Security DevOps Engineer - VP

About Us

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. ('Jefferies, 'we, 'us or 'our) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

Summary

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our team and actively engage with and support DevOps technology adoption and modernization by all application development teams at the firm. The candidate will provide implementation and support services for our existing and prospective DevOps technology stack, as well as work directly with developers to improve their overall experience and productivity via implementing our DevOps tools and processes. Additionally, the candidate will focus on modernization efforts, including the use of containers and container orchestration systems. The role will also work closely with the Cloud Engineering and Security groups to ensure that our DevOps technologies continue to support our cloud adoption, primarily via AWS and Azure.

Responsibilities include

• Implement and maintain the system stability, security, and performance of on-premise DevOps tools, including Atlassian's suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo), JFrog, and others.
• Design and maintain scalable and reliable CI/CD pipelines to support software development and deployment processes across a wide range of technologies, including both native and containerized applications written in Java, C++, Python and other languages, including container deployment to Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with application teams to integrate DevOps tools and methodologies into existing workflows, as well as containerize existing native applications.
• Develop automation scripts and frameworks to streamline development and operational tasks.
• Centrally monitor and manage code repositories, build systems, and deployment environments.
• Provide technical guidance and support to development teams regarding DevOps best practices.
• Evaluate and implement new DevOps tools and technologies.

Requirements:

• 4-6 years of proven experience in managing on-premise versions of DevOps tools, particularly Atlassian's suite and JFrog, as well as designing CI/CD systems involving both native and containerized applications, including deploying containerized applications onto Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with pipeline design and implementation, especially with Atlassian Bamboo and GitHub Actions.
• Strong proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Solid understanding of version control systems, particularly Git.
• Moderate proficiency in Java and C++, especially for basic code comprehension and ecosystem tooling (e.g. package management and compilation)
• Moderate proficiency in infrastructure as code and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible, as well as similar tools in the Kubernetes ecosystem including Helm and ArgoCD.

At Jefferies, we value the unique skills of every employee. We encourage professional growth and career development and offer competitive benefits and compensation. If you're looking to build your career as part of a fast-paced technology team tackling big challenges that impact the lives of people and companies all around the world, we want to meet you.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

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