Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Base: $140,000 - $210,900; bonus/equity: not speci...
Onsite (commutable to federal reserve bank of boston offices)
Aws environment expertise ec2 eks rds
Infrastructure as code with terraform ansible
Scripting in python java or go
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to support its FedNow service, a real-time payment system. The ideal candidate should have experience in cloud environments, automation, and large-scale distributed systems

Job Summary

  • This position offers a unique opportunity to be part of the Federal Reserve's strategic initiative transforming the US payments landscape through the new FedNow Service.
  • The role involves architecting, implementing, and leveraging solution monitoring and tooling for capacity planning, utilization reporting, and scaling of large-scale distributed systems.
  • Candidates must possess extensive knowledge of AWS services, infrastructure automation tools like Terraform and Ansible, and programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.

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The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to support its FedNow service, a real-time payment system. The ideal candidate should have experience in cloud environments, automation, and large-scale distributed systems.

Salary

Base: $140,000 - $210,900; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • AWS environment expertise EC2 EKS RDS
  • Infrastructure as Code with Terraform Ansible
  • Scripting in Python Java or Go
  • Linux shell scripting and containerization
  • Observability tools CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana
  • Fault injection and chaos engineering experience
  • Microservices architecture and continuous deployment

Nice-to-have

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Experience with ITIL processes
  • Background in software engineering or DevOps
  • Interest in mission-critical financial systems
  • Proactive system architecture gap identification

Key Requirements

  • Residency commutable to one of our offices required
  • Must have resided in the United States for at least three years
  • Pass two-phase security screening including background checks
  • FBI fingerprint and criminal background check required
  • OFAC watch list check required every five years

Work Rights

Must have resided in the United States for at least three years

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