JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain solutions which automate the configuration, provisioning, deployment, scaling and monitoring of our core systems.
• Oversee automated deployments into our production and staging environments.
• Key role in the implementation of DevOps processes, protocols and tooling (off the shelf and custom).
• Responsible for ensuring high availability and acceptable levels of performance of mission critical applications.
• Review and approve technical documentation in online tools (Changes, Validation docs, systems proposals/recommendation, etc).
• Liaise with other technical teams (i.e. operations, security, development, networking, IT Management, etc.) as well assist in multi-departmental Projects.
• Contributes to the success of the organization by helping others accomplish job results; learning new skills needed by the team; finding new ways to help the team.

WORK EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience architecting and managing Kubernetes in a production environment with container technologies such as Docker. Deep expertise with Openshift set up / troubleshooting and implementing the best practices around those.
• Must be a linux expert.
• Deep understanding of and extensive experience with configuration management, CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, and other DevOps tools.
• 5+ years of working experience in infrastructure operations, server administration and software development.
• Bachelor or Master’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience as a key team member with an ability (at times) to lead, manage and mentor a team of DevOps professionals.
• Experience with programming languages like, Python, Bash, Perl, JavaScript.
• Plan, organize and document complex system design activities.
• Ensure System configuration is consistent with institutional policies/procedures.
• Knowledge of programming languages and operating systems (Windows Server and Linux/Unix), current equipment and technologies in use, system performance monitoring tools, and good knowledge and extensive experience with Linux.
• Networking fundamentals, mainly TCP/IP, and a basic understanding in routing and switching protocols.
• Understanding application layer protocols, (http, soap, dns, smtp, snmp, ssh, tls/ss, etc.).
• Understanding of application security specifications such as SAML, OAuth2, etc.
• Good knowledge and experience with web and application servers such as Apache, IIS, nginx, and JBoss.
• Knowledge of proxies and Web Application Firewalls like apache mod_proxy, Mod_Security, haproxy.
• Experience with databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, MSSQL, PostgreSQL.
• Experience deploying and managing various application stack footprints, (Java, PHP, Python).
• Experience with log aggregation and analysis technologies such as the ELK stack.
• Knowledge of API management and proxy technologies.
• Knowledge of versioning tools such as subversion and Git.
• Knowledge of configuration management tools like Puppet, Chef and Ansible.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and AWS.
• Security and/or infrastructure experience would also be a significant benefit.
• Communicate technical/complex information both verbally and in writing to peers, senior management, and other non-technical personnel.
• An ability to establish and maintain cooperation, understanding, trust and credibility within the team.
• Perform multiple tasks concurrently and respond to emergency situations effectively.
• Ability to work on multiple IT projects, as well as manage day to day operations.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

• DevOps
• Kubernetes
• Linux