AI and DevOps Platform Support Engineer - Vice President

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.

We are seeking a motivated individual contributor to work in our AI and DevOps Platform Support team in EMEA. This role is responsible for ensuring the stability, reliability, and performance of our critical AI and DevOps platforms. The team supports a wide range of services, including multiple AI applications, developer tools, and CI/CD pipeline technologies used by teams across the organization. The ideal candidate will manage incident and problem resolution and collaborate with engineering and development teams to improve platform services and supportability. Involved in short- to medium-term planning of actions and resources for own area.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of how apps support integrates within the overall technology function to achieve objectives; requires a good understanding of the industry.
• Vendor relationship management including oversight for all offshore managed service.
• Improve the service level the team provides to our end users, which includes maximizing operational efficiencies, strengthening incident management, problem management and knowledge sharing practices.
• Guide development teams on application stability and supportability improvements.
• Formulate and implement a framework for managing capacity, throughput and latency.

• Project management with demonstrable results in improving IT services
• Capacity Planning/Forecasting exposure a plus
• Effectively share information with other support team members and with other technology teams
• Ability to plan and organize workload
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced support role
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• A strong track record of developing and executing a strategic roadmap for a technical platform, balancing new features with a dedicated "book of work" for stability
• Demonstrable experience leading resilience initiatives such as wargaming, disaster recovery planning, and incident response simulation
• Effectively share information with other support team members and with other technology teams
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing disaster recovery (DR) plans and conducting resilience tests (e.g., wargaming, failure simulation).
• A creative and proactive mindset with a demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for process improvement and automation using AI/ML techniques.
  
  

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred
  
  

What we’ll provide you:

By joining Citi, 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 base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees, family, and friends

Access to an array of learning and development resources

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.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Support

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Time Type:

Full time

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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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