Sr. Platform Automation Engineer

Platform Automation Engineer

Location: Local/Hybrid

Duration: 3 Months w/ extension/conversion

Daily tasks:

• Participate in stand-up meetings
• On-call rotation
• Implementation on homegrown applications
• Support additional platforms
• System integration design and review
• Root cause analysis with bug log

Degree or certifications required: Bachelor’s in related field

Years experience: 5+

Preferred background / Skills:

• Strong knowledge of Azure or AWS and Cloud Computing concepts
• Strong hands-on coding and code review
• Strong knowledge in best practices for:
• System Architecture and design
• RDBMS and NoSQL
• Platform and infrastructure
• Application. PaaS services
• Monitoring, auditing, and operations
• In-depth working experience in a DevOps culture; one or more DevOps, Orchestration/Configuration Management and Continuous Integration technology (e.g. Docker/Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, ELK stack, Splunk etc.)
• Linux (Ubuntu, CoreOS, RedHat) and/or Microsoft Windows Server and associated technologies (Active Directory, Exchange etc.)
• One or more Web and Application Server technologies (e.g. Apache Apache Tomcat, Nginx)
• Networking protocols such as DNS and TCP/IP
• One or more version control platform (e.g. Git)
• Experience managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications
• Expert in analyzing and troubleshooting applications

What determines the best candidate over an average candidate: AZURE!! Top 3:

• Strong knowledge of Azure or AWS and Cloud Computing concepts 5+
• Strong hands-on coding and code review 5+
• In-depth working experience in a DevOps culture; one or more DevOps, Orchestration/Configuration Management and Continuous Integration technology (e.g. Docker/Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, ELK stack, Splunk etc.) 5+

What should the candidate prep?

• Virtual interview
• Problem-solving skills
• Behavioral questions
• Technical questions!! Online whiteboarding

How many interviews? 2 Max - 1 - Strong knowledge of Azure or AWS and Cloud Computing concepts - 5+ - 2 - Strong hands-on coding and code review - 5+ - 3 - In-depth working experience in a DevOps culture; one or more DevOps, Orchestration/Configuration Management and Continuous Integration technology (e.g. Docker/Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, ELK stack, Splunk etc.) - 5+