Systems Engineer 3

Avid Technology Professionals, LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Avid Technology Professionals, LLC is seeking a System Engineer to design, implement, and maintain DevOps resources for multiple product teams in a collaborative setting. You will drive IaC and automation using Terraform, Ansible, and Python, manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and optimize AWS infrastructure with Kubernetes and observability tools, while coordinating with stakeholders.

The role rewards initiative, effective communication, and a proactive approach to learning new skills within a

Qualifications

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling
• Install, configure, and tune Kubernetes clusters and cloud-native monitoring
• Manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated building, testing, and deployment
• Administer AWS services (EC2, Lambdas, RDS, S3, EFS)
• Collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes
• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including EC2, Lambdas, EKS, RDS, S3, EFS, EBS using Terraform and auto scaling
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure system uptime
• Kubernetes experience with a focus on EKS
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Prometheus/Grafana, PGAdmin, and Helm charts in Kubernetes

Skills

GitLab CI/CD pipelines

AWS infrastructure

Kubernetes (EKS)

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Elasticsearch

Grafana/Prometheus

PGAdmin

Helm

Scripting/Automation

Communication & collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Kubernetes

GitLab

Prometheus

Grafana

Elasticsearch

EKS

Helm

RDS

S3

EC2

Job description

Part of a team that designs, implements, and maintains DevOps resources for multiple product teams and enables teams to automate build and deployment where possible. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who has a deep understanding of the needed technologies and the initiative to learn new skills. The System Engineer will be responsible for:

• Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools. Popular programming languages for DevOps engineers include Terraform, Ansible, and Python.
• Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing: Kubernetes and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools (i.e. Elasticsearch, Grafana/Prometheus).
• Managing Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
• Communication and collaboration: DevOps is a team-oriented discipline. Engineers need to be able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.

Desired skills

• Develop and manage Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes
• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including but not limited to EC2, Lambdas, EKS, RDS, S3, EFS, EBS, using Terraform and auto scaling.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure system uptime.
• Kubernetes experience with a focus on EKS.
• Familiarity with FOSS tools such as Elasticsearch, Prometheus/Grafana, PGAdmin, etc. that can be installed in Kubernetes via helm chart.
• Familiarity with various Kubernetes storage class types such as GP3. Longhorn, EBS, etc.