DevOps Engineer

DevOps Platform EngineerLeverage Engineering background and skills to transition to a DevOps Platform Engineer. Apply experience to understand design concepts and implement features within the DevOps platform. Build, test and deploy changes to a common toolchain framework. Understand Semantic versioning and release management.Complete understanding of Software Development Lifecycle. Experience with breaking down software components into features, hotfixes and bugfixes. Extensive understanding of Git branching methodologies and the impact within the SDLC.Support existing DevOps platform by: Troubleshooting issues end-to-end (pipeline, source, build, package, ext. dependencies, deploy and runtime). Support the full product lifecycle ensuring highly scalable and reliable service. Unit and integration testing of new and proposed changes. Identifying deficiencies and applying solutions to an entire platform through DevOps principles and framework. Utilizes monitoring and observability to both troubleshoot and provide feedback into SDLC. Understand and promote developer and application Security best practices. Participate in on-call to support the DevOps platform. Author support documentation, user guides for internal developers.Work closely with DevOps Architects and Leads to understand DevOps requirements and align with product and technology vision. Continuously explore and stay current on new and emerging technologies.Required Knowledge and Experience: Minimum 10 years of experience as a DevOps or Systems Engineer or a bachelor’s degree and 6 years of experience. Kubernetes - helm and Kustomize, CRDs, services, operators. Familiarity with Rancher management server is a plus. Docker containers - dockerfile, docker build, kaniko, docker registry. Source code management - Bitbucket (git), Github, Git branching, Code reviews and pull request approvals. Build tools - gradle and maven, kaniko, familiarity with msbuild and dotnet is a plus. Packages - all types of mvn, node packages, yum/dnf, familiarity with nuget and chocolatey is a plus. Scripting Languages - bash, python, YAML. Familiarity with PowerShell is a plus. Programming Languages - Java, Go language, Groovy, YAML, Ansible, HCL - Terraform. Familiarity with C# is a plus. Databases/Caches: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis. Front End Technologies React JS, Solid JS, nginx (reverse proxies). Frameworks JavaScript frameworks - NodeJS, React, Solid, Angular, Java Spring and Spring Boot. Familiarity with.NETcore or Django is a plus. Productivity Tools Jira Software (scrum/Kanban Boards) or a similar ticketing system, Confluence or a similar wiki tool. Follow change control methodologies. Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with employees at all skill levels; including the ability to translate and communicate technical and analytical issues to all types of end users.