Sr. DevOPS Engineer

A clear understanding of the practice driven around and the development of a DevOps based release platform

Experience in the process of transitioning to DevOps practices - includes an understanding of best practices, implementation strategies (e.g. GIT branch strategies) and integration strategies and analysis of related tools.

Familiarity and practical experience with the ‘continuous’ practices noted in our objectives

Well versed with automation and provisioning frameworks primarily Ansible (Salt and Chef experience may suffice)

Experience developing and automating deployment tools to support IAAS platforms – i.e. AWS, Rackspace

Well versed with and working knowledge of other associated software deployment tools - SCM (GIT), CI tools (Jenkins CI), Artifact repositories (ArtiFactory), Issue management tools (JIRA, Confluence, Crowd)

Working knowledge of the following scripting languages: Python, Bash

Working knowledge of the following software tools: Maven, Gradle

Experience in supporting Test Driven and Agile Development

Design best practices for build and release process and tooling

Take charge of automating steps in our build and release systems

Oversee daily responsibility of build execution for various systems/releases

Lead agile practice implementation for project SDLC

Experience in Cloud & Virtualization products

Advanced experience in automation tools and best practices.

Qualifications

8 years’ work experience in sys-admin and release management

Solid understanding of CI best practices and tooling, specifically Jenkins

Strong experience with Git like DVCS systems and their use in release management, branching, merging, and integration strategies

Extensive experience in building JAVA Web/Mobile Systems

Well versed in using Solaris, and Linux operating systems

Detailed knowledge of Configuration Management discipline

Self-starter with ability to lead processes and projects

Thorough knowledge of Scripting with Bash/Shell, Perl and Python

Strong organizational, communication skills and detail oriented

BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or similar technical field

DevOps practices, deployment tools to support IAAS platforms i.e. AWS, RackspaceAWS,Multiple Openings for GC/Citizen