Sr Software Engineer II at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in St. Louis, Missouri

Job Description:

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

The St Louis Fed is one of 12 Reserve Banks serving all or parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas with branches in Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis. The St. Louis Fed’s most essential responsibilities include: promoting stable prices and economic growth, fostering a sound financial system, providing payment services to financial institutions, supporting the U.S. Treasury's financial operations, and advancing economic education, community development and fair access to credit.

The Intra-governmental Transactions (IGT) department of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is seeking Senior Software Engineer to design, test and implement Java-based web applications to the AWS cloud. The position requires expertise in full-stack Java/angular development with understanding of AWS Cloud technologies and Oracle. This position will be responsible, as a contributor, in the analysis, design, development, and implementation of migration of an application to the cloud. This individual will be responsible for working with the development team and architects to implement application and infrastructure enhancements.

Responsibilities

• Develop complex application business logic using Java. Design and code and integrate application business layer with external application components.


• Work as a member of an Agile delivery team to migrate portfolio applications to cloud services.


• Conduct analysis, testing, updating, and debugging, identifying bottlenecks and bugs in the system and develop solutions.


• Translate complex application stories, use cases, and business concept designs into functional, dynamic applications.

• Develop reusable and scalable code using industry standard software development practices, techniques, tools, and frameworks.

• Understand current infrastructure and stack to employ best cloud solutions. Collaborate to implement cost-effective migration strategies, taking advantage of cloud services.


• Work with shared services teams, integrate solutions, and handle data conversions and migrations.


• Be a technology leader and foster a learning and innovation culture within the Information Technology Division and across the Federal Reserve System

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an information technology field (e.g., Computer/Management Information Systems (MIS/CIS), Computer Science (CS), Electrical/Computer Engineering (EE/CE), or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.


• Typically requires at least 6+ years of relevant and progressive information technology experience directly related to architecture, design, and development of cloud and software solutions, ranging in complexity from department-class to enterprise-class.


• Familiarity with Industry cloud implementation and software development methodologies, standards and architecture frameworks is required.


• Demonstrated proficiency with some of the following technologies on a Cloud platform: cloud native services, Infrastructure as Code, Java, Spring, Angular, GitLab, and Oracle is required.


• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) is preferred.


• Excellent organizational, project management and problem-solving skills is required.


• Experience using modern CI/CD pipelines using DevOps tooling (e.g. Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, GitLab, Maven, Nexus, Fortify, Sonar, etc.) is required.


• Demonstrated ability to adapt and learn new technologies is required.


• Excellent initiative, innovative thinking skills, and the ability to analyze details and adopt a big-picture view is required.


• Experience with AWS cloud services (esp. EC2, ECS and/or EKS, S3, SQS, Lambda, IAM, CloudTrail, CloudFormation) is preferred.


• Demonstrated proficiency with Agile software development principles is preferred.


• Experience with Java Enterprise Applications (e.g. JEE, Spring, etc.) is preferred.


• Experience with Automated Testing, UML, Design Patterns, Object Oriented Design, Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) is preferred.


• Experience designing and deploying microservice solutions using RESTful APIs is preferred.


• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to explain complex technical information to technical and non-technical contacts including executive audiences is preferred.


• Candidates with less experience can be considered for a lower-level position


• Must be a US Citizen or Permanent resident with 3 years of residency

Total Rewards

Bring your passion and expertise, and we'll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.

Salary: $120,000-165,000

In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that all brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find

balance:

• Generous paid time off


• Tuition & Training assistance/reimbursement


• 401(k) match & Annuity/Pension fund


• Top-notch health care benefits


• Child and family care leave


• Professional development opportunities


• And more...

At the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, we are committed to a strong and resilient economy for all. We prioritize inclusion and strive to be a workplace where all employees can thrive. Learn more about Bank’s culture.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #LI-Hybrid

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Information Technology

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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