Dev Ops Engineer - US

Sept 2017 Branding; Woodbridge Township (NJ); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Sept 2017 Branding in Woodbridge Township, NJ seeks a DevOps Engineer to implement a viable end-to-end DevOps strategy aligned with CLS SDLC, enhancing CI/CD, automation, and governance. You will collaborate across release managers, development leads, QA and engineering teams to design, implement and automate build, release, UT and SIT processes, using tools like Jenkins, Maven, Git, Docker and Kubernetes.

The role requires 3+ years in IT, strong scripting, Atlassian tools, SQL, and experience

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in (Linux) shell and non-shell scripting (awk, sed, Python, Perl, Ruby, etc.)
• 3+ years of hands-on DevOps design, development and implementation
• Hands-on experience with industry-leading build tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Bamboo, GIT
• Hands-on experience with Atlassian Administration, JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence
• Knowledge of incident management tools such as ServiceNow
• Excellent understanding of automated quality assurance and test strategies
• Hands-on experience with SQL and with at least one DBMS such as IBM DB2 (preferred) or Oracle
• Hands-on knowledge of MS Office toolset including MS-Excel, MS-Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Experience in Agile Software Development Practices (Scrum or other)
• Development experience with Node JS or other web-based development a plus
• Prior work with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud services a plus

Responsibilities

• Understand and assimilate the CLS SDLC requirements, processes and procedures
• Ensure a viable, consistent and efficient DevOps strategy is implemented in end-to-end development of applications and products
• Improve and integrate existing architecture with industry-best automation tools and practices
• Collaborate with release managers, development leads, developers, QA, and engineering teams to continually improve DevOps processes
• Analyze, design and implement CI/CD build, release and deployment automation
• Implement automated UT and CIT for CI/CD pipelines and extend to ST/SIT phases
• Institute and implement automated SDLC governance and compliance monitoring and reporting
• Plan, implement and ensure delivery milestones are met
• Provide automation solutions using design patterns and industry best practices for financial applications
• Proactively recognize system deficiencies and implement effective solutions
• Apply knowledge of industry trends to improve CLS in-house practices

Skills

Shell scripting

DevOps

Jenkins

Maven

Git

Atlassian tools

SQL

DB2/Oracle

Node.js

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud services

Education

IT experience (minimum)

Tools

JIRA

Bitbucket

Confluence

Job description

Essential Function / major duties and responsibilities of the job

Duties, Responsibilities, and Deliverables:

• Understand and assimilate the CLS SDLC requirements, processes and procedures
• Ensure that a viable, consistent and efficient DevOps strategy is implemented in the end-to-end development of applications and products that is consistent with, compliant of and conformant to the CLS SDLC
• Improve and integrate existing architecture with the industry‑best automation tools and practices
• Collaborate with release manager(s), development leads, developers, QA, and Engineering teams in the continual improvement and enhancement of the DevOps process
• Analyze, design and implement solutions for CI/CD build, release and deployment automation
• Analyze, design and implement solutions for automated and CI/CD‑integrated UT (Unit Testing) and CIT (Component Integration Testing) that can potentially be extended to the ST (System Testing) and SIT (System Integration Testing) phases
• Institute and implement automated solutions for SDLC governance and compliance monitoring and reporting
• Plan, implement and ensure that delivery milestones are met
• Provide automation solutions using design patterns, common techniques, and industry best practices that meet the typical challenges/requirements of a financial application including usability, performance, security, resiliency, and compatibility
• Proactively recognize system deficiencies and implement effective solutions
• Apply significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve CLS in‑house practices and services

Experience / essential and desired for successful job performance

• 3+ years of hands‑on experience in (Linux) shell and non‑shell (awk, sed, Python, Perl, Ruby, etc.) scripting
• 3+ years of hands‑on DevOps design, development and implementation
• Hands‑on experience in industry‑leading build tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Bamboo, GIT
• Hands‑on experience with Atlassian Administration, JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence
• Knowledge of incident management tools such as ServiceNow
• Excellent understanding of automated quality assurance and test strategies
• Hands‑on experience with SQL and with at least one DBMS such as IBM DB2 (preferred) or Oracle is a strong plus
• Hands‑on knowledge of MS Office toolset including MS‑Excel, MS‑Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Experience in Agile Software Development Practices (Scrum or other)
• Development experience with Node JS or other web‑based development a plus
• Prior work with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud services a plus

Qualifications / certifications

• Minimum 3 year experience in Information Technology

Knowledge, skills and abilities / competencies required for successful job performance

Success factors / ‘How’.

Personal characteristics contributing to an individual’s ability to excel in the position

• Have strong analytical, written and oral communication skills with a high self‑motivation factor
• Possess excellent organization skills to manage multiple tasks in parallel
• Be a team player
• Have the ability to work on complex projects with globally distributed teams and manage tight delivery timelines
• Have the ability to smoothly handle high stress application development and support environments
• Strive continuously to improve stakeholder management for end‑to‑end application delivery and support

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