Senior DevOps Engineer

Nanosoft Consulting Talent Page; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm in Kansas City is seeking an expert GoLang engineer to enhance network infrastructure through automation in a dynamic team. Your role will involve building and testing software, participating in code reviews, and collaborating with vendors and internal teams to solve complex issues. The ideal candidate holds a degree in IT/Computer Science and has experience with modern software development practices, automated testing, and networking architecture. This position offers a chance to work in a high-performing environment with opportunities for learning and growth.

Qualifications

• Has a degree or similar in IT/Computer Science.
• Expert GoLang engineer.
• Familiar with driving complex software projects from design and development to ongoing management.
• Can write high quality, secure and clean code following SOLID design principles.
• Expert with modern approaches to automated software testing.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD topics and development methodologies.
• Comfortable with networking concepts/architecture.
• Willing and eager to learn.
• Proven ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Able to produce quality technical documentation.
• Good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and test software to manage network infrastructure and configuration.
• Create and participate in peer code reviews through pull requests.
• Ongoing evaluation and improvement of our software modules.
• Support what we build either by machine or by hand.
• Work with partners and external vendors to ensure all needs are addressed.
• Work across internal IT teams to solve complex issues.
• File and follow up on bugs and feature enhancements.
• Document every solution to build an internal Knowledge Base.

Skills

Go

Terraform

Networking

Python

C#

Java

JavaScript

Education

Degree in IT/Computer Science

Tools

CI/CD tools

Git

Job description

Overview

Duration: 12 months, through 2023. As a member of the Software Defined Networking team, you will own and deliver the code to bring our network to the next level. As a "militantly automated" team, we work in Source Control and let pipelines drive our work. We believe in configuration modeling and defining standards via automation so the tooling can do the heavy lifting for us. You will participate on a high performing team that designs, builds, and runs world-class and leading-edge networking technology on many exciting platforms.

Role

• Build and test software to manage network infrastructure and configuration
• Create and participate in peer code reviews through pull requests
• Ongoing evaluation and improvement of our software modules
• Support what we build either by machine or by hand
• Work with partners and external vendors to ensure all needs are addressed
• Work across internal IT teams to solve complex issues
• File and follow upon bugs and feature enhancements needed for industrialization of our offerings
• Document every solution to build an internal Knowledge Base, usable globally

All About You

• Has a degree or similar in IT/Computer Science
• Expert GoLang engineer
• Is familiar with driving complex software projects from design and development to ongoing management
• Can write high quality, secure and clean code following SOLID design principles in multiple programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, C#, Java, JavaScript)
• Expert with modern approaches to automated software testing
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD topics and development methodologies including pipelines, pull requests, git, command line, etc
• Is comfortable with networking concepts/architecture and displays proficiency in routing, switching, NAT and networking services such as load balancers
• Displays willingness and aptitude to learn
• Has a proven ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Is able to produce quality technical documentation
• Has good communication skills and is eager to work on an awesome team

Top 3 required technical skills

• Go
• Terraform
• Networking