Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Summary:

The Senior DevOPS/Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and supporting cloud environments and CI/CD pipelines to deploy and maintain modular cloud-based systems. This role involves working with leading cloud platforms, containerization technologies, and automation tools to ensure high availability, security, and performance of applications. The engineer will collaborate within a team and independently to develop solutions that meet business needs in a complex Linux environment.

Responsibilities:

• Assess frameworks, platforms, and technology stacks to create cloud-based solutions.
• Design, build, and support cloud environments for digital product deployment.
• Develop and administer CI/CD pipelines for continuous development and deployment.
• Monitor and assess application performance in cloud environments to ensure availability.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and deployment issues.
• Create, test, and implement safeguards to maintain data integrity and security.
• Prepare execution plans, testing scripts, and technical design documents.
• Build and execute technical solutions and scripts, analyze results, and report findings.
• Track problems, defects, and issues within large projects.
• Create knowledgebase articles documenting procedures and solutions.

Required Skills & Certifications:

• University or college degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with leading cloud platforms such as AWS or OpenShift.
• Strong knowledge of Linux cloud environments (CentOS, Ubuntu).
• Proficiency in scripting languages including Python, Bash, Java, JavaScript, Node.js.
• Experience with build and automation tools like Git, Ansible, CloudFormation, ytt.
• Expertise in containerization and virtualization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills & Certifications:

• Certification in Software Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience with systems integration using Linux shell scripting.
• Experience in application lifecycle testing including unit, functional, integration, system, regression, penetration, performance, and user acceptance testing.
• Public sector experience.
• Knowledge of API integration and security best practices.

Special Considerations:

• Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Strong problem tracking and defect resolution skills within large projects.
• Ability to prepare detailed technical documentation and reports.

Scheduling:

• Work schedule includes 3 days onsite presence.