Public Cloud Services - Storage – Lead Engineer – Vice President

Citi • Irving, TX

29d

About The Position

We are seeking a Lead Cloud Storage Engineer, a strategic problem-solver, builder, and product visionary who is deeply proficient in cloud infrastructure. If you possess hands-on experience with GCP or AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Python or Java, coupled with a passion for automation at scale, we encourage you to apply. Join Citi's Cloud Technology Services (CTS) team and be part of our commitment to transform Citi technology leveraging game-changing Cloud capabilities to drive agility, efficiency, and innovation. We're providing our businesses with a competitive edge by leveraging public cloud scale and enabling new infrastructure economics. As a public cloud infrastructure engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our public cloud strategy. You will be part of a team that continues to deliver big! From establishing a cloud-based High-Performance Compute (HPC) platform for complex risk calculations, enabling Citi to leverage GenAI at scale, to facilitating innovative payments solutions, this team is at the forefront of technological advancement.

Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on experience, architecting & managing solution in AWS or GCP
• Strong experience working with object, block and file storage services from AWS, GCP
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code and using automation pipelines to provision, test and manage resources.
• Familiarity with container orchestration and deployment tools
• Familiarity with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD/Flux, Harness
• Competence in Python or Java; Go is a plus
• Passion for automation, clean code/DRY, and solving complex problems.
• Strong problem-solving skills

Nice To Haves

• Proficient in building well architected cloud solutions in GCP, AWS
• Contributed to building automated test frameworks, such as Terratest or BDD-style frameworks.
• Experience with storage for High Performance Compute (FSx for Lustre, Parallel Store)
• Experience moving data at scale from on-premises to cloud
• Experience deploying and managing Container storage interface (CSI) drivers for dynamic provisioning and volume life cycle management.

Responsibilities

• Engineering Excellence: Apply engineering best practices and industry standards, utilizing modern tooling to enable CI/CD and emphasizing automation, auditability, automated testing, infrastructure as code, and policy as code.
• Hands-on Design and Build: Develop tooling and capabilities required to enable our cloud-first strategy, contributing directly to the design and implementation.
• Innovation and Automation: Contribute creative solutions to address infrastructure challenges, fostering a product-focused mindset within the team.
• Partnership and Collaboration: Collaborate with Citi's technology teams to ensure alignment with business goals and priorities.
• Compliance: Adhere to applicable standards, policies, and regulations, consistently assessing risk to protect Citi's reputation, clients, and assets.
• Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering their growth and enhancing the team's overall capabilities.

Benefits

• In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards.
• Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs.
• Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays.
• For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com.
• Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees