Infrastructure Development Operations Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure Technologies

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**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:** **The following duties are generally representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive:** * Provide technical thought leadership, to design, deliver, document, and communicate a holistic Infrastructure DevOps strategy to the various IT teams. * Lead Infrastructure DevOps architectural designs & discussions with the various IT team members. * Define, apply, and drive the use cases for Infrastructure DevOps within the Nuveen organization. * Partner across various IT and business teams to provide insight and technology recommendations that result in Infrastructure DevOps solutions to solve critical business problems. * Own and drive improvements to our build and release scripts, tools, and operational processes * Help define best practice for source control, continuous integration, automated testing and release management * Develop Infrastructure DevOps solutions that meet business requirements * Collaborate with peers on work estimation/planning and implementation of new versions/features of tools * Bring new automation technologies to improve velocity and quality of our engineering efforts * Automate server, database, and business application deployments to the various cloud offerings * Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills

**Education and/or Experience:** * Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or similar technical degree. Masters is preferred. * Industry certifications: Strong analytical & problem solving skills required along with a strong process background. * Experience with business service management software; HP BSM preferred * 3+ years of in-depth automation experience using configuration management tools, such as Puppet, Chef, and PowerShell * Proficient in PowerShell, Ruby, Java or Python * Understand operating system, storage, and network technologies & concepts * Experience working with cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform * Extensive experience with systems, network, security, and IT operations * Experience with developing, executing, and documenting test plans * Strong background and experience with Windows and Linux platforms * Experience with IT Monitoring Tools; HP BSM preferred * Ability to learn quickly and work independently * Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work toward task completion * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to build consensus and to present complex presentations to large audiences. Ability to explain complex technical detail and alternatives to non-technical associates. * Able to work on complex, major or highly visible tasks in support of multiple projects that require multiple areas of expertise * Provides subject matter expertise and technical direction for Infrastructure DevOps initiatives * Able to analyze existing processes to understand their strengths and weaknesses to uncover opportunities for improvements * Lead and design, develop, and implement reusable components that reduces implementation time * Performs script maintenance and updates to changes in requirements or implementations * Assists in defining Infrastructure DevOps and quality guidelines and standards **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:** Job Specific Competencies * Deep & broad knowledge of Infrastructure DevOps technology trends and direction. * Deep & broad knowledge of IT as a service concepts and direction * Deep & broad knowledge Software defined standards & evolving trends * Deep & broad knowledge Open-source software & evolving industry standards * Deep & broad knowledge of datacenter technologies and operational processes. * Deep Technical knowledge of virtualization technologies & standards (VMWare, Hyper-V) * Deep & Broad IT Technical Experience/Knowledge * Deep & Broad Experience/Knowledge of Cloud providers (Private, Hybrid, and Public) * Broad knowledge of Containers & evolving trends (Dockers) * Process Implementation & Execution * Project Engineering / Disciplined execution/ Results driven * Attention to Detail **Specific Technologies** * Configuration Management tools (Puppet, Chef, PowerShell) * HP BSM * Open-source cloud computing software (OpenStack, Ironic, Ansible) * Relational databases (MS SQL Server, Oracle) * Application Servers (Tomcat, Websphere,etc.) * Web Servers (Apache, IIS, etc.) * VMWare, MS Hyper-V * Storage Technologies & Concepts * Network Switching * Analytical Problem Solving/Decision Making/Metrics driven **Interpersonal/Communication/Language Skills:** * Ownership and Accountability * Expertise in communication at all Levels * Excellent Organization Skills * Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) **CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATION :** * Certified DevOps Engineer