Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Alpharetta, GA

Duration: Contract to permanent

Responsibilities:
Work closely with development and other teams to deploy software releases and updates and identify and implement improvements to that process.
Setup and maintenance of source code management tools, repositories, workflows and pipelines and automation of CI/CD processes with the applicable DevOps toolset.
Setup of security and other scans and integrate QA test suites for the deployed applications as a part of the CI/CD process.
Cloud and on-prem infrastructure planning, provisioning, and configuration, along with maintenance and updates as needed.
Setup of application performance monitoring and alerting dashboards with the respective toolset, as well as automated health check of applications and services.
Implement solutions for disaster recovery, failover and resiliency of the applications and underlying infrastructure.
Write deployment, configuration, provisioning, monitoring, and other scripts as needed in addition to the existing DevOps tools that are used.
Production support and troubleshooting of technical problems, incident management and root cause analysis.
Stay on top of industry best practices and trends, security and compliance requirements, and implement improvements to the existing toolset, procedures, and automation.
Collaboration and teamwork in an agile environment.
Requirements:
7-10 or more years of work experience as a DevOps engineer or in similar roles.
Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.
Hands-on experience with source code management, CI/CD and DevOps tools such as GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, Harness, ArgoCD.
Hands-on experience with cloud computing platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and containerization technologies like Docker. Kubernetes experience is a plus.
Certification in one of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) is mandatory.
Hands-on experience with system administration, Linux/Unix shell scripts and networking.
Hands-on experience with databases and SQL. Knowledge of NoSQL databases is a plus.
Knowledge of application performance monitoring and alerts.
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code and provisioning tools like Terraform.
Knowledge of security and compliance requirements and practices.
Excellent analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Understanding of software development and test automation suites. Preferred knowledge of programming languages like Java, Go, Python and scripting like Linux/Unix Shell scripts and others.
Excellent communication skills, understanding of Agile methodologies, ability to work as part of a team, organizational and time management skills.