DevOps Engineer III

Reflexive Concepts•Annapolis Junction, MD

About The Position

Reflexive Concepts is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer III to join our team! This role involves supporting the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment, and debugging. You will be responsible for building a release pipeline for fast, safe delivery of critical business software to Production, developing and maintaining sound version control best-practices-based CM systems (Git), and serving as a technical lead for an Agile team. You will automate release deployments across various environments, set up new sites and applications using configuration management tools, and maintain tracking and documentation software. Additionally, you will create, assist, and implement the design and maintenance of web service infrastructure, analyze service stacks for improvements, and identify processes that can be streamlined and automated. Effective communication to bridge stakeholder and development requirements is essential, as is assisting with support and operations where necessary. You will leverage programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, and Java, and be proficient with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies. The role requires automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking, having a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture, and understanding SLA requirements, high availability architectures, performance optimization, and monitoring techniques. You will support deployment and operations when necessary, set up and configure continuous integration environments using Configuration Management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes, and architect best practices for software build tools, continuous integration tools, and infrastructure automation.

Requirements

Must be fluent with Git
Strong knowledge of Linux and Linux environments (RHEL 6/7/8, RHCSA/RHCE, CentOS)
Experience with Windows system administration, system monitoring, instrumentation, resiliency and performance
10+ years working in an Agile dev environment (excludes education experience such as Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant field)
10+ years of system architecture required with a demonstrated ability to read the code and understand the coding logic to assist in troubleshooting
10+ years' experience managing/monitoring AWS cloud and virtualized servers for optimal performance while working in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment
Familiarity with software development life cycle models, agile, and DevOps programming methodologies
Fluent skills in object oriented programming and experience in at least one programming language such as Ruby, C, C++, GO, Python, or Java
Experience acquiring in-depth understanding of large complex software systems to isolate defects, reproduce defects, assess risk, and understand varied customer deployments
Ability to successfully work with customers, developers, testing, project management, and support staff
Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills
Clarity and precision in verbal and written communications
Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering (e.g., Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace) or Computer Science is required, with a minimum of ten (10) years of related experience (excludes education experience such as a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field).

Nice To Haves

Experience integrating Jenkins/Bamboo, Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployment preferred
Experience with caching technologies (Memcache, ActiveMQ, Redis, APC, etc.)
Experience with MySQL (Clusters, Replication, and Tuning) and Elasticsearch (Kibana a plus)
knowledge of security practices, networking protocols, firewalls, PCI compliance, etc.
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
Linux

Responsibilities

Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment and debugging
Build a release pipeline to enable fast, but safe delivery of critical business software to Production
Develop and maintain sound version control best-practices-based CM systems (Git), including branching and merging strategies
Serve as a technical lead for an Agile team and actively participate in all Agile ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives
Automate release deployments across development, test, staging, Quality Assurance and production stacks using a combination of scripting languages and other automation toolkits
Set up new sites and applications via configuration management such as Puppet and Ansible
Maintain/upgrade/patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence/Jira)
Create, assist, and implement design and maintenance of web service infrastructure and deployments
Analyze service stack and make recommendations for further improvements
Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated
Communicate effectively to help bridge stakeholder and development requirements
Assist with support and operations where necessary
Maintain confidentiality with regard to information being processed, stored, or accessed
Leverage programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, and Java
Proficient with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies
Proficient automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking
Ability to have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture
Understanding of SLA requirements and role of high availability architectures, performance optimization, and monitoring techniques
Act in the capacity to support deployment and operations when necessary
Set up and configure a continuous integration environment by leveraging Configuration Management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes
Architect and develop best practices for software build tools (Gradle, Maven, ANT, Shell), continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo), and infrastructure automation (Amazon Web Services, VMware, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.)
Experience working cross functionally across multiple teams