Associate, Mission Control Operations Engineer

Description

About this role

You can work with us at one of the top FinTech companies. We sell our Aladdin platform to over 200 of the top global corporations, in total handling about a quarter of all the world’s money under management.

BlackRock is a global but close-knit team of individuals who share a common goal of providing the very best possible level of support to our business partners and customers. From the top of the firm down, we embrace the diversity of values, identities, and ideas brought by our employees. We are serious about our people and offer Flexible Time Off, collaborative working spaces, and several other benefits.

If any of this excites you, we want to talk to you.

Team Overview

Role Responsibility
- You will have complete ownership of ensuring that changes were fully completed, and any affected services restored.
- You will identify process improvements for change implementation and weekend checkouts; aid is incident management and root cause analysis.
- Engage in clear and concise communication both verbally and in writing. Efficiently interacts on incident bridges and calls to ensure all distributed team members are constantly advised.
- Comfortable with working on weekends and adapting to follow the sun model.

**Qualifications**:

- A four-year degree specializing in Computer Science, MIS, Mathematics, Physics, or Engineering or equivalent
- Exposure as a System Operations Engineer with min 2 - 4 year's of experience
- Good understanding of Linux administration fundamentals; must be familiar with typical administrative commands.
- Prior system administration experience is highly desirable.
- Programming experience in at least one of the following: Java, Python or Perl or shell scripting experience.
- Possess a positive demeanor and ability to work as a teammate fast-paced environment.
- Build opportunities to integrate and automate operational processes, procedures, and tooling.
- Experience in working with Cloud Native Platforms e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP etc.

Pluses
- Prior experience with any of these technologies: Ansible, Chef, Jenkins, AWX, Service Now, Cutover, Autosys, Kafka, Kubernetes.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s current hybrid work model is designed to enable in-person connections and collaboration that is core to our culture, while supporting increased flexibility for all employees. In line with local health guidance and regulations, employees are required to work at least 3 days in the office each week, with the flexibility to work from home up to 2 days a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. The health, safety and well-being of our people will always be our top priorities; we will continue to monitor local conditions and health advisories in making decisions about our work environments.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment - the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.