Infrastructure DevOps Lead Analyst - Vice President

Infrastructure Dev Ops Lead Analyst – Vice President Job Overview

The Infrastructure Technology Lead Analyst (C13) is an intermediate-level role responsible for supporting and advancing Dev Ops, CI/CD, and cloud-native platform capabilities. This role partners closely with development, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure stable, scalable, and secure application platforms. The analyst applies infrastructure and Dev Ops expertise to troubleshoot issues, automate processes, enhance operational efficiency, and contribute to technology standards and best practices.

• Design, implement, and support end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Lightspeed and Jenkins.
• Convert Python scripts and configure them to align with CI/CD standards in Light speed pipeline.
• Conduct code review and ensure Python scripts are in-line with CI/CD standards with proper unit test coverage and vulnerability assessments.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines with Bitbucket and Git Hub for source control and change management.
• Develop and maintain automation using Shell scripting to improve deployment efficiency and reliability.
• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Python applications on microservice architecture.
• Provide hands-on support for Open Shift/Kubernetes platforms, including application deployments, capacity monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot and debug production issues, optimizing application performance and stability.
• Develop and maintain automated tests (unit, integration) to ensure code quality and system reliability.
• Support containerized microservices architectures and assist with service mesh concepts and implementations.
• Monitor application and container logs, identify issues, and perform root cause analysis for production incidents.
• Utilize observability tools such as Kibana and Grafana to maintain platform health, stability, and performance.
• Support Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), release, and promotion processes using tools such as Service Now.
• Ensure adherence to change management, release governance, and operational readiness standards.
• Follow and contribute to infrastructure and Dev Ops standards, policies, and best practices.
• Identify, assess, and elevate risks related to system stability, security, and compliance in accordance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with development, infrastructure, and operations teams to resolve technical challenges.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback.
• Act as a subject matter resource for platform and Dev Ops-related topics.
• Provide guidance and informal mentoring to junior analysts.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to policy and applying best practices.

• 6+ years of experience in Dev Ops, application development, platform engineering, or infrastructure delivery roles supporting infrastructure or application hosting environments.
• Strong Python (3.x) development skills, a solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, and real‑time experience with Dev Ops methodologies to build, deploy, and maintain robust and scalable applications.
• Proficiency in Python 3.x, Anaconda, and debugging skills.
• Experience building and optimizing PySpark data pipelines (Data Frames, Spark SQL).
• Strong knowledge of Spark performance tuning (joins, partitioning, memory/resource management).
• Experience working with common data formats and systems (Parquet, ORC, Kafka, Hive, cloud platforms, databases).
• Strong experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Lightspeed, Git Hub/Bitbucket).
• Hands‑on experience with Open Shift and/or Kubernetes in production environments.
• Proficiency in Shell scripting for automation and operational tasks.
• Experience with release and change management platforms (e.g., Service Now).
• Practical experience with container monitoring and logging tools such as Kibana and Grafana.
• Experience managing hardware or platform capacity planning.
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