DevOps Engineer - Application Support & Automation

DevOps Engineer – Application Support & AutomationLocation: 1609 Centre Creek Dr., Austin, Texas 78754Work Mode: Hybrid (Tuesdays and Fridays Onsite) – 3 days remote and 2 days onsiteDuration: 12 monthsStart Date: July 14th 2025Visa: Any (No OPT, CPT)Job Description:Develops software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes.As a member of the team, participate in requirements analysis, high-level and detailed design, development, testing and deployment of new application components, as required.Create technical and design documentation, as required.Employ contemporary testing methods to ensure applications function properly and without error.Provide technical support for testing and implementation efforts.Perform system analysis, troubleshooting, diagnosis and problem resolution. Analyze software for defects and performance tuning opportunities.Other duties as assigned.Minimum Requirements:Experience with Agile Scrum and DevOps methodologiesGitHub Administration:Manage repositories, branching strategies, and access control.Automate workflows using GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD tools.Maintain code quality and integration processes.Define and implement governance rules.Jira Administration:Configure Jira projects, workflows, custom fields, and user permissions.Develop dashboards and reports to support Agile project tracking.Integrate JIRA with development and communication tools.Design and maintain JIRA automation rules.AWS Infrastructure Management:Provision and manage EC2 instances, VPCs, IAM roles, S3 buckets, and related services.Automate infrastructure using tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.Monitor and optimize cloud performance and costs.One or more programming languages or technologies such as Python, JavaScript, Angular and MavenExperience working in Developer IDEs, such as Eclipse, IBM Rational Application Developer, etc.Asset and service account managementBMC Helix ticketing systemPrefer some experience with Databases – PostgreSQL and OraclePrefer some working experience with Virtual Machine Provisioning and De-Provisioning:Create, configure, and manage VMs across cloud or on-prem Hyper-V environments.Ensure proper networking, storage, and security configurations.Prefer past Development and Database experienceYears - Required/Preferred - Experience8 - Required - Hands-on experience in administering, configuring, and supporting Atlassian Jira8 - Required - Proven ability to administer GitHub Enterprise Cloud8 - Required - Proven ability to analyze and resolve complex issues8 - Required - Supporting and training end users on all levels.8 - Required - Hands-on experience with Hyper-V server administration, hardware, backup, recovery and disaster/recovery8 - Required - Hands-on experience with Continuous Integration Delivery models8 - Required - Hands-on experience with Automation/Build tools: Jenkins, Docker, Ansible and OpenShift. App & Web Servers: WebSphere, JBoss and Tomcat. Scripting: Maven, Shell, Ruby, Perl and Python. Databases: Oracle, MySQL and Postgres.8 - Required - Hands-on experience integrating new webhooks into GitHub projects to automate various compliance checks5 - Preferred