Senior DevOps Engineer

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Job Description:

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer

Must Haves:

• JAVA or Python
• Service provider
• Self-sufficient troubleshooter
• Overview:
  
  

Are you someone who thrives on building automation and working with software development teams? Do you have a thorough understanding and passion for software development in an Agile setting? If you have proven development experience, can get the best out of technology (Docker, Gradle, GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, Ansible, Redmine, Java, Python, Ruby, BASH, FitNesse), know what it takes to be an internal consultant and can successfully collaborate with others then we are your next destination employer.

Description Work:

As an experienced Java and Python developer:

• Implement, maintain, support and enhance the DevOps toolchain as a part of the DevOps mantra of automation, especially automation fabric and CI/CD pipeline consisting of Docker, Gradle, GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, Ansible, Redmine, JAVA, Python, Ruby, BASH and FitNesse
• Become a valuable member of Nimble DevOps’ Client Facing practice as DevOps Generalist supporting a development community of 300+ engineers
• Address Nimble Development community’s requests and needs by:
• Facing the Nimble community and provide consultancy to the Nimble Development community
• Updating Playbook
• Troubleshooting and being the go-to person for Development teams
• Acquiring resource (database, NAS, firewall rule) that’s outside of Nimble’s realm by working closely with other support teams
• Assisting in resolving automated alerts in production and non-production environments of Nimble
• Participating in Nimble Trains deployments
• Updating Nimble documentation
• Contribute to the overall success of team and organization’s goals by meeting Nimble DevOps’ goals
  
  
Your Impact:


• Onboard and support various development teams to fully utilize and maximize the value add of Nimble, the fully automated development lifecycle methodology
• Become the subject matter Nimble expert to the development community
• Provide a one-stop service to anyone delivering software solutions driven by business in a timely, efficient and agile manner
• Collaborate with the internal community and empower it to economically and effectively meet business needs using Nimble
• Provide consultancy throughout the entire lifecycle, especially in:
• Application architecture and software containerization
• Technology: Docker, Gradle, GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, Ansible, Redmine, JAVA, Python, Ruby, BASH, FitNesse
• Iterative and test-driven development
• Continuous integration and deployment
• Automated testing
  
  
Maintain and extend Nimble’s automation fabric


• Enhance tools for:
• Project workflow
• Source code and artifacts management
• Development workflow
• Continuous build and integration
• Test automation
• Continuous delivery and deployments
• Participate in development forums to identify and remove community’s pain points
• Provide complete solutions that reduce manual interventions while injecting significant business value to the entire organization
• Improve documentation and self help
  
  
Control and maintain production environment’s integrity, embracing the extended support model


• Closely liaise with Incident Management to reduce downtime
• Collect production uptime metrics and present trends
• Provide 24x6 L2 support
  
  
Qualifications:


• 5yrs+ JAVA and/or Python development experience in a Linux environment with expertise in Docker, Gradle (Maven) and Jenkins under RedHat
• 5yrs+ Service provider
• 5yrs+ experience with iterative development and automated build pipelines
• 3yrs+ automated software testing (FitNesse is an advantage)
• BSc in Computer Science or similar
  
  
Key to Success in the Role:


• Technical competency with solid process orientation
• Impeccable troubleshooting skills
• Intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility
• Strong consultation and communications skills
• Ability to collaborate and develop long-term relationships
• Curiosity to learn and instill new paradigms in others

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