DevOps Engineer

Effectual DevOps Engineers (DOEs) are members of the Professional Services (PS) team responsible for ensuring that customer-facing projects are delivered with exceptional customer satisfaction and technical excellence. Effectual DevOps Engineers are “Brand Ambassadors” and are expected to stay current on leading practices to deliver high-quality, well-conceived solutions to customers.

A Glimpse into the Daily Routine of a DevOps Engineer

DOEs are skilled, experienced technologists who stay current on leading practices, act in the interests of our customers to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions to their needs to achieve defined business outcomes on behalf of our customers. DOEs are problem solvers who see blockers and challenges as opportunities to find a new path to success; the words “good enough” and “impossible” aren’t in their vocabulary. DOEs are knowledgeable and experienced in AWS Cloud technologies, possess a strong desire to continue to learn about emerging technologies, and a passion for supporting the high-quality delivery of technical projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Enabling customers’ use of AWS to achieve their business objectives through:
• Kubernetes ecosystem
• Designing, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting large microservices estates in production on Kubernetes
• Service mesh deployment and integration such as ISTIO, Linkerd, Consul, etc.
• Using Helm Charts, Custom Resource Definitions
• Creating cloud-native CI/CD workflows for containers with tools such as Jenkins, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, GitLab, etc.
• Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture in a multi-tier environment (Dev, Test, Prod, etc.)
• Automating cloud infrastructure with scripting and code, including but not limited to:
• Extensive experience in a scripting language (Bash, Python, JavaScript, etc.)
• Hands-on experience in a language such as Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object-oriented language.
• Composing and leveraging code to define and automate cloud infrastructure (e.g.: AWS CloudFormation templates, Terraform, AWS CDK) to ensure repeatable, sustainable AWS infrastructure
• Automating infrastructure and application deployment and testing in development, pre-production, and production environments
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle and delivery using Agile practices in a team environment.
• Supporting developers in efficiently working within AWS through:
• Architecting, coding, deploying, and troubleshooting Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Providing input and guidance to developers on overall AWS Architecture and design tenets
• Extensive experience with git version control, git branching, and CI/CD practices
• Establishing visibility into cloud operations through:
• Leveraging resource tagging to allocate costs and optimize resource planning
• Assisting in preparing cost analysis based on expected usage
• Configuring AWS cloud infrastructure for maximum technical and budgetary efficiency
• Supporting the migration of customers from on-premises environments to AWS through:
• Assisting in the development of migration plans
• Executing migration plans, which may include:
• Migrating applications using microservices architectures
• Confirming the migration of resources into AWS and decommissioning on-premises resources
• Supporting rigorous project governance and execution achieved through:
• Meeting with team members daily to review progress
• Holding team members accountable for and challenging team members on technical solution implementation approaches to achieve optimal outcomes
• Submitting time on assigned projects, daily
• Supporting project delivery team members by:
• Always operating with transparency
• Being responsive to requests from team members for information
• Communicating working preferences and understanding the working preferences of others to help develop a high-performing team that operates with respect, effectiveness, and efficiency
• Additional responsibilities as requested.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of DevOps / SRE experience working in AWS environment(s) and/or supporting software development team(s), consisting of at least:
• 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes running microservices in production
• 4+ years of experience developing AWS cloud infrastructure
• 4+ years of experience developing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub, etc.
• Container development and orchestration in Kubernetes, AWS EKS, Helm, CRD’s, etc.
• Strong working knowledge of leading AWS cloud security practices
• Hands-on experience and solid understanding of both Linux and Docker
• Proficient in developing Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g.: Terraform / AWS CloudFormation)
• Proficient in coding configuration management tooling (e.g.: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.)
• Proficient in at least one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g.: Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++)
• Demonstrable knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Attention to detail
• Exceptional communication and time management

Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience

• Certifications (e.g.: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (strongly preferred), AWS Solution Architect - Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS Data Analytics - Specialty, etc.)
• Implementing static and dynamic code analysis tools and testing tools within CI/CD pipelines (SonarQube, Selenium, etc.)
• Hands-on experience in a production stack with GitOps workflows using Git, ArgoCD, and app of apps patterns, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
• Experience with Kubernetes service mesh architectures such as ISTIO
• Advanced-level knowledge in networking and routing within AWS
• Master’s degree or higher in engineering or information systems study
• Contributor to Open-Source community
• AWS skills including GPU compute (e.g.: EC2 P/G instance families) and FSx for Lustre
• Experience with Conveyor or other HPC (high-performance computing) tooling
• Database design experience
• Prior experience using Mavenlink
• Project management certification(s) (e.g.: PMP)