DevOps Engineer – Level I Albany, NY

Job Title: DevOps Engineer Level I
Location: Albany NY
Duration: 36 Months Contract
Work Model: Hybrid (50% Onsite / 50% Remote)

Job Overview

Navitas Partners LLC is seeking a DevOps Engineer (Level I) with strong experience in cloud networking infrastructure automation and network security to support enterprise cloud environments. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing implementing and maintaining secure and scalable networking solutions across AWS Azure and GCP while collaborating with engineering and architecture teams to support mission-critical applications.

Responsibilities

• Design deploy and maintain cloud networking infrastructure across AWS Azure and GCP environments.

• Manage and support virtual network appliances such as Arista CloudEOS and Palo Alto PAN-OS with integrations into cloud network infrastructure.

• Implement on-premises to cloud connectivity solutions including VPN and Direct Connect to support application requirements.

• Participate in advanced troubleshooting and problem resolution across multi-discipline technologies.

• Provide 24/7 on-call support on a rotating schedule for network troubleshooting and issue escalation.

• Assist application teams with connectivity design and compliance with security standards.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform for cloud configuration and deployments.

• Monitor and analyze network performance using tools such as Splunk Zenoss Panorama and Wireshark.

• Ensure high availability of cloud network environments through monitoring change control upgrades and troubleshooting.

• Support network performance analysis capacity planning and technical training for junior team members.

• Document architecture designs and implementations using Microsoft Visio.

• Collaborate with cloud connectivity providers to develop solutions and resolve connectivity issues.

Required Qualifications

• 37 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or in a similar cloud infrastructure role.

• Strong expertise in AWS networking including:

  • VPCs subnets security groups route tables

  • Virtual Private Gateway Transit Gateway Cloud WAN

  • Site-to-Site VPN Direct Connect

  • NACLs load balancers peering logging alerting and troubleshooting

• Strong knowledge of Layer 3 networking including:

  • BGP VRFs route maps redistribution

  • NAT subnetting and routing concepts

• Hands-on experience with Palo Alto PAN-OS including:

  • Security policies NAT policies zones

  • Routing tunnels upgrades logging and monitoring

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud application platforms such as Kubernetes and serverless services.

• Hands-on experience with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines for Infrastructure as Code.

• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure networking including VNets NSGs VPNs ExpressRoute and load balancers.

• Experience with Google Cloud networking including VPCs Cloud Router Cloud VPN Cloud Interconnect and Cloud NAT.

• Familiarity with network monitoring and packet analysis tools such as Splunk Zenoss Palo Alto Panorama NfSen Ixia Gigastor and Wireshark.

• Experience documenting technical architecture using Microsoft Visio.

• Knowledge of DNS architecture including public/private and split-brain DNS designs.

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About Navitas Partners LLC:It is a certified WBENC and one of the fastest-growingTechnical / ITstaffing firms in the US providing services to numerous clients. We offer the most competitive pay for every position. We understand this is a partnership. You will not be blindsided and your salary will be discussed upfront.