Position Summary
Effectual DevOps Engineers are members of the Public Sector Program Management team responsible for ensuring that customer-facing projects are delivered with exceptional customer satisfaction and technical excellence. Effectual DevOps Engineers are “Brand Ambassadors” and are expected to stay current on leading practices to deliver high-quality, well-conceived solutions to customers.
A Glimpse into the Daily Routine of a DevOps Engineers
DevOps Engineers are skilled, experienced technologists who stay current on leading practices, act in the interests of our customers to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions to their needs, and balance competing priorities between multiple parallel project delivery to achieve defined business outcomes on behalf of our customers. DevOps Engineers are problem solvers who see blockers and challenges as opportunities to find a new path to success; the words “good enough” and “impossible” aren’t in their vocabulary. DevOps Engineers are knowledgeable and experienced in AWS Cloud technologies, possess a strong desire to continue to learn about emerging technologies, and a passion for supporting the high-quality delivery of technical projects.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Enabling customers’ use of AWS to achieve their business objectives through:
- Designing, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting large microservices estates in production on Kubernetes
- Service mesh deployment and integration such as ISTIO, Linkerd, Consul, etc.
- Using Helm Charts, Custom Resource Definitions
- Creating cloud-native CI/CD workflows for containers with tools such as Jenkins, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, Gitlab, etc.
- Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture in a multi-tier environment (Dev, Test, Prod, etc.)
- Automating cloud infrastructure with scripting and code, including but not limited to:
- Extensive experience in a scripting language (Bash, Python, JavaScript, etc)
- Hands on experience in a language such as Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object-oriented language.
- Composing and leveraging code to define and automate cloud infrastructure (e.g.: AWS CloudFormation templates, Terraform, AWS CDK, etc.) to ensure repeatable, sustainable AWS infrastructure
- Automating infrastructure and application deployment and testing in development, pre-production, and production environments
- Experience with the full software development lifecycle and delivery using Agile practices in a team environment.
- Supporting developers in efficiently working within AWS through:
- Architecting, coding, deploying, and troubleshooting Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
- Providing input and guidance to developers on overall AWS Architecture and design tenets
- Extensive experience with git version control, git branching, and CI/CD practices
- Establishing visibility into cloud operations through:
- Leveraging resource tagging to allocate costs and optimize resource planning
- Assisting in preparing cost analysis based on expected usage
- Configuring AWS cloud infrastructure for maximum technical and budgetary efficiency
- Supporting the migration of customers from on-premises environments to AWS through:
- Assisting in the development of migration plans
- Executing migration plans, which may include:
- Migrating applications using microservices architectures
- Confirming the migration of resources into AWS and decommissioning on-premises resources
- Supporting rigorous project governance and execution achieved through:
- Meeting with team members daily to review progress
- Holding team members accountable for and challenging team members on technical solution implementation approaches to achieve optimal outcomes
- Submitting time on assigned projects, daily
- Supporting project delivery team members by:
- Always operating with transparency