Ansible/Hadoop/Python; TX

Genesis10 is currently seeking an DevOps Engineer with our client in the financial industry located in Plano, TX. This is a 12+ month contract position.

Responsibilities:

• Work with a project team to deliver all the infrastructure and its supporting elements in a timely and efficient manner to ensure the best project outcomes
• Collaborate with a team of professionals, but also work independently with minimal supervision
• Focus area would involve automation and utilities development to enhance production stability, integrating observability layers for better monitoring of Production and lower lane systems
• Contribute to the creation of innovative software solutions that drive our business forward
• Observe and support application components and related infrastructure, acts as the first point of contact to troubleshot, and responds to alerts regarding potential production issues
• Interpret and monitor dashboards, tools, and report to proactively identify and address potential issues prior to production impact, escalating issues to senior team members or subject matter experts as needed
• Respond to alerts regarding potential production incidents
• Implement, monitor, and improve DevOps processes, including CI/CD pipelines and streamline software delivery
• Administer Linux servers for hosting applications, ensuring system security, performance, and reliability
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to align technical solutions with technical needs
• Troubleshoot complex technical challenges, ensuring system stability, performance, and scalability
• Develop dashboards with Grafana to monitor real time logs, server health check etc.
• Perform spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
• Troubleshoot and analyze issues with failed deployments

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Proficiency in languages like Bash scripting and Python
• Experience with automation tools and CI/CD pipelines
• Unix background with experience of supporting containerized applications (Podman, Docker, Openshift, or Kubernetes.)
• Understanding of storage and data replication platforms: CEPH, Ozone, HDFS
• Strong understanding of Unix/Linux principles and security
• Drive data visualization and analytics initiatives using Tableau, Grafana and Apache superset
• DevOps practices
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases Postgres
• Experience with Hadoop
• Strong technical knowledge: Unix/Linux; Database (Sybase/SQL/Oracle), Java, Python, Perl, Shell scripting, Infrastructure
• Experience in Monitoring Alerting, and Job Scheduling Systems
• Comfortable with frequent, incremental code testing and deployment
• Strong grasp of automation / DevOps tools Ansible, Jenkins, SVN, Bitbucket
• Experience working on Big Data Technologies
• Cloudera Admin / Dev Certification
• Certification in Cloud, Docker-Container, Openshift Technologies

Desired skills:

• Work experience on UNIX Application Environments: Redis, Containers, Postgres, and Python web app
• Track record of maintaining large scale Python based systems
• Knowledge on Teradata
• Experience in developing or customizing Tableau reports

Pay range: $48.85 - $56.85

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.