DevOps Engineer at Palladium International

You and Your Career:

• If you have a passion for optimizing systems, implementing automation, driving continuous improvement, and excel in collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment, we are interested in hearing from you. 
• We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start.  We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting and Supervision:

• This position will report to the Senior Manager, Solution Development.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Technical Expertise:

• Implement and maintain automation tools for deployment, configuration, and monitoring to reduce manual intervention and improve operational efficiency
• Design and implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate the software delivery process
• Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of our systems and services by using various monitoring tools and data analysis techniques
• Respond promptly to incidents and troubleshoot issues
• Plan for capacity and optimize system performance
• Manage changes to systems and infrastructure
• Develop and test disaster recovery plans
• Address security and compliance requirements
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies in software engineering and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Collaborate and communicate with cross-functional teams to contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Develop and maintain documentation related to testing processes, system architecture, and operational procedures

Business Development:

• Contribute to active proposals through contributions to strategy and preparation of technical approach and capability statements.

Key Competencies Required:

• Proficiency in managing complex systems and infrastructure
• Strong coding skills and experience with automating tasks and infrastructure management
• Ability to respond to incidents and troubleshoot issues efficiently
• Knowledge of optimizing system performance and capacity planning.
• Experience in managing changes to systems and implementing version control and release management practices
• Strong analytical skills for problem-solving and effective debugging techniques
• Ability to collaborate with teams and communicate technical concepts effectively
• Security and Compliance Understanding: Familiarity with security practices and compliance requirements
• Experience with monitoring systems and utilizing metrics to ensure system health and performance
• Dedication to staying updated, learning new technologies, and improving existing systems and processes
• Experience in designing solutions incorporating cloud components, including PaaS and SaaS solutions
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and tools such as JIRA and Confluence

Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:

• Expertise in ensuring software quality through Unit Tests, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Test Automation
• Experience in deployment, orchestration, virtualization, and containerization technologies - Docker, Kubernetes, AKS
• Strong knowledge and experience in building CI/CD pipelines and using tools like ANT, Maven, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps Server
• Cloud infrastructure management and automation technologies (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Azure)
• Automation and scripting using PowerShell, DSC, Bash, and ARM templates