Vice President

BlackRock•San Francisco, CA

11d•$195,000 - $230,000•Hybrid

About The Position

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. is hiring a Vice President to develop and implement observability solutions that monitor and improve system performance, reliability, and scalability. The role oversees the development and maintenance of observability tools and platforms, and creates or enhances platform libraries and infrastructure to capture telemetry from Aladdin applications. It also designs or enhances dashboards and alerts for application monitoring and troubleshooting. The Vice President collaborates with engineering, SRE, and client support teams to support effective use of observability solutions; works with development teams to remove adoption roadblocks and improve the maturity of observability implementations; and partners with observability vendors to evaluate new features and maintain existing services. The position is based at 400 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94105. BlackRock’s hybrid model currently requires at least four days per week in the office, with the flexibility to work from home one day per week; some business groups may require more office time. The stated salary range for San Francisco is USD $195,000–$230,000, plus eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus and benefits. Total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department, and individual performance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Five years of experience in the job offered or as an Application Engineer, Associate, Analyst, or related role.
Five years of experience with software engineering in an enterprise environment; Java; Python and Go; Kubernetes; Azure Cloud and AWS; CI/CD tools including Azure DevOps; databases including Sybase and MSSQL; observability platforms including Grafana and Splunk; and PromQL.
Four years of experience with OpenTelemetry agents and collector; TraceQL and LogQL; and data platforms including Snowflake.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement observability solutions to monitor and improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
Oversee the development and maintenance of observability tools and platforms to ensure they meet organizational needs.
Create or enhance platform libraries and related infrastructure to capture telemetry from Aladdin applications.
Design or enhance dashboards and alerts for application monitoring and troubleshooting.
Collaborate with engineering, SRE, and client support teams to support seamless and effective use of observability solutions.
Work with development teams to remove roadblocks to adoption and improve the maturity of observability implementations.
Partner with observability vendors to evaluate new features and maintain existing services.