Associate Application Developer - Network Automation

Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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 and diverse team for our future.
The Infrastructure, Platforms & Operations portfolio supports the strategic direction and product delivery for System IT infrastructure and operations, as well as the alignment of technology to business strategies. The team serves as the business partner for secure and reliable IT products, services, and operations.
Position Overview
We are seeking an Associate Application Developer to join our team in developing network automation applications for the Federal Reserve System. In this role, you will apply DevOps methodologies and CI/CD practices to build self-healing infrastructure applications that minimize manual operations across our enterprise network and security platforms.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement network automation applications that enable self-healing infrastructure capabilities
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment and operations of network and security platform applications
• Reduce manual operational overhead through intelligent application development across the Federal Reserve System's infrastructure
• Develop and monitor infrastructure health metrics through custom applications to optimize network performance and stability
• Collaborate with cross-functional agile teams to deliver robust automation applications
• Stay current with emerging technologies and continuously expand technical expertise in network automation and infrastructure development

Required Skills & Qualifications
Programming & Application Development

• Proficiency in Python (required)
• Experience with additional programming languages applicable to automation application development

Network Automation & Infrastructure

• Understanding of network and security infrastructure components including switches, routers, and firewalls
• Experience with policy-based and software-defined networking automation applications
• Knowledge of network orchestration principles

DevOps & CI/CD

• Hands-on experience with mature CI/CD processes and tools
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and methodologies
• Understanding of deployment standards and release management procedures for infrastructure automation applications

Monitoring & Analytics

• Ability to develop and implement application-based metrics for infrastructure health monitoring
• Willingness to learn monitoring and alerting tools and concepts
• Focus on stability and performance optimization

Collaboration & Communication

• Experience working in agile development environments
• Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
• Proven track record of effective collaboration across distributed development teams

Learning Mindset & Professional Growth

• Intellectually curious with a passion for exploring new technologies and methodologies
• Hungry to learn and continuously develop skills in network automation, infrastructure, and emerging DevOps practices
• Self-motivated to seek out learning opportunities and tackle new technical challenges
• Enthusiastic about staying ahead of industry trends and best practices

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field

Work Environment
This position involves working within the Federal Reserve System, partnering with multiple development teams across the organization to deliver enterprise-scale network automation applications.
The selected candidate will reside within a reasonable commuting distance defined by the employing Reserve Bank and will work full-time onsite.

• The following Reserve Bank locations are preferred due to the concentration of System IT team members in these locations: Boston, Richmond.

Salary: 70,880 - 106,200
The listed salary is applicable to the 1st District (Boston Fed). Final offers are determined by factors including the candidate's qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is committed to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service.
All employees assigned to this position will be subject to FBI fingerprint/ criminal background and Patriot Act/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.
For this job, any offer of employment is contingent upon successfully passing a two-phase security screening. The first phase consists of the satisfactory completion of a physical examination (including a drug screening), reference checks, and a security investigation consisting of credit and criminal history checks.
The second phase is an additional risk-based security screening determined by the risk rating of the position. Depending upon the sensitivity of the position, this phase may include, and is not limited to, work and residency eligibility verification, and personal interviews with the candidate, references, and prior employers.
All applicants must have resided in the United States for at least three (3) years.
Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
No
Job Category
Information Technology Family Group
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
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