DevOps Engineer (Hybrid)

About this role

DevOps Engineer who will play a vital role in enhancing and maintaining our infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration between Windows and Linux systems. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement efficient and reliable automation, deployment, monitoring, and management solutions. Your expertise will contribute to the stability, security, and scalability of our software products and services.

Responsibilities

• Implementing various development, testing, automation tools, and IT infrastructure
• Planning the team structure, activities, and involvement in project management activities.
• Managing stakeholders and external interfaces
• Setting up tools and required infrastructure
• Defining and setting development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operations
• Having the technical skill to review, verify, and validate the software code developed in the project.
• Troubleshooting techniques and fixing code bugs
• Monitoring the processes during the entire lifecycle for adherence and updating or creating new processes for improvement and minimizing wastage
• Encouraging and building automated processes wherever possible
• Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management
• Incident management and root cause analysis
• Coordination and communication within the team and with customers
• Selecting and deploying appropriate CI/CD tools
• Strive for continuous improvement and build a continuous integration, continuous development, and continuous deployment pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline)
• Mentoring and guiding the team members
• Monitoring and measuring customer experience and KPIs
• Managing periodic reporting on the progress to management and the customer

Technical Skills

-Scripting Languages

Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Ruby to automate tasks and develop tools.

-Configuration Management

Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or similar, for managing and provisioning infrastructure.

-CI/CD

Familiarity with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment concepts and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Travis CI, or CircleCI.

-Containerization and Orchestration

Knowledge of containerization tools like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes for managing and scaling applications.

-Networking

Solid understanding of networking protocols, load balancing, firewalls, and DNS.

-Cloud Platforms

Experience working with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud for deploying and managing applications.

-Monitoring and Logging

Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) and logging frameworks (e.g., ELK stack) to ensure system health and performance.

Soft Skills

-Problem-Solving

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to diagnose issues and implement effective solutions.

-Communication

Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

-Collaboration

Ability to work effectively in a team environment, share knowledge, and provide guidance to junior team members.

-Attention to Detail

Meticulous attention to detail in all aspects of work, from scripting to deployment and monitoring.

-Adaptability

Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and tools as the DevOps landscape evolves.

-Time Management

Efficiently manage multiple tasks, prioritize work, and meet deadlines.

Certifications (Optional, but beneficial)

-AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

-Microsoft Certified

Azure DevOps Engineer

-Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

-Certified Jenkins Engineer

-Puppet Certified Professional

-Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

Note

The skills and qualifications mentioned above are based on the general expectations for a mid-level DevOps Engineer with experience in both Windows and Linux environments. Depending on the specific job posting and company requirements, the emphasis on certain skills and qualifications may vary.