and more across the DevOps organization.
• A keen eye for diagnosis, troubleshooting and debugging of enterprise, distributed, horizontally scalable, messaging-based cloud applications.

What You Will Bring :

• 5+ years of experience with containerization technologies and Kubernetes orchestration and management.
• 5+ years of Kubernetes deployment and manifest management experience with Helm or similar tools.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience with any shell (bash, ksh, csh) scripting skills.
• 7+ years of experience with one of the programming languages : JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Golang, Java or C++.
• Experience with Terraform for VM provisioning and Ansible / SALT or similar for configuration management.
• Monitoring and Alerting skills with Prometheus, Grafana and related plug-ins.
• NoSQL / MongoDB / Cassandra experience in addition to traditional relational DB / SQL Server / mySQL.
• Git / GitHub and similar version control tooling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work independently from teams across different time zones.
• CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) would be a significant advantage.
• Familiarity with standard IT security practices (e.g. TLS certificates, key management, oAuth, LDAP etc).
• Strong computer science fundamentals with systems knowledge.
• Proficiency with data structures, algorithmic complexity and problem solving.
• Demonstrated interest and ability to learn about the developing cloud native components and technologies.

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! To further explore this opportunity, please apply through our careers page on the corporate website at www.ssctech.com / careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

California : Salary range for the position : 160,000 USD to 180,000 USD. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award.

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