Senior DevOps Engineer

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)•Cedar Rapids, IA

About The Position

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you. CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other. CLA is growing and seeking to hire an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our talented Information Technology team. The position offers growth, flexibility and a collaborative work environment. In this position you should have the following; excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels. Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment. Most important, demonstrate a high level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation. This role is responsible for implementing and managing the DevOps practices within CLA. They oversee the close partnership with development teams, operations teams, and other stakeholders to streamline software delivery processes, automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment, and improve overall system reliability and performance. This role uses various DevOps tools and technologies, such as version control systems, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, configuration management tools, and cloud platforms. They also analyze and optimize system performance, monitor and troubleshoot issues, and ensure compliance with security and compliance standards.

Requirements

5 years of relevant experience required

Nice To Haves

Two years experience monitoring enterprise-scale software solutions using like Dynatrace, Datadog, Azure Monitor Insights (including Application Insights, Container Insights, Cosmos DB insights) Application Insights, etc.preferred
Two years experience developing enterprise-scale software solutions preferred
Two years experience deploying solutions to cloud platforms (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP) preferred
Two years experience with CI/CD pipelines technologies (e.g. Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkis, etc.) preferred
Bachelor's degree or a combination of relevant experience and training may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

Develop, deploy, and maintain incremental software updates, ensuring stability and reliability.
Develop and manage continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate the software delivery process.
Create and manage automated release tools for continuous build and release processes.
Review application requirements and anticipate system needs to ensure availability and scalability.
Optimize relationships between development, QA, and IT operations teams to enhance productivity.
Implement processes, tools, and methodologies to balance needs throughout the software development lifecycle.
Increase customer responsiveness by monitoring application performance and anticipating operational issues.
Create stable operating environments by continuously improving deployable and scalable infrastructure.
Develop automation scripts and procedures as needed.