DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer Job Responsibilities

• Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration.
• Understanding network topologies and common network protocols and services (DNS, HTTP(S), SSH, FTP, SMTP).
• System troubleshooting and problem-solving across platform and application domains.
• Strong experience with SQL and MySQL (NoSQL experience is a plus, too, since we also use Redis, Mongo)
• Good understanding of Web Servers, Databases, and their Optimization parameters.
• A working understanding of code and script (PHP, Python, Shell, NodeJs)
• Deploying, automating, maintaining, and managing AWS cloud-based production system, to ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and security of productions systems.
• Build, release, and configuration management of production systems.
• Experience with automation/configuration management using either Puppet, Chef, or an equivalent.
• Suggesting architecture improvements, recommending process improvements.
• Ensuring critical system security through the use of best-in-class cloud security solutions.
• Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service.
  

DevOps Engineer Skills Required

• AWS: 2+ years- experience with using a broad range of AWS technologies (e.g. EC2, RDS, ELB, EBD, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS) to develop and maintain an Amazon AWS based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security.
• DevOps: Solid experience as a DevOps Engineer in a 24×7 uptime Amazon AWS environment, including automation experience with configuration management tools.
• Strong scripting skills: e.g., Python and automation skills.
• Operating Systems: Windows and Linux system administration.
• Monitoring Tools: Experience with system monitoring tools (e.g. Nagios, Zabbix, CloudWatch).
• Problem Solving: Ability to analyze and resolve complex infrastructure resource and application deployment issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across a variety of audiences.