Cloud Engineer (Software Engineer)

Company Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas CityThe Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (FRBKC) is seeking cloud engineers to join the Disbursement Services Modernization Initiative (DSMI). DSMI is an initiative to implement a modern cloud-based payments platform for the United States Treasury. The modern platform will provide numerous Treasury business capabilities supporting domestic payments, international payments, and payments to government agency grant recipients. The DSMI team supports the development of cloud-based services that will comprise the modernized, resilient Treasury payments platform. This payments platform will be composed of a wide-range of technologies like Java, Angular, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and Blockchain plus Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies like S3, API Gateway, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda, EKS, SQS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and many more. The successful applicant should possess advanced knowledge about the end-to-end process of delivering software and have advanced expertise in one or more of the technologies listed above.

• Bachelor's degree specializing in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or a closely related field, from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of directly related education and/or experience.
• Typically requires at least three to fifteen years of relevant and progressive information technology experience directly related to architecture, design, and development of software solutions, ranging in complexity from department-class to enterprise-class. New team members will be hired into the software engineer job family according to skills and experience.
• At a miminum, successful applicants should possess an intermediate understanding of Industry software development methodologies, standards and architecture frameworks.
• Proficiency in automated testing and the use of modern CI/CD pipelines using DevOps tooling (e.g. Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, GitLab, Maven, Nexus, Fortify, Sonar, etc.) is required.
• Experience implementing cloud-native microservices in AWS cloud environments is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Agile software development principles is required.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt and quickly learn new technologies (e.g. cloud services, containers, etc).
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Able to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical teammates during agile ceremonies and pair programming sessions.
• Continuously improves processes and contributes to innovation.
• Aligns with customer needs and seeks to understand the business in order to pursue business outcomes.
• Adept at solving problems and able to analyze details while concurrently adopting a big picture view, with an inclination for simple, re-usable solutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Develops strong partnerships and relationships with team members, remaining positive to promote a collaborative and team environment.
• United States citizenship is required for this position.
• "Incumbent must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless the Bank grants an accommodation based on a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief."
• This position has additional screening requirements due to the information accessed while preforming the job. These additional screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and can take up to a couple of months to be completed. You can begin work before the screening is completed; however, continued employment is contingent on acceptable screening results. The areas screened may include education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reference checks.