Kubernetes Platform Systems Administrator at Edward D. Jones in St Louis, Missouri

Job Description:

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued.  Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 8 million clients and 19,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging. 

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career. 

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Team Overview

You may be surprised to know that Edward Jones employs thousands of technical resources - all focused on creating world-class experiences for our clients and branch offices.  If you’ve considered Edward Jones in the past, it’s time to take another look.  We are embracing a modern, cloud-based architecture and are looking for exceptional individuals who want to be a part of that future.

 

In 2022, Edward Jones invested $1 billion in technology infrastructure, digital initiatives, and virtual business enablement tools.  We're currently in the test-and-learn phase and are looking for talented, motivated professionals, that want to be part of this transformational journey.  Cloud-based architecture and modern technical capabilities will enable us to grow our impact while providing the best client experience possible. 

The position will support the stability of new technology platforms supporting Edward Jones's application platform. This position will support strategic firm initiatives and contribute to defining and building the observability and stability patterns supporting product roadmaps. The role is expected to follow architectural best practices and, build scale and efficiencies that enable future business growth.

This role will join our Platform As A Service team which is responsible for building and maintaining our on-premises Kubernetes platform. This involves a mix of platform enhancement efforts, regular maintenance tasks, and working directly with application teams to provide support and guidance as they deploy to our platform.

 What You'll Do:

• Provide support for our Kubernetes platform in all environments, ensuring continuous service and stability of the platform for our users.


•  Provide 24/7 support for systems in all environments, ensuring continuous service and stability of the platform for our users.


•   Contribute to the team's work by participating in team events and meetings.


•   Provide excellent service to our users by responding to their requests correctly within our defined SLA.


•   Develop automation to improve the work of the team and our users' experiences of our platforms.

What Could Set You Apart:

Curiosity that drives you to understand problems and provide creative solutions.

Strong desire to see users delighted with our platforms.

Familiarity with Azure and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Understanding of common deployment patterns for containerized applications

What  You'll  Need:

• 2+ years' experience with Linux system administration and Linux command line


• 2+ years' experience with Kubernetes container orchestration software (kubectl, etc)


• Experience with configuration management software (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef)


• Experienced in source code management and implementing of a branching strategy (GitHub) Scripting skills with multiple languages (e.g. Python, shell)


• Knowledge of configuring monitoring solutions and the creation of dashboards (Splunk, Dynatrace,


• AppDynamics, DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana)


•  Preferred: Experience with server virtualization and networking/load balancing strategies (e.g. VMware, NSX)


•  Preferred: Bachelor's degree preferred in Computer Science, Information Systems, or another applicable field