Platform Engineer
Who we are looking for
As a Platform Engineer, you will help us enable and put to use various elements of our enterprise technology infrastructure – including specialized software and hardware tools and virtualized platforms such as VMWare and the AWS and Azure clouds. You will assist with the adoption of compute, storage, middleware, databases, public cloud and other infrastructure solutions by State Street business applications, using modern configuration provisioning and management tools (e.g., Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Python APIs). You will also perform various environment engineering and configuration tasks such as testing and configuring infrastructure products, designing Infrastructure-as-Code configuration templates for provisioning cloud infrastructure components (i.e., EC2, RDS, EMR, Lambda, Azure VMs, SQL Server, Functions etc.) in a scalable manner.
What you will be responsible for
Your role is key to ensuring that applications and tools deployed to our enterprise infrastructure are resilient, performant and that our operational SLAs are maintained. You will be an integral member of a dynamic infrastructure engineering team continuously innovating and improving our capabilities to enable the acceleration of State Street’s journey to modern platforms.
What you will be responsible for
- Develop, deploy, test and document technology solutions/tools that enable business and operational requirements using on-premises infrastructure and cloud services (‘fabric’ or ‘Lego pieces’)
- Make concepts ‘real’ by telling application architects and developers how things really work at State Street versus what they may have seen in a vendor demo
- Prevent production issues and outages by implementing scalable and resilient (‘works the first time’) solutions running globally
- Make things better by pointing out redundancies and manual steps best handled via your code
- Assist application infrastructure adoption, onboarding and deployment activities with focus on optimizing their technical stack and resource utilization, and on ensuring compliance with internal standards and best practices
- When appropriate, capture repeatable patterns, solutions, procedures, and patterns in user-facing guidelines and other documentation
- Effectively engage multiple stakeholders, both internal technical and functional teams, while always striving to increase team productivity and meet delivery targets.
What we value
- A techie-at-heart, with a good grasp of modern technology infrastructure concepts (computers, networks, storage, databases, cloud), and intuitive understanding of the issues, benefits and challenges involved in enabling infrastructure for the effective and resilient use by software applications
- Aware of how cloud-centric technologies differ from something that runs on a local Windows server or dedicated Linux server
- Trained in agile delivery and DevOps concepts and practices
- A team player and effective contributor with a collaborative mindset
- Some experience with programming languages in vogue this decade (e.g., Python, Go, Groovy, NodeJS)
- A passion for learning new technologies, practices and ways of working
Critical Skills/Training:
- IT infrastructure concepts: overview of servers, VMs, operating systems, networks, storage, HCI, data platforms and middleware - with current examples
- Networked applications architectures and operating models – traditional 3 tier model, alternatives, scaling, HA/DR, monitoring and logging
- Operating systems overview and administration concepts – Linux and Windows
- Basic programming (Python, Java, JS) and command line scripting in Linux or Windows
- Modern distributed networking concepts – IP CIDR notation, segmentation, firewalls, proxies, etc
- Agile project delivery principles and practices
- DevOps concepts and tools
- High-level IT operating and organizational models
- Cloud concepts and case studies/examples, with emphasis on AWS and Azure
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or other degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related STEM fields
- GPA higher than the average in relevant subjects and in the last two academic years (if not throughout)
- Prior experiences / internships with exposure to developing large scale applications
- Have written apps using AWS or Azure services (a bit more than EC2/VM) is always welcome)
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker and other container technologies
- Previous cloud certifications.
Preferred locations include: Boston, MA; Quincy, MA; Princeton, NJ; Tucson, AZ; Kansas City, MO; Irvine, CA; Sacramento, CA
Are you the right candidate? Yes!
We truly believe in the power that comes from the diverse backgrounds and experiences our employees bring with them. Although each vacancy details what we are looking for, we don’t necessarily need you to fulfil all of them when applying. If you like change and innovation, seek to see the bigger picture, make data driven decisions and are a good team player, you could be a great fit.
Why this role is important to us
Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We’re driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.
We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We’re looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.
Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.
About State Street
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary by location, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans, among other perks. You’ll have access to flexible Work Programs to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift programs and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.
State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.