Lead DevOps Platform Engineer

***Position is bonus eligible***

Prestigious Financial Company is currently seeking a Lead DevOps Platform Engineer with strong Python programming experience. Candidate will drive technology best practices across the SDLC, particularly build and deployment process automation.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure DevOps methodologies are used to their best potential
• Promote self-service build and deployment processes through process automation to enable rapid iterations of development team functions
• Design and implement process improvements across the build, deployment, and monitoring of the systems
• Assist in designing process improvements across the build, deployment, and monitoring of Kubernetes systems
• Support the automation and configuration of Kubernetes, AWS, and other systems to support the SDLC and DevOps methodologies
• Support Terraform, ansible, Harness, and Jenkins jobs used to instantiate and manage development environments

Qualifications:

• 5+ years ~ of experience on similar DevOps platforms
• A deep understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools, techniques, and automation frameworks
• Knowledgeable about industry best practices regarding deployment patterns and architecture principles
• Demonstrated ability to deliver on workflow automation principles such as event-driven or waterfall mechanisms
• Experienced with the Agile process and understanding of how successful teams communicate and operate

Technical Skills:

• Python coding experience required, experience writing code unit-tests and following best practices
• Jenkins job setup and execution analysis – including Splunk log review for Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Ability to manage Kubernetes deployments with helm charts, using continuous deployment tools like Harness.io
• Ability to manage AWS deployments using Terraform, Ansible, or similar Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degrees in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field. Or equivalent work experience

Certificates or Licenses:

• Relevant industry certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate or similar are a plus