DevOps Engineer, Senior

DSS, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer responsible for modernizing integration and deployment systems. The role allows for remote work, requiring expertise in CI/CD, containerization, and cloud infrastructure. Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree and possess at least two years of experience. Strong communication skills and the ability to work autonomously are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of experience in a DevOps role.
• Experience with building CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute modernization vision for products.
• Work closely with development and QA teams.
• Design and support solutions for service deployment.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization technologies

Strong communication skills

Cloud infrastructure monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

AWS

Azure

Job description

Overview

POSITION SUMMARY: The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for driving adoption while simultaneously managing and scaling our infrastructure and tools for modernizing our integration, testing and deployment systems. This role requires a highly motivated individual capable of working independently in a rapidly evolving technical environment. The ideal candidate will be someone with a hybrid developer/system administration background.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a vision for modernizing our products and keeping our platform(s) highly available and efficient
• Work closely with development and QA teams to understand and exploit opportunities to advance technical practices that allow us to reach engineering goals faster
• Design, develop and support solutions which facilitate ease of service deployment, availability and operations
• Own and define CI/CD best practices and guide the deployment with a practical set of pipelines
• Help the team mature automated deployment and container utilization strategies
• Develop and maintain custom built applications used to provide integrations
• Work with our Network Operations, Development and Technical Services teams to develop a practical cloud deployment strategy
• Provide objective insight to development team for driving down escalations, team efficiencies, and product uptime

Essential Duties

• On call 24/7

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with containerization and related technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins)
• Experience with administering / monitoring infrastructure on bare metal, private/public cloud or hybrids (Azure, AWS, Open Stack, VM’s, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal skills that can drive conversations in cross-team efforts towards consensus and action
• Strong communication skills, with ability to cater discussions to all levels in organization (individual contributors, team leads, manager, director, VP)
• Understanding of Web development technologies
• Can work autonomously with minimal direction
• Years of experience in a similar role:
• Required: Two years
• Education:
• Required: Bachelor’s degree
• Desired: Microsoft or AWS certification

Physical Demands

• Standing — 10% per day
• Sitting — 80% per day
• Walking — 5% per day
• Stooping — 5% per day
• Lifting — Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. unassisted
• Computer Work — 80% per day
• Telephone Work — 10% per day
• Reading — 10% per day
• Other, please specify

This role can be Remote which would allow most work to be performed at home; however, the Employer is a Federal Contractor and subject to federal vaccination mandate. Employees must be fully vaccinated to come onto any of DSS, Inc’s sites or Client sites.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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