DevOps Application Developer

ALLTECH CONSULTING SVC INC; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled developer to enhance their technology integration and development practices. This role involves harmonizing development processes, migrating code to modern repositories, and adopting efficient CI toolchains. You will collaborate with diverse teams, ensuring a seamless developer experience while optimizing code hygiene. If you're passionate about improving developer productivity and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make a significant impact on the organization.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in Java or JavaScript development.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills required.

Responsibilities

• Harmonize development practices for a unified developer experience.
• Migrate code to GitHub and adopt common CI toolchain.

Skills

Java Development

JavaScript Development

Linux Systems

Python Scripting

ksh Scripting

Analytical Skills

Problem-solving Skills

Communication Skills

Tools

Gradle

Maven

NPM

Git

Bitbucket

GitHub

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As part of the integration of the technology stacks with the ones from our Company, we are looking to harmonize our development practices so as to offer a unified developer experience. This starts by sharing common devOps practices.

1. Moving our code from on-premise bitbucket to product aligned mono-repos on GitHub
2. Migrating our java build tools from Maven to Gradle
3. Harmonizing our JavaScript build processes
4. Adopting a common artefact repository (JFrog Artifactory)
5. Adopting a common CI toolchain based on GitHub Actions
6. Gathering metrics so as to ensure the efficacity of our efforts
7. Enhancing our Developer Experience within the department through the adoption of better tools, such as Backstage and others so that developers can become more productive
8. Optimize our code hygiene efforts through the adoption of Moderne/Open Rewrite
9. Help and enable our global community of developers to adopt the new toolchains.
10. The candidate will interact with a diverse & global set of teams, including developers, business analysts, quality assurance, infrastructure, user communities, and senior management
11. Work within an Agile team, participating in ceremonies related to the Agile framework

REQUIREMENTS:

1. 3-5 years experience of Java (or JavaScript) development
2. 3-5 years experience of working on Linux based systems
3. Scripting languages: Python, ksh
4. Build System: Proficient with a build system such as Gradle/Maven or NPM (or both)
5. Source Code Repository: Proficient with code versioning tools, Git, Bitbucket, GitHub
6. CI tools: Proficient with Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions
7. Must possess strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
8. Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
9. Willingness to occasionally wander into other areas (e.g., backend, other teams? codebase) and ship end-to-end solutions.
10. Drive to learn, grow and make things better than you found it.
11. Self-motivated, highly organized, team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment with the ability to learn quickly and work independently.

DESIRED SKILLS:

1. Knowledgeable with SDLC processes.
2. Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.
3. Ability to gather metrics and make sense of them