What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dev Ops Engineer position at Northern Trust?
Project Overview:
Contractor will work on the Enterprise CI/CD team as an Automation/Release Engineer working closely with GitHub Enterprise and Azure DevOps. The team is responsible for administrating the CI/CD tools and developing self-service automation to aid application code deployment through multiple environments as well as some desktop processes through the various tools. Seeking a candidate who is passionate about DevOps CI/CD and has the technical expertise to succeed. The ideal candidate would have Code Migration / Release Automation experience within a medium to large enterprise environment.
Contractor’s Role:
As a member of the team owning all of the Enterprise’s CI/CD tools, they will have the opportunity to design and implement features available at large-scale and enable developers to deliver safely at high speeds. The automation engineer will design and support scalable deployment workflows utilizing GitHub and ADO tools and script infrastructure processes to enable self-service requests. Ability to think analytically and troubleshoot escalated issues. Qualified candidates must possess a strong sense of leadership; strong analytical skills, excellent communication skills, good technical abilities, and a can do attitude. Quick to learn and apply knowledge.
Top Tier (High Impact / Practical Differentiators)
Ability to code or script and understand existing workflows (GitHub and ADO Experts)
Familiarity with web services / REST
Windows & Linux server administration
General networking / internet protocols
Mid Tier (Nice Technical Depth, Situational Value)
Experience administering Unix/Linux/Windows (install/debug/CLI)
.NET
Remote desktop administration
Soft Skills – High Value (Leadership / Enterprise Fit)
Leadership skills to drive problem resolution
Strong communication at all levels
Self-starter / works with minimal direction
Works effectively in a matrixed environment
Effective training / mentoring skills
Soft Skills – Baseline (Expected, Not Differentiating)
Ability to multi-task effectively
Detail and process oriented
Strong organizational skills
Ability to work in a team atmosphere
Creativity / thinking outside the box
Experience Level: Mid-Level (3-7 years)
- Some Development experience: combination of QA, Scripting with a QA , and now recently development experience
Qualifications (must haves):
Deep Technical Understanding Of:
Administrating GitHub Enterprise & Azure DevOps (permissions, API integrations, pipeline scripting, limitations, etc)
Experience with Microsoft Co-Pilot for GitHub and best practices for implementing and improving adoption and usage metrics.
Experienced administrator of Github Self Hosted Runners on-prem/Azure Cloud along with Nexus Sonatype Repository
Docker
Experience with API integration with an eye for security
ITSM process experience utilizing ticketing tools like Remedy or Service-Now
Scripting using Shell, Python, PowerShell
Candidate should have at least 1 year experience in:
Application release automation or code migrations utilizing GitHub, Azure DevOps, CA Release Automation (Nolio), or similar automation tools
Tasks & Responsibilities:
Enhancing and automating the current systems to better enable agile development for hundreds of application teams across IT.
Oversees the health of the above mentioned tools by keeping current with upgrades and patches and by resolving integration issues with associated tools.
Salary : $80 - $90