DevOps Engineer - backend

Job Title: DevOps Engineer - backend
Location: Seattle, WA - hybrid
Employment Type: contract
Duration: 6 Months

About VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.
Job Description:

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or equivalent combination of education and experience with CICD platform implementation, managing & building for scale.

Experience in architecting the infrastructure provisioning and pipeline as code for CI/CD using various latest tools and technologies. 10 years of experience as leading & working on CICD , cloud , docker & k8s technologies

Experience with CICD tools such as GitLab, GitHub, TravisCI, Jenkins etc.

Experience with programming languages i.e Go lang, Java, Ruby, Shell etc
Builds and maintains operational excellence measured by critical metrics, by controlling and reviewing changes going to production, finding efficiencies, process improvement, and ensuring sufficient telemetry, monitoring, and alerting for potential issues. Drive continuous improvements to throughput, quality, cycle time, and the DevOps culture across the org. Execute goals across the green field platforms, encompassing the unified continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), integrated SDLC processes, and tools.

Apply an in-depth understanding of CI/CD platforms, capabilities, processes, tools, and integration, including current and emerging technologies, integration/dependencies, and the end-state view.

Apply experience leading high-profile projects across CI/CD Orchestrator, automated testing systems,

and/or developer value streams, and provide thought leadership to the organization.

Write and promote architecture strategy for maven, Gradle, Spring Boot, and go projects across all of Development. Collaborate with Principal Architects and Software Engineers in solution designs and evaluate the value of the project/feature/capability, determine the approach for adoption, and enable self-service
A day in the life
You will partner closely with Technical leads, Technology Managers, and Enterprise Engineering leadership to align strategic objectives and provide a vision for your respective engineering teams.
Builds and maintains operational excellence measured by critical metrics, by controlling and reviewing changes going to production, finding efficiencies, process improvement, and ensuring sufficient telemetry, monitoring, and alerting for potential issues. Drive continuous improvements to throughput, quality, cycle time, and the DevOps culture across the org. Execute goals across the green field platforms, encompassing the unified continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), integrated SDLC processes, and tools.
Apply an in-depth understanding of CI/CD platforms, capabilities, processes, tools, and integration, including current and emerging technologies, integration/dependencies, and the end-state view.
Apply experience leading high-profile projects across CI/CD Orchestrator, automated testing systems,
and/or developer value streams, and provide thought leadership to the organization.
Write and promote architecture strategy for maven, Gradle, Spring Boot, and go projects across all of Development. Collaborate with Principal Architects and Software Engineers in solution designs and evaluate the value of the project/feature/capability, determine the approach for adoption, and enable self-service.
Coach and develop team members, provide clear direction, and represent the team when committing to projects. Apply experience minimizing developer process lead time by identifying bottlenecks and subordinate
constraints.
Understand developer platforms, landscapes, capabilities, processes, tools, and integration, including current and emerging technology, and integration/ dependencies.
Identify patterns and frameworks and perform value chain analysis that drives the realization of the SDP strategy. Drive solution implementation by writing user stories and managing the technology/architecture backlog.
Multi-Geographical interaction and coordination

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or equivalent combination of education and experience with CICD platform implementation, managing & building for scale.
Experience in architecting the infrastructure provisioning and pipeline as code for CI/CD using various latest tools and technologies. 10 years of experience as leading & working on CICD , cloud , docker & k8s technologies
Experience with CICD tools such as GitLab, GitHub, TravisCI, Jenkins etc.
Experience with programming languages i.e Go lang, Java, Ruby, Shell etc
Experience in working on Unix/Linus operating systems and managing Databases i.e MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL etc. Understand the domain/area of focus, including customers' architecture, code, pain points, and roadmap. Apply experience with creating ephemeral environments for distributed testing of microservices architectures. Maintain a product-based, rather than a project-based, mindset, and make predictions based on product lifecycle for sustainability and longevity of the software solutions. Apply comprehension of process/system flows, sequence diagrams, logical/reference architecture, solution architecture, capabilities model, standards, and KPIs.
Strong business acumen, communication, and presentation skills
Experience working cross-functionally across multiple teams and departments
Firm knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Experience managing multiple streams of work concurrently
Working knowledge of agile and/or waterfall methodologies
Experience with project tools such as Jira, Confluence
Understanding of technology infrastructure

Must haves
Curious mindset that drives to dig deeper into why things work a certain way
Transparency and clarity in communications
Self-starter able to work autonomously once you've grasped the objectives
Ability to handle ambiguity in a pragmatic way, looking for solutions rather than reiterating problems
Commitment to learning, especially on technical details of technologies
High level of accountability in being the owner of your domain