Senior Network Automation Engineer, Full-Stack

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems.

We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic team for our future.

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.

In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more.

All brought together in a work environment where you can truly find balance.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Automation Engineer to bridge the gap between traditional networking and modern software engineering.

This role is pivotal in supporting the automation lifecycle for critical business lines, managing external change requests, and integrating essential business applications.

You will be responsible for modernizing, maintaining, and scaling our automation suite to meet evolving demands, ensuring our network infrastructure remains agile, secure, and resilient.

What You Will Do:


* Lead End-to-End Development: Design, test, and implement complex automation solutions in a NextJS, JavaScript and Python environment.

Support legacy software within a Java SpringBoot, OpenShift environment


* Technical Leadership: Direct the work of junior developers, conduct rigorous code reviews, and ensure the architectural integrity of all programming tasks.


* Lifecycle Management: Guide projects through the full release cycle, including security compliance, architectural design reviews, and production readiness testing.


* System Integration: Build and maintain high-performance integrations between internal and external systems using MuleSoft API Gateways, and ServiceNow.


* UI Modernization: Create intuitive, user-friendly interfaces for self-service network management tools using Angular.


* Operational Support: Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to ensure the continuous availability of critical automation services.

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Qualifications:


* You will have 6 to 9 years of experience at the Senior level, and 3 to 5 years of experience at the Experienced level.


* Full-Stack Development: Advanced proficiency in Java, NextJS and JavaScript with a focus on API-driven connectivity.


* Network Automation: Proven experience building and maintaining self-service tools, bonuses for network infrastructure.


* Cloud & IaC: Expertise in AWS architecture and Infrastructure as Code (IaC...