DevOps Engineer

About Ascendion:

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next. Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

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About the Role:

Job Title: Devops Engineer

Location: Alpharetta, GA (Onsite)

Key Responsibilities:

• Our mandate as a team is to provide flexible and stable platform solutions that empower our feature development teams to create the highest quality services for our customers.
• Ongoing monitoring of client's Kubernetes-based architecture, including monitoring performance metrics, monitoring for and implementation of security patches, and general upkeep of installed software.
• Building and managing CI pipelines for continuous integration and deployment for frontend and backend platforms.
• Building and managing CI pipelines for Android and iOS mobile platforms.
• You will be leading the expansion of client's system across the globe, in a multi-regional configuration. Specifically, this role requires an advanced level of knowledge in architecting AWS and Kubernetes.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments for various systems and services across various platform tiers.
• Triage information security alerts, events, where necessary.
• Implement and manage IAM and Access Controls where necessary.
• Implement and maintain security controls to facilitate ongoing audit and regulatory compliance business requirements.
• Liaising closely with both development and operational teams to address technical and operational issues.
• This role also requires strong communication skills, and a proactive mindset, such that the needs of the organization as a whole are met. From time to time, there will be a need to provide infrastructure support outside business hours, including support for on-call rotation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience spanning at least two IT disciplines, including technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or operations.
• Experience with Kubernetes is a must - with broad experience in prominent cloud native technologies.
• Experience in building and maintaining CI & CD for frontend, backend and mobile platforms.
• Proficiency in Unix Shell scripting, and some proficiency in Python preferred
• Strong understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies.
• An understanding of common traps and pitfalls that can occur in a globally distributed infrastructure.
• Experience working with Compliance programs like PCI-DSS or SOC2 is a plus.
• Experience in managing vulnerability assessment programs across various infrastructure tiers, including penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and remediation activities.
• Familiarity with CVE databases, vulnerability scoring systems (e.g., CVSS), and security industry standards such as ISO 27001 and NIST.
• Strong understanding of security concepts around PKI, TLS and encryption.
• Experience using network and security troubleshooting tools both at host and at network tier.

Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $120,000 $130,000 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is eligible for commissions in accordance with the terms of the Company s plan. Commissions for this position are estimated to be based on individual performance. Additionally, this role is also eligible for bonus based on achievement of mutually agreed KRAs.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [12-15 days of paid vacation time] [6-8 weeks of paid parental leave after a year of service] [9 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System] [Tuition Reimbursement Program]

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