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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Associate, System Engineering, Engineer II, Cloud Platform in Atlanta, Georgia
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. is hiring a(n) Associate, System Engineering, Engineer II, Cloud Platform (ref. Code R240557 in Atlanta, GA. Duties: Provide operational support by monitoring and troubleshooting various components of BlackRocks Aladdin Enterprise Investment System and various components of Aladdin, to ensure availability and performance. Participate in projects to enhance resiliency and ensure availability and stability of BlackRocks Aladdin systems. Utilize Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Ansible etc. to provision, manage and scale Kubernetes Infrastructure and services On-Prem and Cloud. Setup and maintain CI/CD Pipelines by applying DevOps principles to automate lifecycle management of Kubernetes clusters. Utilize programming and scripting languages, like Python, Perl or Bash to automate operational tasks and processes. Create, Deploy and Manage Kubernetes Objects via GitOps Continuous Deployment framework. Participate in the weekly on-call schedule, which includes responsibility for monitoring health of Kubernetes Clusters, Nodes, Application Servers, File transfers, Batch Jobs, troubleshooting Node failures, troubleshooting any ongoing incidents, coordinate and resolve production issues and providing hourly updates to the command center. Conduct analyses on Kubernetes infrastructure and cluster performance, root cause diagnostics to understand the operating quality of production environments to achieve a stable and smooth platform at all times. Assist in the implementation of any Production Operations changes. Support the planning of disaster recovery contingencies of applications. Support batch workloads, real-time / interactive processing, data transfer services, application on-boarding and upgrades and recovery procedures. Create and set up FTP transfer jobs between BlackRock and its clients.. Work on Unix operating systems and Linux platforms. Utilize FTP, and SFTP protocols for setting up automated processes. Monitor system resources including CPU and memory. Perform Linux resource management. Perform various tasks to enhance resiliency of pre-production and production environments using automation scripts.. Conduct root cause analysis to address routine to moderately complex issues with accuracy or performance, monitoring Container logs using Splunk and visualizing using Grafana dashboards for troubleshooting Issues.
REQUIREMENTS: Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field and three (3) years experience in the job offered or related occupation. In the alternative, employer will accept Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field and one (1) year experience in the job offered or related occupation. Related skills may be required.