DevOps Engineer (Remote US-Hours)
Essential Job Functions
The client is seeking a passionate, results-oriented, and innovative individual to contribute to our Platform development and PaaS ecosystem built for a Kubernetes-based environment. Our PaaS is built largely on open source technologies such as Nginx, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform and Istio/envoy.
The successful candidate will be able to leverage your expertise in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps best practices, and Application Development to support and guide a product team that is building a transformative cloud platform. The individual needs to have a proven background in DevOps automation with strong skills in AWS services and architectures, Linux virtualization, the Kubernetes ecosystem and Helm. A strong understanding of software development methodologies, especially in Java a plus. A commitment to collaborative problem solving and quality solutions is essential. Expect to think outside boxes, solve real problems, and change how technology is used in our company. We work in a Scrum environment where it's every team member's responsibility to ensure SDLC best practices are followed. This role will focus on various aspects of the Kubernetes ecosystem, CICD, as well as other components of the container PaaS.
Job Requirements
Strong experience with Microservices and related deployment technologies to include GitLab, Helm, Helmfile
Architects, designs, implements, and advocates for automation and infrastructure as code Applied experience with orchestrator and provisioning technologies for container-based platforms, specifically Kubernetes, Docker and Helm
Consulting with development and operations teams to help the leverage our platform and tools on which to run their containerized applications
Collaborating with architecture and engineering groups to build a self-service platform that streamlines application developer productivity and throughput
Experience in Linux-based systems
Experience in Python, shell scripting, and git
Experience building and scaling high-performing distributed systems
Strong knowledge of network programming and cloud infrastructure
Knowledge of Istio/envoy service mesh
AWS administration skills
Proficiency in security implementation best practices including AWS Security Groups, IAM Roles, and Key Management
At least 6 years of relevant work experience to include systems administration and/or software engineering in AWS
At least 4 years of experience building test automation or infrastructure as code
At least 4 years of experience building CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins
Proven excellence in communication, root cause analysis authoring, and consulting skillsets in English.
Proven experience in analyzing and troubleshooting production workloads in AWS infrastructure.
Ability to work US-time zone overlapping hours.
Ability to work on-call rotation for critical issue escalations.
Bonus Points:
Strong understanding of application and platform developer needs and experiences Experience with various components of the Kubernetes Ecosystem
Experience working in an environment using Scrum or SAFe agile frameworks
Constant curiosity and a desire to improve yourself and your colleagues
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- Dice Id: RTL155990
- Position Id: 3c5b3b8695bc37fe1ccaeac5efa05a79
- Posted 3 hours ago