DevOps Engineer, IT Automation

Role Overview

• Design, build, and maintain reliable automation workflows across IT systems, identity platforms, ticketing systems, financial applications, and business tools.
• Develop integrations using APIs, scripting, webhooks, event-driven workflows, and automation platforms to streamline recurring IT and business processes.
• Automate user lifecycle processes, including onboarding, offboarding, access changes, group management, entitlement reviews, and recurring user access reviews.
• Support least-privilege access, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance across enterprise applications.
• Create and maintain scripts, lightweight applications, and integration logic using Python, PowerShell, and other scripting or programming languages.
• Serve as a primary reviewer for IT automation code, ensuring scripts and workflows are reliable, secure, readable, well-documented, and maintainable.
• Apply DevOps principles to IT operations, including version control, peer review, reusable code, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab, or similar), structured deployments, testing, documentation, and monitoring of automation workflows.
• Help establish practical standards for safely deploying and maintaining internal automations.
• Support secrets management, audit logging, and SIEM integrations to strengthen security posture and audit readiness in a regulated banking environment.
• Develop and support automation within Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, and related Atlassian products.
• Configure workflows, automate ticket routing and approvals, integrate with external systems, and improve service catalog, notification, escalation, reporting, and support processes.
• Assist with administration and automation across Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Active Directory, Windows Server, endpoint management, OneDrive, and related infrastructure platforms.
• Support operational improvements through scripting, integration, and process modernization.
• Evaluate and apply AI-assisted development and IT productivity tools where appropriate.
• Experience with coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar tools is a plus.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation for scripts, integrations, workflows, access review processes, system configurations, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of experience in DevOps, software engineering, systems administration, IT automation, platform engineering, or a similar technical role.
• Strong, demonstrable proficiency in Python is required. Experience with PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, or other scripting and programming languages is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, webhooks, JSON, modern authentication methods, and system-to-system integrations.
• Experience using Git or similar version control systems, with the ability to review automation code for reliability, readability, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Experience with Entra ID, Active Directory, and Microsoft 365, including identity lifecycle management, access reviews, group management, and user provisioning workflows.
• Experience administering, automating, or integrating Atlassian products such as Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Assets, Automation for Jira, or Atlassian APIs.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft 365, Windows Server, endpoint management, networking fundamentals, virtualization, and core security practices.
• Experience with AI-assisted coding tools or developer productivity platforms such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or similar tools is a plus.
• Working knowledge of security and compliance frameworks relevant to financial institutions, such as FFIEC, NIST (e.g., 800-53, CSF), ISO 27001, and SOC 2, including how automation and audit logging support control objectives.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, ownership mindset, and the ability to collaborate effectively across IT, security, compliance, and business teams.

Tech Stack

• Azure
• JavaScript
• Python

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• 401(k) with employer match
• Life and long-term disability coverage
• HSA and FSA plans
• Holidays and paid time off requests
• Robust wellness program (we’re talking catered meals three times a week, lunch and learns, and onsite gym!)