Bethesda, MD (HYBRID)

Contract to Hire

Our client a commercial insurance provider is looking for 2 DevOps engineers to join their team. He/She will be responsible for working within a larger team to monitor and maintain cloud-based (AWS & Azure) production infrastructure from continuous deployments to managing our monthly processes. The DevOps engineer will use independent problem-solving skills to identify and resolve production environment infrastructure related issues and work with CSA (Certified Solution Architect) to develop cloud modernization efforts. The DevOps engineer will manage production processes and ensure appropriate SLAs are met. The DevOps engineer will stay current with best practices, industry standards, and make recommendations as needed. The role will be required to develop, design and implement solutions autonomously with limited supervision.

See Your Primary Duties And Responsibilities

Working closely and collaboratively with engineering, modeling, data and project/QC team to ensure all the production processes are automated, monitored and SLAs are met for clients. All these processes are expected to be documented for Audit purposesMaintain and improve our CI and deployment pipeline. Work with engineering, Modeling and data teams to proactively identify performance issues and solve themWork closely with CSA and cloud engineer to develop and manage appropriate security protections. Implement and maintain security using Least Privilege model and assist others with understanding and implementing least privilegeImplement metrics and monitoring in order to stay ahead of identifying production issuesOther duties as requested

Job Specifications

Knowledge

1 or more experience in a Cloud Operations role or related position.2 years of infrastructure automation (CloudFormation, Terraform)1 year of Continuous integration (Teamcity, Jenkins)Understanding of Elasticity and Scalability ConceptsAWS Training or Certification is a plus.Experience implementing distributed systemsFamiliarity with RDBMS (MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL Database TechnologiesKnowledge of RESTful Web Services, XML and JSON

Skills And Abilities

Ability to implement interactions with AWS (AWS SDK, AWS API, Command Line Interface, AWS CloudFormation, and other AWS Services such as SQS, S3 etc)Skilled in implementing automation using bash, scripting, python, powershell to perform day-to-day support functions and release management activitiesExperience with information and application security including public key encryption, SSH, access credentials and X.509 CertificatesExperience with some programming languages including SQL, C#, VB etc.Experience in managing Windows and Linux operating systemsExperience in using source code management system such as Team city and GITProven track record of strong analytical and troubleshooting skillsExcellent Interpersonal, verbal and writing skillsAble to accept & adapt to changing priorities.Ability to work independently or as part of a team, manage multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines.Work closely with both the business and development teams globally in resolving issues.1-3 years of IT and DevOps experienceSupports customer satisfaction process by taking accountability and addressing their concerns/ issues.Establish and maintain strong relations with customers to ensure understanding of customer's needs

Education and Credentials

Required: Bachelor's DegreeOther Certifications: Current AWS Solutions Architect and/or AWS SysOps Administrator (required)Azure and/or OpenStack Administrator Certification (not required, but a plus)

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