DevOps Engineer

We need an experienced DevOps Engineer to help maintain and modernize our legacy and lean software architectures. The primary focus will be deploying and managing products and APIs to specification in the AWS public cloud. At least one high-level programming language is required, such as Perl, Ruby, or Python. Knowledge of virtualization and containerization technologies like Docker is a must. Experience building and growing monitoring and datastore infrastructures with technology such as Logstash, Splunk, Datadog, or CloudWatch are strongly preferred. This role will involve building and growing platforms with support from a group of DevOps/Systems, Software, and Database Engineers.
What We Can Offer

Negotiable and Competitive pay ++

20 Paid Time Off with 5 convertible to cash at the end of the year

HMO with 1 free dependent

Group Life and Accident Insurance

Other exciting monetary allowances

Great team, culture, and environment and tons of opportunity for career growth

What You'll Do

Manage, maintain, and monitor containerized applications.

Deploy new applications and application environments, enhancements to existing applications, software packages, operating systems, and security patches

Collaborate with other engineering staff in multiple time zones to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systems

Identify architectural changes to improve system performance, capability, and scalability of a wide variety of systems and environments

Respond to outages in a timely manner, restoring services or finding the proper resources to assist

Refine system/service monitoring prior to and in response to outages

Write tooling to bridge engineering efforts with company-wide tools

Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics and reports

Create and maintain kernels and OS packages

Provide general assistance for Tech Support and Data Center Operations staff

Assist in the development and implementation of disaster recovery plans

Perform general documentation and diagramming

Train others on the systems and technologies you develop or help develop.

Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts, and recommend technologies that will increase cost-effectiveness and systems flexibility

Create & maintain documentation as needed

Perform code review

Participate in an on-call schedule responsible for the functions listed above

What You Need to Qualify

Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities

Strong interpersonal and consultative skills

Ability to conduct research into emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products as required

Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Experience with automation tooling such as Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Salt, Terraform, etc.

Experience with git or other version control systems

Systems operations experience in a large-scale Linux environment.

Proven experience with systems planning, security principles, and general software management best practices

Experience working with virtualization or containerization platforms such as OpenStack, Docker, LXD, or others

Working technical knowledge of current software protocols and Internet standards, including TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, SMTP, and others.

Software troubleshooting experience

Working technical knowledge of Perl, Python, Bash, or other high-level programming languages

Competence with testing, flowchart, and data mapping tools and procedures

Must be able to communicate in English fluently

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