IT|DevOps Engineering - Lead I - DevOps Engineering

DevOps Engineer

Client Job Description: Location Mount Laurel, NJ

Job Description: Expectations from this role:

• Interprets the DevOps Tool/feature/component design to develop/support the same in accordance with specifications
• Adapts existing DevOps solutions and creates own DevOps solutions for new contexts
• Codes, debugs, tests, documents and communicates DevOps development stages/status of DevOps develop/support issues
• Select appropriate technical options for development such as reusing, improving or reconfiguration of existing components
• Optimises efficiency, cost and quality of DevOps process, tools and technology development
• Validates results with user representatives; integrates and commissions the overall solution
• Helps Engineers troubleshoot issues that are novel/complex and are not covered by SOPs
• Design, install, configure, troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines and software
• Able to automate infrastructure provisioning on cloud/in-premises with the guidance of architects
• Provides guidance to DevOps Engineers so that they can support existing components
• Work with diverse teams with Agile methodologies
• Facilitate saving measures through automation
• Mentors A1 and A2 resources
• Involved in the Code Review of the team

Typical performance measures:

• Quality of deliverables
• Error rate/completion rate at various stages of SDLC/PDLC
• # of components/reused
• # of domain/technology certification/product certification obtained
• SLA for onboarding and supporting users and tickets

Performance Areas:

• Automated components
• Deliver components that automate parts to install components/configure of software/tools in on premises and on cloud
• Deliver components that automate parts of the build/deploy for applications
• Configured components
• Configure a CI/CD pipeline that can be used by application development/support teams
• Scripts
• Develop/Support scripts (like Powershell/Shell/Python scripts) that automate installation/configuration/build/deployment tasks
• Onboard users
• Onboard and extend existing tools to new app dev/support teams
• Mentoring
• Mentor and provide guidance to peers
• Stakeholder Management
• Guide the team in preparing status updates, keeping management updated about the status
• Training/SOPs
• Create Training plans/SOPs to help DevOps Engineers with DevOps activities and in onboarding users
• Measure Process Efficiency/Effectiveness
• Measure and pay attention to efficiency/effectiveness of current process and make changes to make them more efficiently and effectively
• Stakeholder Management
• Share the status report with higher stakeholder

Skill Examples:

• Experience in the design, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of CI/CD pipelines and software using Jenkins/Bamboo/Ansible/Puppet /Chef/PowerShell /Docker/Kubernetes
• Experience in Integrating with code quality/test analysis tools like Sonarqube/Cobertura/Clover
• Experience in Integrating build/deploy pipelines with test automation tools like Selenium/Junit/NUnit
• Experience in Scripting skills (Python/Linux/Shell/Perl/Groovy/PowerShell)
• Experience in Infrastructure automation skill (ansible/puppet/Chef/Powershell)
• Experience in repository Management/Migration Automation – GIT/BitBucket/GitHub/Clearcase
• Experience in build automation scripts – Maven/Ant
• Experience in Artefact repository management – Nexus/Artifactory
• Experience in Dashboard Management & Automation- ELK/Splunk
• Experience in configuration of cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/Google)
• Experience in Migration of applications from on-premises to cloud infrastructures
• Experience in Working on Azure DevOps/ARM (Azure Resource Manager)/DSC (Desired State Configuration)/Strong debugging skill in C#/C Sharp and Dotnet
• Setting and Managing Jira projects and Git/Bitbucket repositories
• Skilled in containerization tools like Docker/Kubernetes

Knowledge Examples:

• Knowledge of Installation/Config/Build/Deploy processes and tools
• Knowledge of IAAS - Cloud providers (AWS/Azure/Google etc.) and their tool sets
• Knowledge of the application development lifecycle
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance processes
• Knowledge of Quality Automation processes and tools
• Knowledge of multiple tool stacks not just one
• Knowledge of Build Branching/Merging
• Knowledge about containerization
• Knowledge on security policies and tools
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies

Additional Skills: Devops, Aws, Linux, Terraform