Copy of DevOps Engineer

Trax USA Corp.•Coral Gables, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Trax USA Corp is seeking a skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to lead the optimization and automation of Java-based application development and deployment across cloud, hosted, and on-premises environments. This role will manage CI/CD pipelines, containerization with Docker, infrastructure as code, and proactive monitoring solutions, while ensuring security, scalability, and performance. The ideal candidate will collaborate across development, sales, and support teams, contribute to infrastructure design and cloud-native technology adoption, and support pre-sales activities such as demos and technical proposals - all with a strong focus on reliability, documentation, and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
Proven experience in DevOps engineering, with a strong focus on automation and CI/CD pipeline management.
Proficiency in Java-based application environments and development workflows.
Hands-on experience with Docker and container orchestration tools.
Expertise in deploying and managing applications across AWS, hosted servers, and on-premises environments.
Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
Familiarity with monitoring tools and proactive issue resolution strategies.
Solid understanding of security best practices in CI/CD, containerization, and cloud deployments.
Experience supporting sales teams with demos, proof of concepts, and technical proposals.
Ability to analyze complex business and technical requirements and translate them into scalable solutions.
Excellent documentation skills for processes, configurations, and architectural diagrams.
Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple priorities, and meet tight deadlines.
Experience with ITIL processes and providing Level 2/3 production support.
Capacity planning and performance analysis experience in cloud environments.
Disaster recovery planning and testing expertise.
Self-starter with a solution-oriented mindset and a passion for continuous improvement.
Knowledge of cloud-native technologies and a drive to adopt emerging tools and practices.

Nice To Haves

Self-starter/self-motivated, capable of staying on track and pursuing solutions without supervision; flexible do-whatever-it-takes solution-oriented approach.
Strong track record of service delivery using ITIL processes.
Able to work under pressure, meet deadlines and handle multiple initiatives simultaneously.
Determined to deliver outcomes and able to overcome obstacles to resolve service management incidents.

Responsibilities

Optimizing and automating Java-based application development processes to improve efficiency and productivity.
Coordinating and overseeing the concurrent development of multiple branches across various product lines, ensuring seamless collaboration among development teams.
Creating and maintaining Docker images for Java applications, ensuring consistency and scalability in containerized environments.
Managing CI/CD pipelines, automating testing, deployment, and monitoring of software releases.
Deploying and configuring applications across hosted servers, cloud platforms, and customer on-premises installations, while maintaining stringent security and performance standards.
Implementing and overseeing monitoring solutions to detect and proactively address issues.
Collaborating closely with the development team to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
Ensuring the security of CI/CD pipeline, containerized applications, and deployment environments by implementing and enforcing best practices for data protection.
Maintaining clear and comprehensive documentation of processes, configurations, and deployment procedures.
Automating existing hosted customer implementations, including the collection of metrics to monitor system performance and automate issue remediation to ensure customer satisfaction.
Deploying scalable, highly available systems on AWS.
Contributing towards Infrastructure design and selecting the correct AWS service base on requirements.
Designing, building and deploying Infrastructure as a Code (IaC).
Helping develop solutions and enforce DevOps patterns and practices.
Maintaining process documentation, workflow, and architectural diagrams.
Supporting development engineers on their implementations.
Developing medium to large complex customers technology platforms or architectures.
Maintaining active relationships with internal and/or external stakeholders to develop business requirements.
Analyzing and classifying complex change requests and identifying and documenting possible systems enhancements.
Demonstrating knowledge of industry trends, developed products and infrastructure.
Working with the development team to develop and define application scope and objectives and preparing functional and/or technical specifications.
Analyzing and evaluating detailed business and technical requirements.
Supporting the Sales Team on preparing Demos, Proof of Concepts, or pre-prod environments to incentivize customer to sign agreements.
Supporting the sales team with quotes and proposals and reviewing customer technical requirements in a timely basis due to often tight deadlines.
Understanding the product and analytics and driving requirements that consider stakeholders needs.
Providing on-call support and monitoring the system and identifying system deficiencies.
Performing post in-incident reviews of all major incidents and determining action items required to avoid similar issues/minimize downtime for future incidents.
Providing Level 2/3 production support respectively.
Performing capacity analysis of applications hosted in AWS.
Monitoring cloud infrastructure to identify areas of improvement, reliability, cost savings, etc.
Disaster recovery planning and testing.
Contributing to the development of cloud standards, best practices, and organizational capability.
Researching and driving adoption of cloud-native technologies.
Performing other duties as assigned.