Digital AWS DevOps Engineer

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:  Forbright is a nationwide full-service bank and lender helping accelerate the transition to a sustainable and low-carbon economy. Headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Forbright is committed to accelerating the transition to a sustainable economy by financing visionary leader in clean energy, healthcare, technology, financial services, real estate, and other industries with extraordinary service.
COMPANY CULTURE:  We are a dynamic, high energy, fun, and fast-paced organization that has an exciting growth trajectory, meaningful mission, and embedded responsible environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices into our daily interactions. We offer our team members a culture of collaboration, inclusion, flexibility, recognition, and giving back.  We look to hire individuals that are passionate about our mission, and who are motivated, customer and results-oriented, innovative, adaptable, and thoughtful.
COMPANY MISSION:  We are a mission-driven institution. We operate a sound dynamic institution that is well capitalized, liquid, profitable and uses best practices to manage risk and assure compliance with laws and regulations. We use Forbright’s capital, capabilities, innovation, and expertise to help our clients succeed and contribute broadly to building a more sustainable future.
JOB SUMMARY: The Digital AWS DevOps Engineer is responsible for overseeing, managing, and working to expand the Bank’s AWS environment to meet the needs of our technology-forward bank. The Digital AWS DevOps Engineer is a critical team member with the opportunity to accelerate the Bank’s existing momentum on AWS. This individual possesses exceptional project management and execution skills, strong oral and written communication capabilities, is highly organized, self-driven, and has the desire and ability to succeed in a fast-paced, collegial, small-team setting.    

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Execute all operational activities of the Applications department 
• Support the strategic direction and the design of technology, infrastructure, software, and communications and networking systems, including the implementation and integration of external and internal business processing systems and applications 
• Provide on-call support after-hours, weekend, and outside of general working hours for the Digital Bank operations; emphasis on MKS and EKS 
• Deploy, manage, and operate an AWS multi-account environment 
• Work alongside Systems and Development teams to support the transition and operation of applications in and out of AWS 
• Identify appropriate use of AWS operational best practices 
• Estimate AWS costs and identifying operational cost control mechanisms 
• Proactively keep management up to date on AWS services and developments 
• Create (where appropriate) automation to streamline provisioning and de-provisioning processes 
• Be a technical resource on data/service migration projects 
• Assist contract and in-house staff on AWS administrative tasks 
• Configuration of the AWS cloud management; configure and fine-tune the cloud infrastructure systems; monitoring and managing cloud services carefully 
• Understand AWS metrics and monitoring resources 
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of high-quality documentation (primarily Visio diagrams) for relevant specifications, systems, policies, procedures, and plans as they pertain to IT 
• Integrate and work with third-party hardware, software, and service vendor relationships 
• Promote cybersecurity awareness, assist in training, testing, and the use of best practices 
• Keep technical documentation up to date 
• Perform other duties as assigned 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, relevant experience required 
• Minimum of 5 years of Systems Administration experience required 
• Expertise managing security within an AWS master payer account environment and for Linux systems required. This includes implementing security groups and network ACLs, configuring Linux server security, and experience with AWS security services like AWS Shield, Detective, Security Hub, WAF, and especially IAM 
• Expertise building, deploying, and maintaining AWS microservices (MKS/Kafka) applications on Kubernetes using EKS  
• High comfort level running command-line operations preferred 
• Experience building scripts, tooling, and automation for large-scale computing environments 
• Experience developing and maintaining network and systems diagrams and documentation 
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills 
• Highly organized and efficient, able to work with all levels of staff in all bank areas 
• Detail-oriented, a team player with excellent time management skills 
• Must be able to adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions 
• Proven ability to meet deadlines while thoroughly completing projects and assignments. 
• Experience with Database administration (SQL, MariaDB/MySQL, Amazon RDS, Aurora) is a plus 
• Experience with automating CI/CD pipelines using native AWS services such as CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy. Comparable experience with Jenkins or Ansible is a plus 
• Experience with Git, Github, GitLab, including experience with CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and issue
• Experience as an AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Developer, AWS SysOps Administrator, or AWS Solutions Architect preferred; certifications are a plus
• 4 years of experience in working in AWS environments required 
• Experience deploying and maintaining AWS multi-account infrastructure (AWS Config, AWS CloudFormation StackSets) 
• Knowledge of monitoring and auditing systems in AWS (CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Cost Explorer, Systems Manager) 
• Familiar with AWS networking services (VPC, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, Route Tables, Subnets, Security Groups, Load Balancers)
• Experience with designing, deploying, and managing AWS storage solutions, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), and Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) 
• Experience deploying and maintaining Infrastructure as Code with continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) using YAML, JSON, CloudFormation, and CDK. Comparable experience with Terraform is also considered 
• Experience in developing, deploying, and managing AWS Lambda functions 
• Experience in configuring, managing, and monitoring AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall), including AWS-managed and custom rules 
• 3 years of system administration for Enterprise Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux/CentOS) required 
• Comfortable troubleshooting and writing Bash scripts or Python 

The pay range for this position is below. The specific rate will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications and prior experience. $130,000 (entry level qualifications) to $150,000 (highly experienced).
POSITION REQUIREMENTS: The requirements described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees to perform the essential functions. Work is conducted primarily in an office; however, some positions may be conducted remotely via technology. While performing duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required for prolonged periods of time to:• Sit or stand at a desk• Walk, stoop down, crouch, kneel or bend over• Use hands and fingers• Utilize a computer monitor with visual acuity• Operate technology and other office machinery such as printers, fax machines, scanners, etc.• Communicate clearly both verbally and in writing with others
ADDITIONAL DUTIES: For Forbright Bank to remain efficient and nimble as a growing organization, team members are expected to exhibit a high level of flexibility regarding any duties that may be situationally assigned outside of this job description.
PERKS/BENEFITS:• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans• 4 weeks PTO• 401k + company match• Metro SmartTrip benefits ($50/mo)• Remote or hybrid work schedules for most positions• Bonuses for purchasing solar panels, electric vehicles, biking to work, etc.• Paid subscriptions to Veterans Compost, Imperfect Foods, and more!• Best Workplaces for Commuters 2023 & 2024 winner• The Washington Post Top Workplaces 2023 & 2024 winner• American Banker Best Banks to Work For 2023 winner
It is the policy of Forbright Bank to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and to administer all aspects and conditions of pre-employment and employment without regard to protected characteristics. Apply