What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer position at ASSYST, Inc.?
ASSYST is seeking a highly experienced DevOps Engineer to join our clients dynamic DevSecOps team. The ideal candidate will have 8 years of experience in automating and streamlining complex enterprise IT environments, with proven expertise in developing, configuring, and maintaining Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools. The role involves working closely with IT developers to improve collaboration across operations, development, and testing functions, with a focus on optimizing processes for scalability, automation, and high availability.
This position requires working under minimal direction, exercising considerable latitude for independent judgment, and providing on-call support, including nights and weekends, for critical environments.
Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Location: Austin, TX (Remote - Candidates must be located within the state of Texas)
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, monitor, and enhance batch jobs and operational processes for improved performance and efficiency.
- Implement and enhance CI/CD solutions by developing and maintaining automated pipelines for consistent and reliable deployments.
- Utilize configuration management tools to automate updates and fixes across production and non-production environments.
- Review and analyze current deployment processes, propose improvements, and streamline code deployments to minimize errors.
- Install, configure, build, and deploy applications for Eligibility Supporting Technology across development, test, training, and production environments.
- Maintain thorough documentation of processes and procedures.
- Provide on-call triage support to ensure high availability for users across multiple environments (development, test, training, and production).
- Assist with release and sprint-related activities to ensure smooth development cycles.
- Develop and maintain automation solutions for existing processes while also designing new, scalable solutions.
- Create detailed plans and proposals for new automation solutions, presenting them for approval.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 10 years of experience automating full lifecycle enterprise IT environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration as Code (CaC), and CI/CD tools.
- 10 years of experience designing and implementing automation solutions for scalability, repeatability, and recoverability, using tools such as Terraform, Ansible Automation Platform, Jenkins, Liquibase, GitHub Actions, and more.
- 10 years of experience working with environments such as IBM WebSphere, MQ, Oracle, and AWS.
- 8 years of experience with programming or scripting languages like Python, GoLang, Shell, Ruby, Perl, Bash.
- 8 years of experience with containers and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, PODMAN, and packaging tools like Helm Charts and Kustomize.
- 8 years of experience with both Linux and Windows operating systems.
- 8 years of experience designing and implementing cloud solutions using the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to work collaboratively across teams.
- Preferred Skills & Experience:
- 5 years of development experience using Java technologies such as Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, EJB, JSP, JSF/Struts.
- Experience with WebSphere ND, MQ, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL Developer, LDAP, Splunk, and Dynatrace.
ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.
