Sr DevOps Engineer

There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. ​ We are a premier asset manager focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us.

Would you like to build development tools and operate compute platforms? Do you have a desire to automate things, whether those things want to be automated or not? If so, you might be interested in this role.

Overview

The Analytics and Data Platforms team is looking for an experienced software engineer to join our team in building a suite of next-generation native cloud applications. In this role, you will engineer and develop research and development tools (IDEs) using modern web/cloud technologies used by our Portfolio Managers and Quantitative Analysts to perform market analysis, develop trading algorithms and risk models.

The Global Technology team at T. Rowe Price is playing a key role in helping build the future of financial services, working hand-in-hand with business partners to create client experiences that are changing the way people invest.

As a member of this team, your work will directly impact Investments users like quantitative analysts, research analysts, portfolio modelers, portfolio managers, and traders and provide the foundation for future applications and tools developed by fellow engineers throughout Front Office Technology.

This is a hands-on role which provides an opportunity to solve complex business, logic and technical challenges. As a key contributor throughout the entire development cycle, you will be required to think outside the box and bring cutting edge technology in-house. 

Role Summary

• Run our AWS infrastructure with Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform
• Make monitoring and alerting alert on symptoms and not on outages
• Design, build and maintain core infrastructure pieces that allow scaling the Analytics Platform to support complex models processing large and diverse datasets.
• Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack
• Enable improvement of the engineering team through shaping of tools, processes, and standards
• Work directly with technical users to collect and derive requirements, demo proof of concepts and finished features, and provide support
• Participate in all areas of software development: requirement gathering, software design, implementation, automated testing, release management and code reviews

Requirements:

• Experience working as a systems automation engineer with strong Linux experience and having responsibilities of Site Reliability Engineer
• Solid understanding of automation principles and programming experience coding in languages such as Python, Go, Ruby, and R
• Experience utilizing monitoring using Grafana and Prometheus, and log aggregators like Splunk
• Experience with CI/CD tooling similar to GitLab CI
• Strong understanding of Security, Monitoring and Performance aspects of cloud-native platform and application architectures
• Experience developing for and operating systems in AWS
• Have a desire to deliver quickly, iterating fast, and an urge to fix things if they are broken

Desired Experience/Skills

• Understanding of financial markets and instruments and experience of front office software development with an Asset Management, Hedge fund or Investment Bank
• Experience with RStudio
• Experience with R and Python

FINRA Requirements

FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for remote work up to three days a week.

Base salary ranges:

Placement within the range provided above is based on the individual’s relevant experience and skills for the role.  Base salary is only one component of our total compensation package.  Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.

Benefits: We invest in our people through a wide range of programs and benefits, including:

• Competitive pay and bonuses as well as a generous retirement plan and employee stock purchase plan with matching contributions
• Flexible work opportunities
• Health care benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness programs (fitness reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program)

Our policies may change as our working lives evolve. Yet, our commitment to supporting our associates’ well-being and addressing the needs of our clients, business, and communities is unwavering.

T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.