Primary Location

 MA-Boston

Full-time / Part-time

 Full-time

Employee Status

 Regular

Overtime Status

 Exempt

Job Type

 Experienced

Travel

 Yes, 5 % of the Time

Shift

 Day Job

Job Sensitivity Tier II - No Credit Check Mod

Job Summary:
This position is responsible for supporting the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s applied research efforts on digital currencies.

Principal Accountabilities:
1. Design and build AWS infrastructure for both internally and externally developed software.
2. Design and build AWS continuous integration environment for internal developers.
3. Automate testing infrastructure for internally developed software.
4. Work with developers towards solutions to testing and scaling problems.
5. Interact with internal and external developers and managers.

Supervision:
This position is not required to directly supervise others

Knowledge and Experience:
1. At least three years’ experience in a development operations position
2. Deep experience building and maintaining AWS environments
3. Production deployment and monitoring experience
4. Experiencing working within a team of developers and testers

Additional Preferred Experience:
1. Experience deploying and operating blockchain nodes
2. Academic research experience
3. Experience with cryptographic protocols generally used in blockchain projects

All employees assigned to this position will be subject to a credit check, an FBI fingerprint/criminal background check, and Patriot Act / Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.  Internal candidates who accept a job offer for this position will also be subject to credit re-screening before transferring.

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, which might not be complete until after you begin working at the Reserve Bank, 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, citizenship status verification, and personal interviews with the candidate, references, and prior employers.

All candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident aliens with at least three or more years of U.S. residency from the date of legal entry to the U.S.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston  is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and 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.