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City of New York · 7 hours ago

DevOps Architect

Manhattan, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$94K/yr - $176K/yr

6+ years exp

The Teachers’ Retirement System of the City of New York (TRS) is seeking an experienced DevOps Architect with expertise in cloud technologies and automation. The role involves designing and maintaining deployment pipelines, leading DevOps teams, and ensuring secure and efficient infrastructure.

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Responsibilities

Architect, develop, configure, secure, and optimize repeatable deployment processes and CI/CD pipelines

Lead and mentor DevOps teams, SQL developers, and administrators in implementing, integrating, and maintaining production and non-production environments

Design and manage cloud architectures, preferably on AWS, leveraging container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes

Collaborate with development teams to review and influence technical specifications, ensuring seamless system implementation and support

Develop scripts (PowerShell preferred) to automate deployment, troubleshooting, and system communications

Maintain and recommend protocols for database connectivity and data exchange across systems (MS SQL, PostgreSQL)

Support low-code/no-code development tools such as MENDIX for environment provisioning and system integrations

Ensure adherence to security protocols (SSL/TLS, SSH, PGP) and recommend appropriate encryption solutions

Define and implement data backup and retention strategies using tools like Commvault or TSM

Create and maintain IT architecture diagrams and documentation covering enterprise, security, data, and technology architectures

Establish and enforce architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices across application development lifecycles

Monitor emerging technologies related to hardware, software, network, databases, and mobile platforms to recommend enhancements

Proactively identify system design flaws or performance issues, escalating as needed to minimize impact

Collaborate with infrastructure and project management teams to define hardware and server requirements

Oversee development areas including presentation layers, business logic, persistence, scalability, and system integrations

Qualification

AWSKubernetesCI/CD pipelinesPowerShellMS SQLPostgreSQLMENDIXEncryption protocolsLeadership skillsProblem-solving skillsCommunication skills

Required

Six (6) years of progressively responsible full-time paid experience supervising or administering computer operations involving a large-scale mainframe, network, or multi-tier computer environment at least 18 months of which shall have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for a maximum of two (2) years of general experience described above

In the absence of a baccalaureate degree, undergraduate credits may be substituted for a maximum of two (2) years of general experience described above on the basis of 30 semester credits for six (6) months of experience

A master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, Public Administration or Management of Administration may be substituted for a maximum of one (1) year of general experience described above

In the absence of a master's degree, graduate credits in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, Public Administration or Management of Administration may be substituted for a maximum of one (1) year of the general experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits for one (1) year of experience