AKS Systems Engineer

Job Summary:
In this role, you will manage and administer private and public cloud cluster computing environments on VMs and Bare-Metal using OpenShift. You will collaborate with development teams to ensure compliance with standards and best practices while continuously evaluating new technologies for security hardening, observability, and platform availability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and administer private/public cloud cluster compute environments on VMs and Bare-Metal with OpenShift.
• Configure authentication, routing, logging, monitoring, storage, and networking components for the cluster compute.
• Collaborate with development teams to review containerized applications architecture and onboard in-house and vendor software components/tools onto the cluster compute.
• Ensure compliance with BNY standards and best practices.
• Work with DevOps to develop GitOps/CICD pipelines for automating patching, maintenance, and vulnerability fixes.
• Continuously evaluate new technologies and industry trends for enhancing security, observability, and platform availability.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 5-7 years of experience in software development; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes Cluster Management and Operations, including creating, configuring, upgrading, and administering Kubernetes clusters on VMs/Bare-Metal. (Prior OpenShift experience is a plus but not mandatory).
• Experience with Argo CD or Flux, Helm/Kustomize, Prometheus-based monitoring, Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD automation.
• Strong knowledge of Linux system internals, storage, and networking fundamentals.
• Strong problem-solving skills and an open-minded approach to development and learning within a professional, team-oriented setting.
• Must not require sponsorship for employment visa status (now or in the future) in the region where they apply.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the securities or financial services industry.

Education: Bachelors Degree