DevOps Engineer

Position: DevOps Engineer

Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite)

Duration : 12 months

 10+ Years and W2 Only

Responsibilities of This Role

·         Developing object-oriented Python code to process large sets of REST API data 

·         Assist in automating infrastructure provisioning via configuration management tools 

·         Enhance monitoring and log analysis systems

·         Assist with development of automation via configuration management tools and scripts

·         Managing Kubernetes clusters 

Required Skills and Experience

·         3+ years of recent Linux/Unix administration with emphasis on RedHat

·         3+ years of scripting experience (Python, Bash, etc)

·         Experience administering a combination of the following categories of DevOps tools:

o    Source code management tools (GitHub Enterprise, Bitbucket, GitLab)

o    Build automation tools (Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis CI)

o    Artifact management tools (Artifactory, GitLFS, Maven)

·         Experience working with REST APIs

·         Experience working with cloud platforms and Kubernetes technologies.

·         Experience with Configuration Management platforms, tools, and processes (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Salt)

·         Basic understanding of computer networking (OSI layers, DNS, etc)

·         Experience generally with troubleshooting in a diverse technical environment

·         Well-versed with Git and various workflows (forking, gitflow, etc.)

·         General knowledge of reverse proxy systems (Nginx, HAProxy, Apache, etc)

 Desired Skills and Experience

·         Preference will be given to candidates with experience performing administration and monitoring at an enterprise level for the following applications: GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, and Artifactory

·         Experience in applying security best practices to Linux environments

·         Experience applying monitoring technologies to application systems (Nagios, AppDynamics, etc)

·         Production experience creating and using Docker images / containers

·         Experience with AWS including EC2, RDS, ELB, and EKS technologies

·         Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodologies