DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer

Location - Austin, TX {local candidates ONLY}

Duration - 2 years {6-month transition to hire possible}

Tax Term: W2

Job Description:

Our Cloud Infrastructure DevOps Team plays a pivotal role in designing and deploying robust infrastructure solutions to support SAP products and services. We are an automation-first organization, prioritizing the deployment of all our cloud resources via automation to enhance efficiency and consistency. Our engineers collaborate closely with internal product teams and customer-facing units to deliver adaptable and scalable code that meets the requirements of our diverse clientele. Candidates will have the opportunity to work across various cloud providers using a wide range of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling and practices, developing provider-agnostic solutions that ensure seamless functionality across different platforms. Our infrastructure supports a broad client base, including local, state, and federal government agencies, as well as private sector organizations engaged in government-related missions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Write, modify, run Terraform from an existing codebase to deploy and maintain infrastructure across multiple cloud service providers. Be able to debug errors when deploying terraform
• Run Ansible playbooks to manage customer infrastructure. Be able to modify and troubleshoot Ansible as needed as errors occur
• Use GitLab with multiple repositories to maintain customer infrastructure and create merge requests for changes to customer infrastructure.
• Configure, build, and deploy containerized services using Docker and/or Kubernetes
• Access traffic flow data between customer and hosted environments to troubleshoot connectivity issues
• Produce and maintain technical documentation regarding network and system design and governance.
• Develop standard operating procedures, knowledge base articles, technical bulletins, and other documents in support of the infrastructure.
• Operate in a security-first mindset, performing all other responsibilities with security in mind
• Implement monitoring, config management, and logging capabilities to manage a multiple tenant cloud infrastructure across multiple cloud service providers.
• Use generative AI elements to increase efficiency and speed, improve accuracy and consistency, enhance security, and better manage resources where practical and within security boundary guidelines

Job Skills:

• Knowledge of AWS foundational technologies (EC2, S3, IAM, Route53, VPC)
• Knowledge of Azure foundational technologies (Virtual Networks, Application Gateway, Storage Account, Virtual Machines, Load Balancer, Resource Groups)
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform foundational technologies (Projects, Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, VPC)
• Proficient in using Terraform to build modules for deploying applications in AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform
• Proficient in a CI/CD technology
• Proficient in a scripting or programming language for automation (bash, python)
• Experience with RBAC design and provisioning for users
• Investigation skills to review detailed Infrastructure and configurations
• Experience with logging and log processing in a cloud environment
• Working knowledge of networking: ip routing, subnetting, network troubleshooting.
• Strong Linux OS skills - deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting
• Working knowledge of ServiceNow and Jira

MUST HAVES:

1. Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
2. 8 years of experience with the following technologies:Python, Terraform, Ansible, Concourse CI/CD, Vault, and Identify Management
3. Experience with Unix / Linux operating system internals and administration (e.g., filesystems, inodes, system calls, hardening) and networking (e.g., TCP / IP, routing, DNS, network topologies, SDN).
4. Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
5. Ability to debug and optimize code and automate routine tasks.
6. Systematic problem-solving approach coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

Please provide a MS Word resume and quantify the following number of years and list clients, technologies used, and certifications

QUALIFICATION

Public Sector domain ______ number of years

US Federal Government - {list client(s)} ______

US Dept of Defense {list client(s)} ______

SAP products / services ______ number of years

Deploy/Configure/Maintain SAP solutions on Public Cloud platforms ______ Yes/No

Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of SAP platforms ______ Yes/No

Cloud infrastructure ______ number of years

AWS technologies [EC2, S3, IAM, Route53, VPC, etc.] ______ number of years

Azure technologies [Virtual Networks, Application Gateway, Storage Account, Virtual Machines, Load Balancer, Resource Groups, etc.] ______ number of years

Google Cloud Platform technologies [Projects, Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, VPC, etc.] ______ number of years

Cloud DevOps Engineering ______ number of years

Design/Analyze/Troubleshoot large-scale distributed systems Yes/No ______

Debug/Optimize code Yes/No ______

Automate routine tasks Yes/No ______

Systematic problem-solving Yes/No ______

IaC tooling / practices

Bash ______ number of years

Python ______ number of years

Terraform ______ number of years

Jira ______ number of years

Ansible ______ number of years

Concourse CI/CD ______ number of years

Vault ______ number of years

Identify Management ______ number of years

RBAC ______ number of years

Unix/Linux ______ number of years

Linux Internals / Administration [filesystems, inodes, system calls, hardening, etc.] ______ number of years

Linux Networking [TCP / IP, routing, DNS, network topologies, SDN, etc.] ______ number of years

Cloud Infrastructure DevOps Engineer for {list client(s)} ______

Other Cloud Infrastructure Engineering roles for {list client(s)} ______

Other Public Sector roles for {list client(s)} ______

Certification [list certification(s)]

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