Senior DevOps Engineer
Akaasa Technologies
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
Location: Chicago or Houston - Hybrid onsite at either locationMust have experience with Harness
- CI Pipeline - Github actions
- Know workflows
- Scan policies
- CD Pipeline - Harness - there's a huge advantage to knowing Harness over other tools
- Deployment Pipeline
- What are the steps
- Security
- Scanning
- AWS - Know ECS and using these tools. Overall understanding of AWS structure.
- Architecture - They have multi region set up. Understanding this setup.
- Relational Database experience - PostgreSQL
- Debugging experience - This is big. The people they have now have no ability to improvise and find a solution.
- How do you research a solution to debugging issues?
- 10+ years working in Information Technology
- 4+ years running production systems on AWS
- Datadog
- Experience with site monitoring and log monitoring tools, specifically Datadog.
- Certified AWS SysOps Administrator a plus.
- Experience with TypeScript & JavaScript
- Experience with DynamoDB, S3 and Cognito
- Good understanding of Serverless and CloudFormation
- Understanding of best practices for AWS, EC2, Couchbase and monitoring of containers
- Manages capacity planning, updates, upgrades and internal integration.
- Responsible for administration of monitoring tools in the APM space
- Coordinates with DevOps, Problem Management, etc escalations to support monitoring
- Manages uptime and availability and reporting
- Mentor, educate, and train support personnel on how to use tools
- Maintains knowledge on current technology by reading technology periodicals, evaluating new technologies and attending tradeshows, technical seminars and training sessions.
- Performs other duties as assigned and required. Duties and responsibilities may change from time to time without notice and include but are not limited to the duties described above
- Manage monitoring of overall application availability, latency and system health
- Determine alert standards for production environments and implement them
- Develop strategies for logging and indexing to improve visibility to development teams
- Develop and manage configuration scripts for Amazon hosted infrastructure
- Work with the development team and management to ensure high availability
- Familiarity with configuration management software such as Ansible
- Build reporting dashboards to assist visibility of cost and stability
- Provide support to teams for alarms and outages on an as-needed basis
- Experience with Windows Server, IIS, Docker/Kubernetes
- Strong understanding of systems, networks and troubleshooting techniques.
- Experience in automated build pipeline, and continuous integration. Source control, branching, & merging: git/svn/etc (Repository Management)
- Communication Skills- The ability to communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of employees and management, speaks and writes clearly and understandably at the right level.
- Integrity and Trust- Involves being widely trusted, being seen as a direct, truthful individual, can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner, keeps confidence, admits mistakes, and does not misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.
- Teamwork- Works well in a collaborative setting, volunteering for and completing assignments, acting as a positive team member by contributing to discussions, developing and maintaining relations.
- Technical Expertise- A commitment to increasing knowledge and skills in current technical/functional area, keeping up to date on technical developments, staying informed as to industry practices, knowing how to apply relevant technical processes to appropriate business needs.