Sr. DevOps Engineer

Role: Sr. DevOps Engineer

Location: Atlanta GA (Onsite)

Type: Contract

Description:

Position Overview:

• Sr. DevOps Engineer. We are creating a team in the United States to both add capacity to Enterprise Pipeline onboarding efforts in addition to provide follow the sun support for all facets of Enterprise Platform Engineering.

Position General Duties and Tasks :

• We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced member to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure Kubernetes (K8s) expertise enterprise application development Terraform and security.
• This role will be responsible for Leading implementing and managing complex cloud-based infrastructures as well as focusing on platform engineering to enhance developer experiences and self-service capabilities within a secure governed framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Architecture: Design build and deploy scalable highly available and fault-tolerant systems on Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.
• Platform Engineering: Improve developer experiences and self-service capabilities by creating and managing an internal developer platform that helps developers be more efficient secure and scalable.
• Kubernetes Expertise: Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters for deploying and scaling applications.
• Enterprise Application Development: Able to design systems with the enterprise application developer in mind. Oversee the development and implementation of enterprise solutions which align with business strategies and software engineering needs.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Utilize Terraform to automate the provisioning of cloud resources ensuring consistency repeatability security and traceability.
• Security: Implement and manage security measures to protect cloud infrastructure and applications including compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Collaboration: Work closely with various departments including IT security and application development teams to ensure seamless integration and operation of platform services. Partner with product security and engineering teams to align platform capabilities with business goals.
• Documentation and Training: Create comprehensive documentation and functional training sessions workshops and lunch-and-learn events to share knowledge and best practices.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology related field and/or extensive enterprise design and development experience.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud architecture with a focus on Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Container technology like Openshift Service Mesh & GKE

Technical Skills:

• Deep expertise in cloud-native technologies (GCP Azure or AWS) Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Experience Open Shift execution skills & Service Mesh by Red Hat
• Experience in GKE

• Experience with IOT Cluster Support (GCP Experience) Jfrog ArgoCD Kubernetes Sonarqube ADOS Jenkins
• Strong background in infrastructure as code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines design patterns and tools
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. Java ).
• Experience with monitoring logging and observability tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana ELK Datadog).
• In-depth knowledge of security principles and practices in cloud and containerized environments.
• Firm understanding of platform engineering concepts. Experience in designing solutions which drive efficiency support self-service capabilities and improve developer experiences.
• Able to apply knowledge of emerging technology trends and best practices to show the potential business application of technology improvements.

Collaboration:

• 1x month rotational weekend support
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with various individuals teams and departments and other IT functional areas including security and application development teams.
• Excellent communication problem-solving and project management skills. Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and lead cross-functional projects.
• Experience in creating comprehensive documentation and training materials workshops and lunch-and-learn events to share knowledge and best practices.

Bonus:

• Experience building internal developer platforms or platform-as-a-product.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio Linkerd).
• Relevant certifications such as Google Cloud Professional Architect Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or similar.