What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer position at TekNavigators Staffing?
Role: DevOps Engineer
Location - Austin, TX (Onsite) {local candidates ONLY}
Duration - 2 years {6-month transition to hire possible}
Status – US Citizens ONLY
MUST HAVES:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience with the following technologies: Python, Terraform, Ansible, Concourse CI/CD, Vault, and Identify Management
- 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).
- Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
- Ability to debug and optimize code and automate routine tasks.
- Systematic problem-solving approach coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
QUALIFICATION
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 GCP foundational technologies (Projects, Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, VPC)
- Proficient in using Terraform to build modules for deploying applications in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
- 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
