DevOps Engineer

SpiderRock • Chicago, IL

106d

About The Position

DevOps Engineer will work SpiderRock's established engineers and leadership to contribute to automation and DevOps success. The role will assist in building internal applications and tools to improve efficiency, automation, and system monitoring for our continuous delivery pipeline. A key requirement is the ability to collaborate with our development team and client support team. The DevOps Engineer must be motivated to learn new technologies, and drive to continuously ensure that the end product is high-performing, highly available and secure platform. This is a full-time salaried position in our Chicago office and report to the Head of DevOps team.

Requirements

• 4-year college degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business, or related discipline or equivalent work experience.
• At least 4+ years in a DevOps/SRE role.
• 3-5 years of technical experience.
• Design and development of databases for real time, high availability, large scale applications.
• Create micro services and tools, manage servers, create reports, etc.
• Ensure the performance and security of the applications/systems.
• Build automation tools for deploying and maintaining applications and infrastructure.
• Knowledge of at least one programming language (Python, Golang, or Javascript).
• Build CI/CD pipelines and manage internal software packages.
• Can automate implementations in Bash and/or Powershell scripts.
• System monitoring experience using solutions like CloudWatch, DataDog, New Relic, etc.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with clients, teammates, and work with technical cloud initiatives.
• Ability to work independently and in a team setting.
• Prepared to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Exceptional prioritizing, time management, and organizational skills.
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail.
• Independent initiative-taker.
• Professional, motivated attitude along with strong interpersonal skills.
• Work onsite at our Chicago corporate office.

Responsibilities

• Interface with clients, offering support and guidance throughout projects.
• Troubleshoot and resolve help desk tickets related to SpiderRock's platform.
• Deploy and maintain monitoring for our platform site.
• Develop diverse technology-based solutions.
• Automation through scripts.
• Experience managing Linux server environments including SSH tunneling and troubleshooting DNS/network connectivity.
• Write Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform.
• Working with the development and support teams, instrument infrastructure and services with monitoring, alerting, logging, and distributing tracing tools.
• Run and maintain different product environments (dev, staging, sandbox, production).
• Provide DevOps support with scripting and programming to deploy and operate our platform.
• Help architect, build and deploy secure infrastructure in support of the development and support teams including standards for Docker environments and Kubernetes clusters hosted in AWS.

Benefits

• Highly competitive pay, benefits and bonus structure.
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision).
• Voluntary ancillary plans (Life & AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Critical Accident and Critical Illness).
• Discounted pet insurance.
• Progressive time off benefits (unlimited PTO, maternity leave, paternal leave).
• Wellness programs.
• Zen Den for meditation, naps, nursing, or just to decompress.
• Work with high-caliber and innovative professionals.
• Access to unlimited snacks and beverages in our lounge area.
• Monthly, Quarterly, and Semi-Annual company sponsored events.
• 401K Safe Harbor Plan and Match.
• Onsite gym membership.
• Divvy bike access.
• A fun and collaborative environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees