Junior Dev Ops Engineer

Swift Transportation•Manassas, VA

About The Position

As a Junior DevOps Engineer in our team, your primary responsibility will be to support the testing and deployment of software systems used by Swift Customers. You will work closely with developers, testers, and other stakeholders to analyze specifications and technical design to identify test plans, cases and execute them. Your role will involve configuring and maintaining the application environment, identifying defects, troubleshooting and ensuring timely resolutions of issues to keep up the smooth rollout of quality software in production. With your expertise in scripting languages like Python and Bash, you will automate routine tasks, test cases and contribute to improving system performance, testing and reliability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline
1-3 years of hands-on experience contributing to software development teams
Experience working in a Linux environment
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Shell, Python, or Perl
Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible
Experience with source code repositories such as GitHub and Bitbucket
Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware and KVM

Responsibilities

Perform day-to-day systems administration/management activities that may include initial set-up, configuration, testing of hardware or software platforms, user account administration requests and/or customization to maintenance and upgrade projects.
Resolve problem management issues regarding system/operations by identifying corrective measures/ improvements.
May include installations, set-ups, error message, online transactions, system/application status, operational procedures in accordance with the service level agreement.
Participate in development and maintenance of test tools.
Interact with network services, software systems engineering and /or applications development in order to restore availability of services and/or identify root cause of problems.
Ensure user satisfaction by providing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and problem resolution services
May participate in the planning and implementation of system/network projects/enhancements, ensuring adherence to documented processes and procedures and risk mitigation efforts.
May automate administrative tasks to improve the monitoring of applications ensuring effectiveness in line with customer needs and departmental policies
May participate and organize environment testing and installations/upgrades.
Maintain records of deployment and identify problems.
Manage and coordinate the problem and change management processes including coordination of the team products/projects such as schedules, release planning and release management costs and the coordination of the change management process flow.
Validate newly created cases and change requests for accuracy and completeness and forward to appropriate person(s) depending on the product.
Review moderately complex problem situations and participate in the identification of opportunities for improvement to processes, procedures or tools.
Acquire, develop and maintain technical and product knowledge in pursuance of the above objectives.