About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:

Pivotal purpose
Trusted guardian
Targeted innovation
Facilitate connections
Delivering excellence
Inclusive culture

Job Information:

Functional Title - Assistant Vice President, DevOps Engineer

Department - Technology

Corporate Level - Assistant Vice President

Report to – Director, Application Development

Location – Iselin, NJ Hybrid

Expected full-time salary range between $ 125,000 – 145,000 + variable compensation + 401(k) match + benefits

What you will be doing:

Understand and assimilate the CLS SDLC requirements, processes and procedures
Ensure that a viable, consistent and efficient DevOps strategy is implemented in the end-to-end development of applications and products that is consistent with, compliant of and conformant to the CLS SDLC
Improve and integrate existing architecture with the industry-best automation tools and practices
Collaborate with release manager(s), development leads, developers, QA, and Engineering teams in the continual improvement and enhancement of the DevOps process
Analyze, design and implement solutions for CI/CD build, release and deployment automation
Analyze, design and implement solutions for automated and CI/CD-integrated UT (Unit Testing) and CIT (Component Integration Testing) that can potentially be extended to the ST (System Testing) and SIT (System Integration Testing) phases
Institute and implement automated solutions for SDLC governance and compliance monitoring and reporting
Plan, implement and ensure that delivery milestones are met
Provide automation solutions using design patterns, common techniques, and industry best practices that meet the typical challenges/requirements of a financial application including usability, performance, security, resiliency, and compatibility
Proactively recognize system deficiencies and implement effective solutions
Apply significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve CLS in-house practices and services

What we’re looking for:

6+ years of hands-on experience in (Linux) shell and non-shell (Java, Python, Perl, Ruby, awk, sed, etc.) scripting
6+ years of hands-on DevOps design, development and implementation
Hands-on experience in industry leading build tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Bamboo, GIT
Hands-on experience with Atlassian Administration, JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence
Knowledge of incident management tools such as ServiceNow
Excellent understanding of automated quality assurance and test strategies
Hands-on experience with SQL and with at least one DBMS such as IBM DB2 (preferred) or Oracle is a strong plus
Hands-on knowledge of MS Office toolset including MS-Excel, MS-Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
Experience in Agile Software Development Practices (Scrum or other)
Development experience with Node JS or other web-based development a plus
Prior work with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud services a plus

Professional qualifications / certifications

Bachelor Degree
Minimum 3 years experience in Information Technology

Success factors

Have strong analytical, written and oral communication skills with a high self-motivation factor
Possess excellent organization skills to manage multiple tasks in parallel
Be a team player
Have the ability to work on complex projects with globally distributed teams and manage tight delivery timelines
Have the ability to smoothly handle high stress application development and support environments
Strive continuously to improve stakeholder management for end-to-end application delivery and support

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