DevOps Engineer III

Sr DevOps EngineerOur food & beverage retail client is seeking a Sr DevOps Engineer. Best suited candidates will have 8+ years DevOps experience, great communication, a self-starter, very proactive and have good experience in troubleshooting production incidents. This person must connect the dots based on the alerts, perform thoughtful analysis, and provide resolution to the problems faced.Required SkillsDevops, Azure, LinuxJob DutiesResponsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following: Responsible for health of production system Develop monitoring dashboards Configure alerts and automate process for system recovery Monitor alerts and take proactive steps to resolve system issues Troubleshoot production issues Lead production troubleshooting calls Responsible for patches and updates on production systems. Design and build cutting-edge, multi-micro service solutions to support Starbucks’s growth worldwide. Work with cross-functional teams for on-going design efforts and systems support. Automate password and certificate rotations on application and DB servers. Helping CI/CD team during rolling out application and infrastructure globally. Collaborates with development team, other Information Technology (IT) team’s developer leads. Initiates process improvements for new and existing systems. Coaches, and mentors other team members. Performs cross-training and facilitates information sharing among team members. Participates in a production support rotation that includes pager responsibilities.Job RequirementsRequires 7+ years experience in the IT industry Requires 5+ years of software and DevOps development engineering Experience in working with cloud environment Azure preferred. Experience with Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes (AKS) preferred. Experience with using Kafka, Event Hub, NATS or any messaging broker. Experience with Cassandra, PostgresSQL, Mongo, Elastic Search, Cosmos DB Experience on Azure DevOps, Jenkins/ Python / Terraform / Ansible Experience with Databricks Experience with DataDog, Splunk or other logging and APM tools. Experience in working with Linux environment. In-depth understanding of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and problem solving Experience building complex, scalable, high-performance software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers Demonstrated knowledge of best practices for the design and implementation of large-scale systems as well as experience in taking such systems from design to production Experience building and operating mission critical, highly available (24x7) systems Ability to work well with a team in a fast-paced agile development environment. Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent work experience. Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills Extensive understanding in SDLC and scrum methodologies. Strong interpersonal skills Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Proficiency in programming languages Ability to quickly learn new application systems and technologies Knowledge of basic project management framework and methodology Ability to accurately break down complex application designs into component deliverables and estimate design and development timelines Requires Strong Systems Life Cycle methodology experience Requires excellent oral, written, and presentation skillsDesired Skills & ExperienceExperience in Application support – Problem diagnosis and resolution Expert in interpretation of functional requirements Development of technical design specifications for complex projects Expert in industry standard development methodologies Experience in middleware integration using tools like Web Methods A good understanding of industry standards and best practices to be able to conduct code reviews Conduct code reviews with the team to improve compliance with established best practices and coding standards Provide mentorship and guidance to the team to improve overall quality of code and application development Work with team members to ensure application designs are in line with best practices and are scalable, reliable, and that all designs optimize performance and usability. Requires strong problem solving and analytic skills to translate business requirements into systems solutions.