This role offers a hybrid work schedule; offering the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while providing the opportunity for in-person collaboration. At M&T Tech, we're a team of makers, doers, and builders, working to create the most advanced technology solutions in banking. We're not your stereotypical suit and tie bankers: we're an innovative team of leading tech experts, pushing boundaries, and taking risks. We're building an agile team of the most skilled and creative workers to solve complex problems, architect solutions, write high-performance software, and chart our new path, all to make the lives of our customers, and the communities that we serve, better. Join us and be part of something new as we build tomorrow's bank, today. The Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Operations Team engineers and supports all the foundational technology used across M&T Bank. We support two Data Centers, 15,000 Distributed platforms, 24 Mainframe Regions, a secure and reliable Network connecting all the technology across the bank footprint and process approximately 635,000 automated jobs per month. In addition to that foundational technology level, we own the operational support processes, monitoring and command center that provide a unified, well-managed technology response when issues arise. We deliver innovative, and compelling technology solutions, in partnership with our line of business CIOs, to enhance the internal customer experience that enables our business partners to deliver.

Overview:

We are looking for a DevOps automation engineer to join our Module Infrastructure Development team with a strong background in traditional infrastructure, modern cloud infrastructure, and automation. You'll be working with all divisions of IT from Networking, Cybersecurity, Platforms and Operating systems, Operations, and Development to automate the creation of standard infrastructure solutions using Terraform Automation. You'll work with fellow engineers and application development teams to ensure the quality, interoperability, and security of bank services through thoughtful design and automation. Technical Engineers are consultants and thought leaders with great business acumen and powerful technology skills. We are looking for an engineer who is passionate about automation, process improvement, and the elimination of manual tasks—An engineer that wants to foster a culture of learning, experimentation, and innovation.

Responsibilities:

• Work to improve existing bank infrastructure, striving for convergence to DevOps 'Infrastructure as Code' pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with Technology engineering and support teams to implement, develop, and execute technical solutions.
• Conduct research and development of new or expanded infrastructure systems.
• Perform unit testing, system integration and user acceptance testing.
• Independently interact with business partners to ensure understanding of the problems and opportunities and elicit business requirements.
• Mentor and coach less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators.
• Review documentation, proposals and changes proposed by peers and less-experienced staff.
• Continuously seek to expand knowledge and understanding of financial services trends, practices, and technologies.
• Follow and promote the use of industry best practices, standards, and procedures.
• Build a strong working knowledge of M&T applications, systems, and development environments.
• Understand and adhere to the bank's risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the bank's risk appetite.
• Identify, rank, mitigate and escalate the risk to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Required:

• Combined minimum of 6 years' higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture
• Understanding of source-control management
• Experience with technical design documentation
• Demonstratable Understanding of orchestration, configuration-management, and automation frameworks, such as Ansible.
• Private cloud IaaS automation using interpreted languages such as Python, JavaScript, bash, or PowerShell. May be supplanted with other programming competencies.
• Public Cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, GCP
• Security principles, including Role Based Access Control and Least-Privilege.
• Virtualization services (VMware, Hyper-V, etc.)
• IaaS Management platforms (vSphere, OpenStack, etc.)
• Server Operating System Administration
• Database platforms
• Source Control and Infrastructure as Code principles
• LDAP, Directory Services and Authentication
• ITIL, ITSM and SDLC practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Effective influencing skills
• Process-oriented, logical thinker
• Strong knowledge of server/client and virtual technologies
• Ability to complete complex tasks with minimal supervision.

Education and Experience Preferred:

Understanding of:

• Infrastructure and Policy as Code frameworks such as Terraform, Sentinel
• Version control systems such as Gitlab, Github, Azure DevOps
• Experience in continuous Integration tools and practices such as Gitlab CI, Github Actions
• Containerization / Kubernetes methods and concepts
• Ability to translate business and functional requirements into structured high-quality implementations using any variety of industry standard approaches.
• Demonstrated advanced technical and analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Verifiable knowledge and expertise in industry practices and vendor technologies
• Ability to meet with clients to gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements, work closely with project integrators, developers, and testers in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with others in team environment.
• Ability to use effective facilitation skills and techniques to elicit and review requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders and group size.
• Understanding of how the people, processes and technology within an organization interact in relationships and patterns to create a feasible solution on projects of medium to high complexity.
• PCI, SOX and Financial Services regulatory considerations
• API integration and development (REST/JSON) We support our team members with generous benefits.

Competitive compensation Health, welfare, and retirement benefits 401(k) match at 5% Work-life balance and flexible work arrangements Banking Officers start with 25 days PTO plus 12 paid holidays 40 hours paid volunteer hours per year Much more. For details, see: M&T Benefits Overview About M&T M&T Bank is a Top 20 US bank holding company and one of the best performing and financial stable regional banks in the country, we offer our technology employees a wide range of performance-based career development opportunities. We have a strong commitment to our customers and the communities we serve, and we continue to grow with a focus on the future. So, when looking to advance your career, look to M&T. Grow with us. M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $93,581.10 - $155,968.51 Annual (USD). The successful candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation. Location Buffalo, New York, United States of America Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose. At M&T, our purpose is a simple one: make a difference in people's lives and uplift the communities we serve. M&T Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T's affiliates offer advice, guidance, expertise and solutions across the entire financial spectrum, combining M&T Bank's traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust. M&T Bank has a network of over 1,000 branches and 2,200 ATMs that span 12 states from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. For more than 165 years, M&T has strived to take an active role in our communities and build long-lasting relationships with our customers. We are a bank for communities—combining the capabilities of a large bank with the care of a locally focused institution. As an employer of choice, we are proud to offer competitive benefits ranging from medical and retirement to forty hours of paid volunteer time, each year. Our core values - integrity, ownership, collaboration, curiosity, and candor - drive the work we do. We seek to further build upon our record of success by bringing in top talent and fresh skill sets while continuing to support the growth and development of all our team members. View M&T's Human Capital Report to learn more. Ready to join our team? Submit your application today! If you are unable to apply through this site due to technical issues or need an accommodation to apply, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance. M&T Bank is unwavering when it comes to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, military status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws. M&T Bank Corporation has policies and procedures in place to promote a drug free workplace.