Dev Ops Engineers

SouthTek Resources; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech staffing firm is seeking Dev Ops Engineers for their San Jose and San Diego offices. The role requires at least 5 years of experience in infrastructure operations, particularly with AWS cloud solutions and solid scripting skills in languages like Python and Ruby. The successful candidate will design and deploy applications as well as support cloud infrastructure. This position emphasizes a collaborative, agile work environment, making it ideal for candidates with a background in start-up cultures.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of infrastructure/operations experience.
• Post Implementation Support background with virtualization and AWS.
• Experience in an agile software development environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy new applications and enhancements to existing systems.
• Develop and support cloud infrastructure designs and implementations.
• Propose and create system design models and provide documentation.

Skills

Infrastructure/operations experience

Cloud based solutions with AWS

Scripting (Python, Ruby)

Network management

Automated deployment

Configuration management tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible)

Systems monitoring tools (Zenos, Nagios, Sensu)

Tools

AWS (S3, EC2)

Virtualization (Xen/KVM)

Agile development environment

Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Solr, ElasticSearch, Cassandra)

Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins)

Issue Tracking (Jira)

Job description

This excellent client is the leader in enterprise data management allowing businesses to rapidly execute any marketing initiatives, achieve one-to-one marketing and deliver great user experiences.

Job Description

We are looking for Dev Ops Engineers for both our client’s San Jose CA and San Diego CA offices, with a keen understanding of infrastructure and operations, particularly with solid experience developing cloud based solutions and products with AWS (S3, EC2, etc.) and scripting experience (Python, Ruby, etc) with a background to provide operational support and process improvements.

Responsibilities include:

• Design and deploy new applications and enhancements to existing applications, software, and operating systems and plan and perform Operating System and software upgrades.
• Develop and support cloud infrastructure designs and implementations while being directly involved in the software deployment process.
• Propose and create system design models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to development teams and provide appropriate documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of infrastructure/operations experience, ideally in a start‑up environment in a DevOps culture.
• Post Implementation Support background with virtualization (Xen/KVM) + AWS (S3, EC2, etc.).
• Experience in an agile software development environment.
• Network management experience (including network stack, network tuning, load balancing, subnets/VLANs).
• Experience with automated deployment and automated software tasks.
• Understanding of file system and storage configurations such as NFS, SSD data replication.
• Hands‑on experience with configuration management and orchestration tools like Puppet, Chef, or Ansible.
• Experience with systems monitoring tools such as Zenos, Nagios or Sensu.
• Solid scripting background (Python, Ruby, etc.).

Preferred Experience

• Big Data tech (e.g. Hadoop, Solr, ElasticSearch, Cassandra).
• Common open‑source technologies (e.g. Apache/Tomcat, Nginx, MySQL).
• Enterprise Wiki tools like Confluence.
• Continuous Integration tools (e.g., Jenkins).
• Issue Tracking and Project Management tools (e.g., Jira).

Additional Information

SouthTek Resources; full‑service tactical headhunting firm specializing in the unique staffing needs of the Technology, Defense and Aerospace, Manufacturing, Security, and Private Equity markets.

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