DevOps Engineer – Contractor
Dimensional Fund Advisors
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Austin • Texas • United States
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About the role
- Design, implement, and optimize modern DevOps processes and CI/CD pipelines to manage an on-prem environment.
- Write software for automation at each stage of the dev cycle including build, test, release, and deployment.
- Apply DevSecOps thinking to designing automated security and compliance controls into the CI/CD pipeline.
- Develop automation solutions using everything-as-code practices and tools.
- Collaborate across multiple technology and scrum teams to develop and drive the implementation of an effective DevOps strategy.
- Maintain, support and monitor application environments.
- Establish, track, adjust and report on DevOps and SRE metrics.
- Optimize systems and processes to improve the key metrics over time.
- Create telemetry and dashboards to monitor infrastructure & application health.
- Partner with test engineers to build automation and quality checks into the build pipeline in addition to writing test automation scripts.
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and thought processes and drive changes to the DevOps and SRE philosophy, culture and tools.
- Contribute to community of practice discussions with broader IT and help with transition of platform responsibilities when needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting CI/CD systems and services as part of SRE or DevOps teams.
- Experience developing in Python and Ansible (or equivalents).
- Expert with git commands, branching strategies, and developer workflows
- Ability to configure, manage, and operate dev-ops, application, and data platforms such as: Jenkins, Dependency Track, Redis, Elastic Search, SonarQube, Airflow, Rabbit MQ etc.
- Experience with setting up and managing HA/DR clusters/environments.
- Experience with security and monitoring tools.
- Experience with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Comfort with troubleshooting third party and open-source software systems.
- Deep familiarity with Linux/Bash (or equivalent) and/or Windows/Powershell.
- Strong Linux administration skills especially using RedHat.
- A good understanding of DevSecOps and SRE philosophies.
- Experience with agile/scrum methodologies and the tools that support them.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to communicate complex concepts to various audiences helping them to understand the benefits of technologies and recommended course of action.
- Ability to work with incomplete picture and to seek out information as needed to get the job done.
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits
- educational initiatives
- special celebrations of our history
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
DevOps processesCI/CD pipelinesautomationDevSecOpseverything-as-codePythonAnsiblegitLinuxRedHat
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationtroubleshootingadaptabilityproblem-solvingreportingcommunity engagementagile methodologiesleadershipcritical thinking
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field