[Hiring] DevOps Engineer @Effectual

Role Description

Effectual DevOps Engineers (DOEs) are members of the Professional Services (PS) team responsible for ensuring that customer-facing projects are delivered with exceptional customer satisfaction and technical excellence. Effectual DevOps Engineers are “Brand Ambassadors” and are expected to stay current on leading practices to deliver high-quality, well-conceived solutions to customers.

A Glimpse into the Daily Routine of a DevOps Engineer:

• Skilled, experienced technologists who stay current on leading practices.
• Act in the interests of customers to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Problem solvers who see blockers and challenges as opportunities.
• Knowledgeable and experienced in AWS Cloud technologies.
• Strong desire to learn about emerging technologies.
• Passionate about supporting high-quality delivery of technical projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Enabling customers’ use of AWS to achieve their business objectives through:
• Kubernetes ecosystem:
• Designing, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting large microservices estates in production on Kubernetes.
• Service mesh deployment and integration such as ISTIO, Linkerd, Consul, etc.
• Using Helm Charts, Custom Resource Definitions.
• Creating cloud-native CI/CD workflows for containers with tools such as Jenkins, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, Gitlab, etc.
• Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture in a multi-tier environment (Dev, Test, Prod, etc.).
• Automating cloud infrastructure with scripting and code, including but not limited to:
• Extensive experience in a scripting language (Bash, Python, JavaScript, etc.).
• Hands-on experience in a language such as Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object-oriented language.
• Composing and leveraging code to define and automate cloud infrastructure (e.g.: AWS CloudFormation templates, Terraform, AWS CDK, etc.).
• Automating infrastructure and application deployment and testing in development, pre-production, and production environments.
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle and delivery using Agile practices in a team environment.
• Supporting developers in efficiently working within AWS through:
• Architecting, coding, deploying, and troubleshooting Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Providing input and guidance to developers on overall AWS Architecture and design tenets.
• Extensive experience with git version control, git branching, and CI/CD practices.
• Establishing visibility into cloud operations through:
• Leveraging resource tagging to allocate costs and optimize resource planning.
• Assisting in preparing cost analysis based on expected usage.
• Configuring AWS cloud infrastructure for maximum technical and budgetary efficiency.
• Supporting the migration of customers from on-premises environments to AWS through:
• Assisting in the development of migration plans.
• Executing migration plans, which may include:
• Migrating applications using microservices architectures.
• Confirming the migration of resources into AWS and decommissioning on-premises resources.
• Supporting rigorous project governance and execution achieved through:
• Meeting with team members daily to review progress.
• Holding team members accountable for and challenging team members on technical solution implementation approaches to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Submitting time on assigned projects, daily.
• Supporting project delivery team members by:
• Always operating with transparency.
• Being responsive to requests from team members for information.
• Communicating working preferences and understanding the working preferences of others to help develop a high-performing team that operates with respect, effectiveness, and efficiency.
• Additional responsibilities as requested.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of DevOps / SRE experience working in AWS environment(s) and/or supporting software development team(s), consisting of at least:
• 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes running microservices in production.
• 4+ years of experience developing AWS cloud infrastructure.
• 4+ years of experience developing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub, etc.
• Container development and orchestration in Kubernetes, AWS EKS, Helm, CRD’s, etc.
• Strong working knowledge of leading AWS cloud security practices.
• Hands-on experience and solid understanding of both Linux and Docker.
• Proficient in developing Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g.: Terraform / AWS CloudFormation).
• Proficient in coding configuration management tooling (e.g.: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.).
• Proficient in at least one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g.: Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++).
• Demonstrable knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Attention to detail.
• Exceptional communication and time management.

Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience

• Certifications (e.g.: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (strongly preferred), AWS Solution Architect - Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS Data Analytics - Specialty, etc.).
• Implementing static and dynamic code analysis tools and testing tools within CI/CD pipelines (SonarQube, Selenium, etc.).
• Hands-on experience in a production stack with GitOps workflows using Git, ArgoCD, and app of apps patterns, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
• Experience with Kubernetes service mesh architectures such as ISTIO.
• Advanced-level knowledge in networking and routing within AWS.
• Master’s degree or higher in engineering or information systems study.
• Contributor to Open-Source community.
• AWS skills including GPU compute (e.g.: EC2 P/G instance families) and FSx for Lustre.
• Experience with Conveyor or other HPC (high-performance computing) tooling.
• Database design experience.
• Prior experience using Mavenlink.
• Project management certification(s) (e.g.: PMP).

Benefits

• Full-time employees are eligible to participate in our employee benefit programs:
• Medical, dental, and vision health insurances.
• Short term disability, long term disability and life insurances.
• 401k with Company match.
• Paid time off (PTO) (120 hours PTO that accrue over one year).
• Paid time off for major holidays (14 days per year).
• These and any other employee benefit offerings are subject to management’s discretion and may change at any time.