DevOps Engineer

Job Description 18-Month Contract Implementation and support of code management and observability tools supporting DevOps practices in the enterprise. Individual will take part in efforts to automate common requests, develop self-service capabilities in all our tools and partner with our 24x7 support teams to take on after-hours support. They will also be expected to be on-call on a rotational basis, monitor chat channels and resolve incident tickets. Standard Skill Expectations for this role/team: Recommended Skill Areas Development Thorough knowledge of and experience with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in both waterfall and Agile environments. Architecture, design, implementation, and testing of UI, services, backend components and databases. Experience with common integrated development environments (IDEs) like IntelliJ, Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, etc. Proven experience and knowledge for dynamic server coding environments such as Python, Ruby, Angular or Node.js and developing REST APIs. Working knowledge of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, WebSocket, NoSQL database systems (Mongo, Cassandra, HBase, BigTable, Redis); production experience creating a NoSQL schema and managing scaled access to a NoSQL data store. Infrastructure Confident in Linux/Windows OS administration including secure configuration, patching, troubleshooting, and shell scripting. Proficiency with cloud hosting solutions with a bias toward AWS and its native tools and other utilities designed specifically to operate on the AWS platform. Knowledge of configuration management systems such as Puppet or Chef. Interest in emerging platform-as-a-service/distributed application frameworks such as Cloud Foundry, Spring, ElasticBeanstalk, and Docker. Experience with enterprise-class application performance management tools like New Relic and performance testing tools like StormRunner and BlazeMeter specifically as they are used to create feedback loops and quality control in the software development lifecycle. General Passionate about DevOps principles, continuous improvement, amplified feedback loops, rapid experimentation and A3 problem solving. Presenter at internal and external conferences like re:invent and TechCon. Builds and administers teaching Thursdays and other group training sessions. Authors white papers, knowledge entries, job tools, etc. in their area of expertise for both internal and external audiences. Bachelor's Degree or applicable work experience plus 6-9 years of experience in a software engineering and development role. #J-18808-Ljbffr