Job Type: Remote (Texas)
Rate: $6070/hr
Job Summary:
As a key member of the DevOps team the DevOps Engineer will play a critical role in developing maintaining and optimizing CI/CD principles and pipelines. This includes the installation configuration and maintenance of CI/CD tools and platforms automation of processes and ensuring the smooth operation of batch jobs and system operations. This position is essential to supporting Eligibility Supporting Technology applications and maintaining development test training and production environments. The role demands flexibility and a proactive approach to provide environment triage support including oncall availability during nights and weekends.
Responsibilities:
Develop monitor and optimize batch jobs and system operations.
Analyze current technologies and devise plans and processes for improvement and expansion.
Implement and enhance advanced CI/CD solutions by developing coding testing building installing configuring and maintaining IT solutions.
Analyze processes and deployments proposing improvements to streamline code deployments and minimize errors.
Utilize configuration management software to automate updates and fixes across production and nonproduction environments.
Document processes and procedures to ensure clear and concise operational guidelines.
Provide support for production and nonproduction environments resolving related issues.
Support releases and sprintrelated activities ensuring smooth delivery pipelines.
Develop and propose enterpriselevel automation solutions optimizing existing workflows while creating new innovative solutions.
Skills and Experience Requirements:
10 Years of Automation Expertise:
Extensive experience automating the full lifecycle of complex enterprise IT environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Configuration as Code (CaC) and CI/CD tools in unified solutions.
Proven ability to design and implement automation solutions for scalability repeatability and recoverability using tools like Terraform Terragrunt Ansible Automation Platform GitHub Actions Jenkins Liquibase etc.
8 Years of Programming and Scripting Experience:
Proficiency in programming/scripting languages such as Python GoLang Shell Ruby Bash and Perl.
8 Years of Containerization and Orchestration:
Expertise with container platforms and orchestration tools including Kubernetes PODMAN Docker EE/OpenShift/Rancher and packaging tools such as Helm Charts and Kustomize.
8 Years of System Knowledge:
Strong experience with Linux and Windows operating systems.
Familiarity with WebSphere ND MQ Oracle Java SQL tools (e.g. PL/SQL Developer SQL Plus) LDAP Splunk Dynatrace is a plus.
8 Years of Cloud and Frameworks:
Handson experience designing and implementing solutions using the AWS WellArchitected Framework.
Communication Skills:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effective collaboration and documentation.
Preferred Qualifications:
5 Years of Development Experience:
Experience in Java J2EE Java Spring Boot EJB JSP JSF/Struts XML is highly desirable.
Familiarity with WebSphere ND MQ Oracle and related technologies.
Additional Information:
This position works under minimal direction offering considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment. Candidates should be comfortable working in dynamic environments and providing oncall support as needed.