Senior DevOps Lead - Vice President
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 3, 2026. Citi scores A on the Alion truth index.
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Role Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior DevOps Lead who is hands-on to join our team. The ideal candidate will be passionate about solving problems, be proficient in Java programming, Jenkins, Tekton, Harness and OpenShift, and have experience in DevOps and continuous software delivery.
As a Senior DevOps Lead, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our continuous integration and delivery pipeline. You will work closely with our development and operations teams to ensure the smooth delivery of software releases. You will have strong hands-on experience in the areas of CI/CD, Infrastructure management, and Site Reliability Engineering. This role will be responsible for modernizing and optimizing technology platforms, infrastructure, and technology controls, as well as develop engineering solutions to increase system reliability, availability, and reduce technical debt.
You will be working on fast-paced, highly visible, challenging projects and engaging with multiple Engineering team leads. You are expected to be a self-starter with hands-on technology and contribute by providing new ideas and brings in value adds by Streamlining the DevOps Process and being able to deliver faster releases and reducing the MTTR without compromising the security and quality. You are expected to contribute to the foundational changes that increase performance, reliability and robustness of systems that benefit large sections of people, envision and formulate solutions to infrastructure problems.
Responsibilities:
Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards
Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Recommended Qualifications:
6+ years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role
Programming experience in Java
Strong scripting skills in Python, Groovy and Tekton
Strong experience in Containerization Technologies: Experience in Docker, K8’s Helm
Experience in Container Orchestration and Management platforms like Openshift
Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery/Deployment like: Jenkins, Harness.io, TeamCity/Bamboo, SonarQube, Artifactory/Nexus, Git CI/CD, ArgoCD, SonarQube, jFrog, MAVEN, Gradle, ANT, NANT etc.
Version Control system: Experience in any two of the tools- Git/GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab
Implementation experience with microservices and distributed applications, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology.
Experience in one or more of the ALM tools like JIRA and good knowledge of Agile ways of working
Strong analytical, problem solving and quantitative skills; Data driven and results oriented
Education:
Bachelor’s degree/University degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
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Job Family Group:
Technology------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:
Applications Development------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:
Full time------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$120,800.00 - $170,800.00------------------------------------------------------
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