DevOps Engineer

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Reports To: Systems Administrator

Work Location: Remote

Status: Exempt

Full Time/Part Time: Full-time


Job Description:


The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for growing, contributing and supporting the Infrastructure for all platforms and applications. The DevOps Engineer will ensure that all platforms are healthy and reliable and that alerting and monitoring are in place for all systems. The DevOps Engineer will also manage production deployments across all platforms, ensuring deployments are a "non-event." The DevOps engineer will work closely with other IT team members, including the development team, to troubleshoot and resolve all hardware and software issues in addition to being part of a 24/7 on-call rotation.


Responsibilities and Expectations

Responsible for the planning, implementation, and growth of the AWS cloud infrastructure.

• Windows OS EC2

• AutoScaleGroup management

• SQL Server on RDS

• EC2 Image Builder

• Hybrid Patch Management with SSM

Build, release, and manage the configuration of all production AWS systems.

Stay current with new AWS technology options and vendor products, continually evaluate which ones would be a good fit for the company.

Terraform

• Design and build infrastructure using code

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration

• Maintain and enhance the existing Terraform codebase

• Develop and implement best practices for infrastructure as code

Okta

Application Integration

Security policy configuration

Workflow automation

Troubleshooting

Building and maintaining technical relationships with influential technical decision makers.

Building, working, maintaining production applications in multiple areas of the business pipeline.

Working closely with the Development Teams to develop and implement CI/CD across all environments.

Ensure that SLA for our production and supporting environments is maintained.

Continually seek opportunities to improve SLA/Uptime and minimize customer impacts.

Performing administration to include installs, upgrades, configurations, tuning and monitoring of company applications and third-party platforms.

Use judgment to develop and clarify expectations, scope, and scale to achieve shared objectives and minimize redundancy.

Manage several concurrent projects involving multiple stakeholders.

Provide Proof of Concept and prototyping as needed.

• All other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Adheres to our core values and competencies

• Customer Service = Resolution.

• Teamwork

• Integrity

• Adaptability

• Leadership

• Employee Management

• Project Management

Qualifications and Requirements

7+ years SYSADMIN experience with Windows/Linux/Unix operating systems or cloud platforms: system administration, networking concepts and protocols & programming skills.

Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly.

Comfortable working in a production environment requiring 24x7 support and being part of an on-call rotation.

Strong experience with deploying, configuring, scaling, monitoring, and securing AWS EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, ECS, EKS, and SSM.

Experience with AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) platforms, familiarity with IaC principles.

Experience with Container solutions. Docker, DC/OS, Kubernetes, Tectonic, OpenShift or similar.

Strong experience using DevOps tooling in the AWS environment including Ansible, GitHub, Jenkins, or similar.

Experience designing AWS solutions inside the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Strong experience monitoring and alerting solutions, and used tools such as CloudWatch, Nagios, Graphite, SolarWinds, PagerDuty, etc.

Strong experience with web application technology: IIS, Tomcat, Apache, Elasticsearch, NGINX, haproxy, etc.

Exceptional customer service orientation.

Ability to deliver high quality documentation paying attention to detail.

Scripting and automation experience: AWS API, GO, Bash, Python, Shell, PowerShell, Azure REST, or similar.

Experience with source control tooling, CI/CD tooling, and team management tooling.

Familiarity with ITIL/ITSM security management concepts and best practices.

EEOC Statement:
Strategic Systems, Inc., and its affiliates, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. We believe diversity drives innovation and we are dedicated to fostering a workplace that respects and values the contributions of all individuals.