Job Summary
Synechron is seeking a highly skilled Senior Developer specializing in ELK Stack & DevOps / SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) to join our dynamic issue management team. In this pivotal role you will leverage your expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) DevOps practices and monitoring solutions to ensure the stability performance and operational readiness of our applications and infrastructure. Your contributions will directly support our business objectives by enhancing system reliability streamlining incident management and fostering continuous improvement across technical domains.
Software Requirements
Required Skills:
- Proven proficiency with ELK Stack (Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana) version 7.x or higher with handson experience in building dashboards and analytics
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins Ansible or equivalent automation platforms
- Programming/scripting proficiency in Python and Bash
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (ELK Stack essential Splunk preferred)
- Cloud platform experience (AWS Azure) practical knowledge of cloud services and deployment strategies
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with React and Java application logging and monitoring strategies
- Familiarity with additional DevOps tools and methodologies
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker Kubernetes)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
Overall Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the issue management team to efficiently track analyze and resolve incidents and Operational Readiness Evaluations (OREs) ensuring minimal disruption and swift recovery.
- Develop implement and optimize monitoring and logging solutions utilizing ELK Stack creating actionable dashboards and performance metrics.
- Design and enforce effective logging strategies for applications built with React and Java to facilitate troubleshooting and performance analysis.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing system reliability performance and operational efficiency.
- Work crossfunctionally with development infrastructure and security teams to diagnose and address performance bottlenecks and reliability challenges.
- Document incident processes resolution procedures and best practices to promote knowledge sharing and team growth.
Technical Skills (By Category)
Programming Languages & Scripts (Essential):
- Python Bash or equivalent scripting languages
Monitoring & Logging Tools (Essential):
- ELK Stack (Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana) version 7.x or higher
- Splunk (preferred)
Cloud Technologies (Essential):
- AWS or Azure services such as EC2 S3 CloudWatch or equivalent
Frameworks & Application Technologies:
- Experience in monitoring React and Java applications implementation of logging and performance metrics
Development & Automation Tools:
- CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins Ansible) setup maintenance and optimization
- Containerization (Docker Kubernetes) knowledge preferred
Security & Protocols (if applicable):
- Basic understanding of best practices in security for monitoring and logging
Experience Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in DevOps Site Reliability Engineering or related fields
- Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions particularly using ELK Stack
- Proven experience implementing and refining logging strategies across diverse application stacks (React Java)
- Handson experience working within cloud environments such as AWS or Azure
- Experience working in largescale distributed systems and incident management processes
DaytoDay Activities
- Proactively monitor system health and incident alerts collaborating with the issue management team for swift resolution
- Design configure and enhance ELK Stack dashboards visualizations and analytics for operational insights
- Implement and refine logging strategies for web and backend applications to facilitate effective troubleshooting
- Participate in continuous improvement projects to boost application and infrastructure performance
- Engage in crossteam meetings to discuss incident trends system bottlenecks and reliability enhancements
- Document procedures lessons learned and best practices for ongoing knowledge sharing
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience supported
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Certified Kubernetes Administrator or equivalent are preferred
- Ongoing professional development in DevOps SRE practices and monitoring technologies
Professional Competencies
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with a focus on system reliability and performance
- Effective communicator capable of conveying technical information clearly to diverse audiences
- Teamoriented collaborator with experience working across crossfunctional groups
- Adaptable learner eager to stay current with emerging technologies and best practices
- Demonstrates proactive approach to incident management and continuous improvement
- Ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently while maintaining attention to detail
SYNECHRONS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds race ethnicities religion age marital status gender sexual orientations or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements mentoring internal mobility learning and development programs and more.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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