Senior DevOps Engineer — Enterprise Automation & Resilience

Aquent; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent is seeking a highly skilled IT professional to join a premier financial services partner in Phoenix, AZ. You will lead enterprise-level administration, automate operations, and build monitoring dashboards to ensure reliability across large-scale systems.

You will collaborate with development teams, optimize performance, and uphold SDLC best practices while maintaining Windows and Linux environments in a high-availability enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of enterprise-level administration and support.
• 6-8 years of automation scripting and building dashboards for proactive monitoring.
• 6-8 years of experience practicing Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for process improvements.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise systems administration, monitoring, and deployment activities.
• Experience with Windows Server environments hosted via Virtual Machines.
• Strong knowledge of IP networking including DNS, DHCP, firewalls, and IP routing.
• Familiarity with large-scale distributed systems and high-availability architectures.
• Proficiency in Linux and Windows system administration, troubleshooting, and tuning.
• Development experience in one or more programming languages such as .Net, C#, PowerShell, YAML, Java, Python, or Bash.
• Knowledge of one or more relational and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-level system administration, monitoring, and deployment activities, ensuring the seamless operation of critical systems.
• Design, develop, and implement automation scripts to streamline operations, significantly enhance system efficiency, and minimize manual effort.
• Build and maintain application dashboards for proactive monitoring and configure robust alerts for early issue detection across diverse monitoring tools and platforms, ensuring rapid response to potential problems.
• Drive process improvements and strictly adhere to Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) best practices in all operational endeavors, cultivating a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide expert-level administration, troubleshooting, and tuning for both Linux and Windows operating systems, guaranteeing optimal performance and unwavering reliability.
• Ensure the stability and peak performance of large-scale distributed systems and high-availability architectures, supporting a resilient and robust infrastructure.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability, effectively bridging the crucial gap between development and operations.

Skills

Enterprise-level administration

Automation scripting

SDLC best practices

Linux administration

Windows server administration

Networking (DNS, DHCP, firewalls, IP)

Distributed systems

Programming (C#, PowerShell, Python,/B

Databases (relational & NoSQL)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Windows Server environments (2016/2019/2022)

Virtual Machines / VM platforms

Job description

Aquent is seeking a highly skilled IT professional to join a premier financial services partner in Phoenix, AZ. You will lead enterprise-level administration, automate operations, and build monitoring dashboards to ensure reliability across large-scale systems.

You will collaborate with development teams, optimize performance, and uphold SDLC best practices while maintaining Windows and Linux environments in a high-availability enterprise setting.