Senior Development Operations Engineer (Scripting\Automation)
About The Position
Sunbird (www.sunbirddcim.com), an established leader in Data Center Infrastructure Management, is looking for a Senior Development Operations Engineer to join our software development team. Our award-winning web-based solutions help our customers understand and manage energy consumption, environmental conditions, and assets in their facilities. In this role, you will be a key contributor for complex development tasks and be able to provide technical leadership on Linux hardening/configuration, package management, continuous integration, deployments, and virtualization. The ideal candidate will be a software developer who is passionate about automating server configurations, deployments, and other IT processes.
Requirements
- Scripting expertise with Bash and any of Perl, Python, or Ruby (5+ years)
- Detailed understanding of Linux operating systems (Rocky Linux \ RedHat), RPM packaging\deployment, Operating System configuration, tuning, and hardening.
- Experience creating kickstarts or similar system installation technologies.
- Designing and implementing Jenkins CI\CD pipelines.
- Ability to troubleshoot operating system issues, configuration problems, authentication errors, and related software defects
- Must be a graduate of a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering program (or similar field)
Nice To Haves
- Ability to lead a small team
- Knowledge / experience with containerization (Docker / Kubernetes)
- Experience with networking (IP, DNS, Routing, Firewalls, etc...)
- Knowledge / experience with virtualization technology (VMWare, KVM, Nutanix, Hyper-V)
- Knowledge of LDAP and Active Directory
- Experience leveraging AI tools in order to expedite performing job function
- Cryptography technologies and certificates
- Database management skills (PostgreSQL preferred)
Responsibilities
- Maintain Perl, Ruby and Shell scripts that allow customers to easily deploy and configure our solution, run backupsestores, provide high availability, and perform other administrative tasks
- Plan and execute a migration of administrative scripts from Perl to either Python or Ruby
- Maintain robust solution security by managing OS and software updates, implementing system hardening, and ensuring compliance with industry frameworks
- Manage \ build the kickstarts that install our solution currently based on Rocky Linux
- Administer and support CI/CD pipelines and build automation processes using Jenkins.
- Automate operations such as PostgreSQL database backupestores, deployments, and upgrades
- Help our support team delight our customer issues by quickly resolving issues as they arise
- Maintain and support on-premises infrastructure, including server room equipment, physical and virtual servers, storage, and networking systems.
- Help transition solution to containers
- Mentor others
- Must use only company-approved AI tools and follow documented company AI usage policy
Benefits
- amazing PTO Policy that allows you to take care of yourself and your family.
- medical, dental, vision and life insurance to employees.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
