DevOps Engineer

****Please note that candidates MUST be authorized to work for any employer in the US without the need for sponsorship. NO Recruiter or Third Party / Agency Inquiries.**

Position Summary

National company seeking a DevOps Engineer for an onsite contract opportunity in various locations. DevOps Engineer will build, configure, and maintain IT infrastructure, systems and advanced tooling to automate processes and streamline CI/CD and deployments. Candidate will be responsible for implementing and supporting Automation tools (e.g. Puppet, Jenkins, Chef) to automate the code release process and increase productivity and infrastructure integrity, with a strong focus on Security and Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Engage on applications teams and provide technical expertise in DevOps, including Cloud (AWS, Azure etc.) covering Release Automation, Software Configuration Management, Environment Management, Testing Lifecycle Management and Continuous Integration
• Provide guidance in digital transformation, implementing DevOps processes and CI/CD tools to automate infrastructure and platform.
• Owns Administration of DevOps tools like Github, Cloudbees Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus Pro, JIRA, Puppet etc. * Implement Continuous Integration solutions and automation
• Implement Security tools into the CI/CD toolchain
• Primarily responsible for troubleshooting tool configuration and tools infrastructure knowledge
• Build and automate release pipelines and regression tests using Jenkins CI and scripting
• Automate configuration and builds of new environments using Puppet configuration management
• Setup Bitbucket and Sonatype Nexus Repositories
• Monitor daily Jenkins pipeline jobs and logs filesystems
• Handle incoming requests and inquiries for new tools and workflow procedures
• Develop user guides and training materials for CI/CD tools like Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, Sonatype Nexus Pro and Lifecycle etc.
• Provide technical assistance for user access to the CI/CD toolchain
• Report performance related issues to management by analysis and tracking of existing systems
• Implement version control solution and ensure version and change control procedure adhere to standards
• Integrate automated testing tools and scripts into the pipeline
• Implement continuous monitoring solutions
• Support automated test data management solutions

Additional Responsibilities

• Provide Cloud migration and administration support
• Support maintenance and improvement activities by installation of security patches and related fixtures
• Standardize software installations, logging locations, and environment dependencies
• Assist in the development of tools and utilities to provide short term solutions to immediate needs as required

Experience

• Broad knowledge of DevOps tools and best practices
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD toolchain
• Experience implementing Continuous Integration and working with ALMs
• Experience with implementing ITIL and CMMI methodologies a strong plus
• Experience in Automating build process as much as possible
• Experience in providing build management and execution support
• Hands on experience implementing technologies like Software Configuration Management, Environment Management, Release Automation, Workflow Management and Defect Management
• Experience supporting Deployments and participate in the design of deployment automation
• Solid understanding of application lifecycle process management
• Advanced knowledge of application architectures (web, client-server, and mobile) and application monitoring techniques and approaches
• Strong knowledge of Linux, JBoss, shell scripts, Apache, Mysql, configuration mangement, monitoring and TCP/IP protocols
• Understanding of security best practices 
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work with very little supervision and to work well in a team environment
• Highly motivated, enterprising, excellent team player, also able to work autonomously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Capable of enforcing processes and procedures
• Manage security-related aspects of the tools infrastructure

Required Skills

• 3+ years of experience with administrating DevOps Tools like Jenkins
• 3+ years of experience administrator environment configuration tools like puppet
• 3+ years of experience with administrating SaaS environments
• 3+ year of OS System Administration (Linus, Windows)
• 3+ years of experience in performance tuning

optimization

• 5-10+ years background in IT (preferably in DevOps and Release Management)
• Knowledge of DevOps technologies and frameworks
• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies and principles
• Knowledge of Cloud Technology and solutions
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance procedures and processes
• Unix/Linux shell scripting, Github, Cloudbees Jenkins, Jira, SonaQube, Sonartype
• Deep Skills in Environment Configuration management tools like Puppet, Chef, Ansible
• AWS (EC2, S3, API/CLI, VPC, IAM, ElastiCache), Windows Server Administration, Firewall, Shell scripting and automation of routine tasks, Clustering, Virtualization, Load Balancing
• Experience working on multiple Operating Systems and platforms like Java, .net, Unix, MS
• Virtual Technology Solutions

Tools Knowledge

• GitHub
• Sonatype
• Cloudbees Jenkins
• SonarQube
• Atlassian JIRA
• Puppet
• Chef
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Splunk
• Ansible
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• Nagios
• CloudWatch
• Swarm
• Python scripting
• Shell scripting
• Maven
• Salt Stack
• IaaS
• System Engineering
• VMWare
• Process Improvement
• AWS/Linux/Windows

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Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Keywords

• DevOps, CI/CD, Continuous Integration, Puppet, Jenkins, Github, Automation, Infrastructure, Cloud, Agile

About Akyzen

Akyzen provides a wide range of IT solutions from infrastructure and security to workforce solutions, business intelligence, software solutions, and an industry-leading Managed IT Services practice. Across all of these verticals, our approach is to become your strategic partner, understand your business and your priorities, and develop a solution that works for you to achieve succes

Job Type: Contract

Education:

• High school (Required)

Job Location:

• New York, NY (Required)