Devops Engineer

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and Deploy: Design develop and deploy application and security components for new lab projects using shared web hosting virtualized cloud computing providers and collocated servers.
• Environment Setup: Work with internal research teams to set up and maintain Development QA and Production environments.
• Environment Maintenance: Create and maintain adhoc application environments for project teams.
• Automation Improvement: Identify opportunities to develop and enhance automation processes to improve efficiency.
• System Monitoring: Monitor the health and performance of production and QA environments to ensure operational excellence.
• Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot and debug build issues ensuring timely resolution.
• Reporting and Metrics: Collect and report operational metrics for SLA reporting and capacity planning.
• Collaboration: Work closely with crossfunctional teams to provide receive and incorporate feedback for continuous improvement.

Education and Experience:

• Educational Requirements: Bachelor degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or related IT fields.
• Experience: 5 years of experience in Operations DevOps or a similar role.
• Automation Expertise: Proven experience with task automation using opensource tools custom scripts or commercial solutions.
• Linux Systems Administration: Experience in administering Linux systems and server infrastructure in production environments.
• Build and Testing Systems: Expertise in managing automated build continuous testing and integration systems in production.
• Development Background: Handson experience with programming languages such as Java Python Perl or SQL.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Virtualization: Strong understanding of virtualization environments (e.g. VMware OpenStack KVM).
• Version Control: Proficiency with distributed version control systems (e.g. Git Stash).
• Automation Tools: Experience with automated build and deployment tools (e.g. Jenkins Chef).
• Open Source Technologies: Indepth experience working with opensource platforms like Apache Tomcat Nginx Node.js.
• Cloud Services: Extensive knowledge of hosted and cloudbased services (e.g. AWS/EC2 private cloud).
• Database Administration: Proficient in installing and administering MySQL or NoSQL databases.
• Networking Security: Strong understanding of network security databases and cloud systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in strategic project planning meetings and provide insights on infrastructure requirements.
• Develop build install and configure software solutions to meet business needs.
• Assist with all stages of data testing and ensure the smooth deployment of new modules upgrades and fixes.
• Perform routine application maintenance tasks deploying fixes and updates efficiently.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in applications and infrastructure ensuring minimal disruption to service.
• Implement customerrequested integrations and deliver solutions that enhance operational efficiency.
• Build tools to minimise error occurrence and improve overall customer satisfaction.
• Maintain a balanced approach to prioritise requests from operations development and product teams.

Additional Competencies:

• Team Spirit: Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset to work effectively across teams.
• ProblemSolving: Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and deliver innovative solutions.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
• Flexibility: Capable of handling highpressure work situations while maintaining flexibility in your approach.
• Continuous Learning: Stay uptodate with the latest industry trends and tools to drive continuous improvement in agile development environments.

• Handson experience with network security cloud infrastructure and databases.
• Strong knowledge of scripting languages system administration and mass system deployments.
• Solid understanding of operating system administration programming languages cloud platform deployments and network protocols.
• Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.

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