DevOps Engineer

Blackstone; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackstone is looking for a DevOps/Cloud Engineer to join a risk management company in San Francisco, CA. This role involves designing and building a cloud platform for SaaS products, focusing on architecture, deployment, security, and operations on AWS and Azure.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of DevOps experience, strong scripting skills, and knowledge of cloud security. This position is full-time and comes with opportunities for impactful work in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps engineering experience.
• Experience in deploying and managing production environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud and network security best practices.
• Strong scripting and automation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform.
• Deploy and configure Kubernetes clusters.
• Design and build a CI/CD Pipeline to deploy applications.
• Configure security policies based on guidelines.
• Assist development teams in building and operating applications in the cloud.

Skills

AWS services

Automation scripts

Infrastructure automation

Network monitoring

Jenkins

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

PowerShell

Education

B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

Git

Job description

Blackstone Technology Group, an award winning technology consulting and talent agency, is partnering with a risk management company located in the San Francisco Bay Area to identify a DevOps/Cloud Engineer to join their team on a direct hire/fulltime basis.

We need candidates who have hands on experience on AWS services, writing automation scripts in Jenkins, infrastructure automation using cloud formation template, network monitoring/management in production environment will be plus.

DevOps/Cloud Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Direct Hire/Fulltime

Job Description

This DevOps/Cloud Engineer will help design and build a new cloud platform for SaaS based products. The role will be involved in all major activities related to architecture, deployment, scripting/automation, security, and operations of the cloud platform on AWS and Azure. The platform is based on micro-services (using Akka and Play Framework), Containers (using Docker/Kubernetes) and Big Data (using Hadoop/Spark).

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, build and automate the AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, Networking, EMR, RDS, S3, etc.) using Terraform following AWS Well-Architected Design.
• Deploy and configure Kubernetes clusters. Including networking configuration, centralized monitoring, logging and auto-scaling.
• Design and build a CI/CD Pipeline to deploy applications using Jenkins and Docker.
• Design and configure security policies based on IT/InfoSec guidelines. Including IAM, SSO, Security Groups, Data Encryption, etc.
• Leveraging previous experience, assist development teams in building, deploying, and operating next generation applications in the cloud.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Computer Science (or equivalent).
• 5+ years of DevOps engineering experience.
• Experience in cloud engineering experience (Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure) in deploying and managing production environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud and network security best practices.
• Strong scripting and automation skills and experience (Python, PowerShell, Terraform, and Cloud Formation, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and understand complex problems or processes, identify and understand requirements, and develop solutions.
• Experience with source control management (Git preferred).
• Experience with micro-services, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and consultative skills. Work effectively with clients, vendors, peers, and business/IT management.

EOE of Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabilities

Job Location

San Francisco, CA