Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Sr DevOps Engineer for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in San Francisco, CA.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related technical field or equivalent work.
• 3 or more years of relevant technical experience, at senior level.
• Demonstrated technical expertise across a variety of technology platforms and solutions.
• Ability to work effectively independently or in a team environment.
• Strong analytical, collaboration, leadership, critical thinking, multitasking, and time management skills.
• Ability to influence successfully in a highly matrix or virtual organization.
• Demonstrates independent thinking and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to quickly receive and process information.
• Proven ability to write clear and concise communications: technical documents, design documents, specifications.
• Experience in using Terraform to manage AWS Programmable Infrastructures.
• Must have architected and implemented the Cloud Infrastructure Automation scripts to create and maintain various target environments like Dev, Stage, QA, Integration and Production in AWS environments.
• The Infrastructure must include security roles and permissions, Cloud networking assets like VPC, Subnets, Routing Tables, Access Controls lists, storage assets like S3 buckets, creating lambda functions & layers, provisioning other AWS services like Redshift, DynamoDB etc.
• Experience with advanced features like S3 backends and State file locks in Terraform.
• Experienced in implementing Data and Advanced Analytics solutions, or related experience in the Cloud.
• Experience in developing an end to end AWS native platform for building Data lakes ( S3, Glue (Crawlers, ETL, Catalog), IAM, CodePipeline, CodeCommit, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Config, Guard Duty, Secrets Manager, KMS, EC2, Data Visualization Tool like Tableau run on an EC2 or AWS Quicksight, Athena
• Hands on programming skills in JAVA or Python or Scala or other scripting language.
• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services.
• Experience in Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment software tools to support, enhance and grow our CI and CD capabilities.
• Understanding of security design for enterprise software systems.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of high-availability, load-balancing and failover configurations across application, infrastructure, and platform.
• Experience with and/or working knowledge of the Financial Industry, Government Agencies, the firm's Bank Lines of Business (LoBs) Applications.
• Working experience with Kubernetes, ConnectDirect, etc.
• Practical experience and knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Mircoservices and API Management
• Background in data security, governance and cybersecurity solutions.

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.