Associate – System Engineering

Associate – System Engineering

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field
• two (2) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation
• two (2) years of experience involving Hashicorp Vault administration and maintenance
• two (2) years of experience utilizing Unix operating systems and Linux platforms on behalf of a global financial services institution
• two (2) years of experience automating operational tasks and processes using scripting and programming languages like Python, PERL and Shell
• two (2) years of experience utilizing FTP and SFTP protocols
• two (2) years of experience monitoring system resources including CPU & memory
• two (2) years of experience conducting performance tuning
• two (2) years of experience utilizing Agile and DevOps methodologies to provide application support
• two (2) years of experience performing Linux resource management
• two (2) years of experience setting up and maintaining Cl/CD Pipelines
• two (2) years of experience deploying and managing Kubernetes objects via GitOps framework
• two (2) years of experience provisioning, upgrading, scaling and lifecycle management of Kubernetes clusters on-premises and public clouds
• two (2) years of experience providing operational support to Kubernetes platforms
• two (2) years of experience automating provisions of Kubernetes infrastructure and services using Terraform, Ansible
• two (2) years of experience monitoring Kubernetes clusters and resources using Prometheus and Grafana.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support by monitoring and troubleshooting various components of BlackRock’s Aladdin Enterprise Investment System
• Participate in projects to enhance resiliency and ensure availability and stability of BlackRock’s Aladdin systems
• Utilize Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Ansible etc. to provision, manage and scale Vault Infrastructure and services On-Prem and Cloud
• Setup and maintain Cl/CD Pipelines by applying DevOps principles to automate lifecycle management of Vault clusters
• Utilize programming and scripting languages, like Python, Perl or Bash to automate operational tasks and processes
• Create, Deploy and Manage Vault MWH via GitOps Continuous Deployment framework
• Participate in the weekly on-call schedule, which includes responsibility for monitoring health of Vault Clusters, Nodes, Application Servers, File transfers, Batch Jobs, troubleshooting Node failures, troubleshooting any ongoing incidents, coordinate and resolve production issues and providing hourly updates to the command center
• Conduct analyses on Vault infrastructure and cluster performance, root cause diagnostics to understand the operating quality of production environments to achieve a stable and smooth platform at all times
• Assist in the implementation of any Production Operations changes
• Support the planning of disaster recovery contingencies of applications
• Support batch workloads, real-time/ interactive processing, data transfer services, application on-boarding and upgrades and recovery procedures
• Create and set up FTP transfer jobs between BlackRock and its clients
• Work on Unix operating systems and Linux platforms
• Utilize FTP, and SFTP protocols for setting up automated processes
• Monitor system resources including CPU and memory
• Perform Linux resource management
• Perform various tasks to enhance resiliency of pre-production and production environments using automation scripts
• Conduct root cause analysis to address routine to moderately complex issues with accuracy or performance, monitoring Container logs using Splunk and visualizing using Grafana dashboards for troubleshooting Issues
• Publish Monthly Capacity reports for Aladdin Infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.