Job Description :
Location : Seattle, WA
Looking for a motivated lead Devops engineer to become a core member of their team building solutions for retail delivery team. They work in a cloud native environment where “automation” and “Infrastructure as Code” are guiding principles and necessary for the development of high-quality and resilient software systems. These systems, which you will build and extend, are all integrated into a consistent automated CI/CD pipeline. You’ll be involved in many aspects; helping to evolve our existing architecture, working with teams to improve operations, and implementing new features and functionality.
Demonstrable experience with configuration, orchestration, and automation tools such as Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible, Maven, and Ant to provide full stack integration Working knowledge of Containers; i.e. Docker Kubernetes, ideally with experience transitioning an organization through its adoption
Strong working knowledge of enterprise platforms, tools and principles including: Web Services, Load Balancers, Shell Scripting, Authentication, IT Security, and Performance Tuning
Demonstrated understanding of system resiliency, redundancy, failovers and disaster recovery
Experience working with a variety of vendor APIs including cloud, physical and logical infrastructure devices
Strong working knowledge of Cloud offerings (EC2, ECS, IAM, Lambda, Cloud services, API management, PaaS)
Experience managing and deploying Infrastructure as Code, using tools like Terraform
Responsibilities
Lead and assist the retail Devops team with architecture, guidance, as well as managing ticket queues/backlogs and prioritizing work for other team members
Review requirement, design and architect solution
Lead technical conversation and identify the necessary resource or choose the technology working with the Domain Architect
Manage and maintain standards for Devops tools used by the team
Administering the cloud environments (Prod, Dev and QA)
Work closely with the software developers and product management teams to design, deploy and manage scalable software services on the cloud and on premise
Providing system analysis and recommended solutions for environment performance and availability needs
Monitoring and escalating engineering issues to Product Management/R&D teams when required
Managing a continuous integration/deployment methodology for our server-based technologies
Build and implement tools such as, Puppet and Python scripting for streamlined deployments & systems updates.
Qualifications:
University Degree in MIS, computer science or a related (technical) field
Experience with at least one of these programming languages: Java, Python, JavaScript.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to track and prioritize numerous tasks and to coordinate activities with a high sense of urgency
Strong software development fundamentals including automated testing, source control (Git), continuous integration in addition to continuous delivery and/or deployment. Experience working with complex multi-tier applications
Experience in Cloud Sourcing and Asset Management (Cloud Operating Ideals, Cloud Choice, Cloud Management)
Working knowledge about Cloud Security Assurance (Identity, Perimeter Defense, Monitoring & Surveillance, Compliance)
Working knowledge of working in Cloud Network Segmentation, Connectivity and Pipeline Automation
Analytical/problem solving ability
Strong communication skills across organizational levels of technical and non-technical
Experience working in Agile environment
Must haves:
Have good understanding of Dev Ops, Rack Space and Cloud env (AWS, Azure etc
Have worked on Containerization and Cloud platform orchestration
Hands on -Automation using Puppet, and exposure into other tools and technologies like Kubernetes, AWS, Nomad etc.
Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life
Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results
Communicates with honesty and kindness and creates the space for others to do the same
Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure
Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships