Senior DevOps Engineer

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Job Overview

Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn’t just support finance – we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Look to join a team where your work helps influence economies, your ideas can drive innovation and outcomes, and your growth is backed by mentorship, continuous learning and flexibility with potential hybrid work opportunities. Help solve real-world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.

The Senior Devops Engineer is a senior level position responsible for leading a variety of engineering activities including the design, acquisition and deployment of hardware and software infrastructure in coordination with different teams. We are seeking a highly skilled applicant with strong Python development capabilities to join our engineering organization. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and automated infrastructure and CI/CD solutions that support our development lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with software engineering teams to improve deployment efficiency, system reliability, and overall developer experience.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern tooling
• Develop automation and internal tools using Python to streamline infrastructure provisioning, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Oversee containerization and orchestration, ensuring high availability and scalable solutions.
• Improve observability through logging, monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk).
• Partner with security teams to implement DevSecOps best practices, including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance automation.
• Develop bugfixes and new features in already existing applications
• Serve as a technology subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders and provide direction for all firm mandated controls and compliance initiatives, all projects within the group and in creating a technology domain roadmap
• Define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process enhancements
• Identify problem causality, business impact and root causes
• Impact the engineering function by influencing decisions through advice, counsel or facilitating services

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in an Engineering role
• Experience working in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Comprehensive knowledge of design metrics, analytics tools, benchmarking activities and related reporting to identify best practices
• Demonstrated analytic/diagnostic skills
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and partner with virtual teams
• Ability to work independently, prioritize, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative
• Ability to work under pressure and manage to tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
• Proven track record of operational process change and improvement
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

What we can offer you:

By joining Citi Hungary, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive compensation package and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well:

• Cafeteria Program
• Home Office Allowance (for colleagues working in hybrid work models)
• Paid Parental Leave Program (maternity and paternity leave)
• Private Medical Care Program and onsite medical rooms at our offices
• Pension Plan Contribution to voluntary pension fund
• Group Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to a wide variety of learning and development programs, online course libraries and upskilling platforms, such as Udemy and Degreed
• Flexible work arrangements to support you in managing work - life balance
• Career progression opportunities across geographies and business lines
• Socially active employee communities with diverse networking opportunities

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day.  We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive. 

Sounds like Citi has everything you need?

Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities. 

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Systems & Engineering

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

17 157 800,00 Ft - 28 767 800,00 Ft

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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This job opening is for an existing job vacancy.

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