Senior Development Operations Engineer (Scripting\Automation)

Sunbird Software; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

Job summary

Sunbird Software, an established leader in Data Center Infrastructure Management, is looking for a Senior Development Operations Engineer in Raleigh, North Carolina. This key role involves leading complex development tasks, providing technical leadership, and automating server configurations and deployments.

The ideal candidate will possess robust scripting skills with extensive experience in Linux, Docker, and Jenkins CI/CD processes. Join a collaborative environment where you'll help enhance our software solutions and contribute to innovative energy management systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Bash and any of Perl, Python, or Ruby.
• Solid understanding of Linux system administration and security practices.
• Experience with package management and configuring systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance deployment scripts for high availability and administration.
• Plan migrations of administrative scripts to modern programming languages.
• Manage and secure on-premises server room and infrastructure.

Skills

Scripting expertise with Bash and any of Perl, Python, or Ruby

Detailed understanding of Linux operating systems (Rocky Linux / RedHat)

Experience creating kickstarts or similar system installation technologies

Designing and implementing Jenkins CI/CD pipelines

Ability to troubleshoot operating system issues

Education

Graduate of a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering program

Tools

PostgreSQL

Jenkins

Nexus

GitHub

Job description

Sunbird (www.sunbirddcim.com), an established leader in Data Center Infrastructure Management, is looking for a Senior Development Operations Engineer to join our software development team. Our award-winning web-based solutions help our customers understand and manage energy consumption, environmental conditions, and assets in their facilities.

In this role, you will be a key contributor for complex development tasks and be able to provide technical leadership on Linux hardening/configuration, package management, continuous integration, deployments, and virtualization. The ideal candidate will be a software developer who is passionate about automating server configurations, deployments, and other IT processes.

Environment: Linux, Scripting (Ruby, Perl, Bash, or Python), PostgreSQL 15+, Jenkins, Nexus, and GitHub.

Key Skillsets

• Scripting expertise with Bash and any of Perl, Python, or Ruby (5+ years)
• Detailed understanding of Linux operating systems (Rocky Linux / RedHat), RPM packaging / deployment, Operating System configuration, tuning, and hardening
• Experience creating kickstarts or similar system installation technologies
• Designing and implementing Jenkins CI / CD pipelines
• Ability to troubleshoot operating system issues, configuration problems, authentication errors, and related software defects
• Graduate of a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering program (or similar field)

Responsibilities

• Maintain Perl, Ruby and Shell scripts that allow customers to easily deploy and configure our solution, run backups, provide high availability, and perform other administrative tasks
• Plan and execute a migration of administrative scripts from Perl to either Python or Ruby
• Maintain robust solution security by managing OS and software updates, implementing system hardening, and ensuring compliance with industry frameworks
• Manage / build the kickstarts that install our solution currently based on Rocky Linux
• Administer and support CI/CD pipelines and build automation processes using Jenkins
• Automate operations such as PostgreSQL database backup, deployments, and upgrades
• Help our support team quickly resolve customer issues as they arise
• Maintain and support on-premises infrastructure, including server room equipment, physical and virtual servers, storage, and networking systems
• Help transition solution to containers
• Mentor others
• Must use only company-approved AI tools and follow documented company AI usage policy

Desired Knowledge/Skills

• Ability to lead a small team
• Knowledge / experience with containerization (Docker / Kubernetes)
• Experience with networking (IP, DNS, Routing, Firewalls, etc.)
• Knowledge / experience with virtualization technology (VMWare, KVM, Nutanix, Hyper‑V)
• Knowledge of LDAP and Active Directory
• Experience leveraging AI tools to expedite job functions
• Cryptography technologies and certificates
• Database management skills (PostgreSQL preferred)

About Sunbird

• We offer medical, dental, vision and life insurance to employees
• We have a generous PTO policy
• We believe in collaboration, teamwork, creativity and taking initiative

Sunbird is an EEO/AA/ADA/Veterans employer.