DevOps Engineer

blueStone; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A national search firm is seeking a Systems Engineer to enhance the DevOps culture for a SaaS platform. This opportunity involves working with infrastructure and development teams to ensure high performance, security, and uptime. Responsibilities include deploying and managing hosting infrastructure, automating configuration, and collaborating closely with the team. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication skills and relevant experience in Linux hosting, configuration management, and a degree in Computer Science.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and collaboration skills with teams and clients.
• Experience with Linux hosting, including web serving and db admin.
• Background in configuration management and continuous deployment.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and troubleshoot distributed hosting infrastructure.
• Setup automated configuration management and deployment systems.
• Collaborate with development teams and provide system support.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Effective communication and collaboration

Linux hosting experience

Experience with configuration management

Systems scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science

Tools

Cassandra

RabbitMQ

ElasticSearch

Mesos

Job description

blueStone Recruiting is a national search firm specialized in IT.

Job Description

Our client, located in River North, is hiring a Systems Engineer to help build their DevOps culture and assist with the delivery of a modern SaaS platform. In this role, you will work closely with our top notch infrastructure, release, and development teams to maintain and improve our performance, security, and uptime standards. Reporting directly to our Infrastructure Architect, this is an exciting career opportunity for a self-starting and resourceful professional.

Our client is one of the leading providers of software to manage R&D and innovation, and has a client base that ranges from Fortune 500 firms as well as leading education institutions.

Our client's team is highly collaborative, technical, and creative. This role will give you hands-on experience with the design and operation of a modern microservice-based SaaS application.

Responsibilities:

• Deployment, administration, and troubleshooting of our distributed hosting infrastructure
• Setup and maintenance of automated configuration management and deployment systems
• Active collaboration with dev teams, providing everyday ChatOps, release, and system support
• Create and maintain technical procedures and documentation
• Response and resolution of service issues

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Effective communication and collaboration with internal teams and external clients
• Linux hosting experience (web serving, db admin, and JVM or interpreted language support)
• Experience with configuration management, systems scripting, and continuous deployment
• A documented history of hard work and engineering excellence

Preferred:

• Experience instilling values and practices consistent with a strong DevOps and ChatOps culture
  
• Exposure to Cassandra, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch, Mesos or other distributed systems
• Understanding of HTTP, SSL/TLS, and TCP/IP
• Experience with information security: standards certification, auditing, and pen testing
• Proven success in high-growth startup environments
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science

Additional Information

Work with blueStone recruiting to find your next career. You can find us at http://bluestonerecruiting.com. We look forward to speaking with you!

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.