DevOps Engineer III

Reflexive Concepts•Columbia, MD

About The Position

Reflexive Concepts is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer III to join our team! This role requires extensive experience in DevOps methodologies, system architecture, cloud management, and automation. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Linux and Windows environments, experience with CI/CD pipelines, and proficiency in various programming and scripting languages. You will be responsible for supporting the development lifecycle, building release pipelines, maintaining version control systems, and acting as a technical lead for an Agile team. This position involves automating deployments, managing infrastructure, and analyzing service stacks for improvements. Effective communication and problem-solving skills are essential for collaborating with various stakeholders and teams.

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)
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.
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 is required in either Engineering (i.e. Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, etc.) or Computer Science with a minimum of ten (10) years of related experience (excludes education experience such as Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant field)

Nice To Haves

Experience integrating Jenkins/Bamboo, Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployment preferred
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.
Have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture.
Understand 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) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo), and infrastructure automation (Amazon Web Services, VMware, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.).
Experience working cross-functionally across multiple teams.