Lead DevOps Engineer

Lead DevOps Engineer

As the Lead DevOps Engineer, you will participate in an agile environment, driving improvement on infrastructure and delivery pipelines through automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead in the execution and development of key projects and initiatives
• Work cross-functionally with teams overseeing application development, infrastructure setup, data administration, and security hardening
• Own the expansion and maturation of continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines
• Prioritize increases in speed and reduction of complexity of product and feature delivery
• Guide implementations in and transitions to public cloud platforms
• Grow out administration and monitoring systems for streamlining product/platform health status updates
• Facilitate expansion of test automation with our in-house quality assurance group
• Understand and participate in Advicent's Agile development life cycle, from inception to maintenance
• Contribute to the systems design process
• Support product deployments, including but not limited to coordination, training, documentation and troubleshooting
• Research and experiment with new technologies, tools and development techniques, sharing findings with the team
• Utilize and maintain department development tools
• Serve as a mentor to less experienced team members on best practices and new technologies

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience (DevOps/cloud/infrastructure)
• Demonstrate a high level of creativity and problem-solving skills
• Prior experience with CI/CD automation systems (e.g. Jenkins, TeamCity, Octopus, Azure DevOps/VSTS)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform)
• Working knowledge in automation languages (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, Python)
• Understanding of web infrastructure elements (e.g. servers, load balancing, software proxies)
• Familiarity with SQL
• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies
• Ability to prioritize and provide strategic input
• Strong planning, documentation, and practices are required

Benefits & Perks

• Health, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, 401K employer match
• 4 weeks PTO, 9 paid holidays, 8 hours paid volunteer time off
• Free access to on-site fitness center, casual dress, President's Club incentive trip for top performers, free covered parking, free caffeine (coffee and soda), monthly volunteer opportunities, employer-sponsored engagement & wellness events
• Tuition reimbursement, industry training opportunities