Senior Cloud Terraform Java Lead Engineer

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Senior Cloud Terraform Java Development Lead Engineer 

About the Position:

We are seeking a  Cloud Terraform Java Development Lead Engineer application engineer to join our multi-disciplinary Cloud Engineering teams to enable Citi to deploy into Citi’s approved Cloud Providers by delivering pipelines that leverage industry standard tools and practices. This role is responsible for designing, developing, and deploying tools and services to adopt Citi’s approved Cloud Providers in a secure, scalable, and intuitive fashion. In addition to development, we are looking for an engineer who can help guide a team of engineers along to achieving this common goal.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• CoI"mllaborate with a team of highly skilled cloud engineers and business stakeholders to implement the strategic vision of enabling a multi-cloud strategy across the enterprise.
• Deliver robust automation solutions and frameworks to enable adoption at scale for Citi’s approved Cloud Providers.
• Enable and maintain infrastructure as code pipelines for business use cases defined by the larger Citi audience.
• Develop integrated solutions that leverage security, observability, data analytics etc in a cloud-native model.
• Define and maintain development standards and best practices for the team as well as technical and user documentation such as readme files, changelogs, and user guides.
• Collaborate and work closely with other Cloud Engineering teams and dependent teams to deliver a holistic infrastructure as code pipeline across the organisation.
• Support features and bug fixes as part of a REST based microservice architecture developed with Spring Reactive.
• Triaging and delivering well thought out solutions to production incidents that arise with the future and existing pipelines.
• Guiding and mentoring the software engineers on the team.

Technical Skills:

• Minimum 6 years of software development / automation experience in the Cloud Platform engineering domain.
• Must have a strong software development background with expertise in cloud service automation using technologies such as:
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • Java with Spring Boot
  • Helm
  • Spring Reactive
  • Linux

• Strong object-oriented design and programming skills and experience in OO languages (Java)
• Proven experience applying domain driven design to build complex business applications
• Hands-on experience with GCP (Preferred) or AWS Cloud services. Experienced in Development Security Operations practices and Software Development Lifecycle tooling and components.
• Knowledge of common standards and practices involving CI/CD, IAM, and Security.
• Experience working across multiple lines of business in a collaborative corporate environment.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) and the ability to honestly communicate with all levels of staff and management in a helpful and productive manner.

Candidates with any Public Cloud certifications will be preferred.

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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:

Irving Texas United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$125,760.00 - $188,640.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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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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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Aug 18, 2025

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