Senior Software Engineer

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Employer: Moody’s Analytics, Inc.

Title: Senior Software Engineer

Location: 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007 (Principal place of business – telecommuting permitted)

Duties: Design, Automate and manage scalable, secure and highly available cloud infrastructure using Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Shell, Python, Powershell and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Azure DevOps. Leverage container orchestration platforms to support cloud-native architecture, ensuring optimal performance, resilience and scalability across environments. Implement infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and Ansible to standardize the provisioning and configuring the cloud resources across multiple environments. Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to automate application and infrastructure delivery in support of agile development practices. Monitor system health and performance by configuring comprehensive observability tools for logging, alerting and metrics collection, proactively addressing any operational issues. Collaborate with cross functional teams to align infrastructure solutions with application requirements, ensuring seamless deployments and optimal system performance. Document architectural decisions, technical processes and operational runbooks to support team onboarding, knowledge sharing and long-term maintainability of infrastructure systems. Telecommuting Permitted (100% telecommuting position. Will consider applicants resident in the continental U.S.).

Requirements: Requires a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related technical field plus three (3) years of experience as a Software Engineer, or in
a related position performing software development and designing technical solutions. Full term of experience must include the following: architecting, designing, developing, and implementing solutions to support enhancements and bug fixes in existing and new applications; applying knowledge on design patterns, and software development methodologies, including Agile, and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment for application development; working with Unix, Shell, Docker, JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Vault, Kubernetes/Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and automated testing tools, including Terraform, Ansible and Databricks; and working with version control systems, including GIT and BitBucket. Telecommuting permitted (100% telecommuting position. Will consider applicants resident in the continental U.S.)

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $160,805 to $192,300, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

To apply, please submit resume through careers.moodys.com or via e-mail at hrbox28@moodys.com. Please refer to Job Ref. 12621.

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $160,805 -  $192,300, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email accommodations@moodys.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.

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