DevOps Engineer

TEKsystems is a subsidiary of Allegis Group, the largest private talent management firm in the world. Our longstanding history and industry-leading position speak to our success in providing the IT staffing solutions, IT services and talent management insight required for you to actualize ROI and sustain a truly competitive advantage in a fast-changing market.

The scope of this role is increasing efficiency of the Development and Operations teams by implementing a DevOps mindset and methodology. Strong Experience with configuration/ release management and the ability to recommend 'best practices' in a new DevOps environment.

• Writing scripts to automate the provisioning, monitoring and maintenance of systems in a distributed, enterprise environment.
• Working closely with Engineering and Development teams to identify automation opportunities and solutions to currently manual work practices.
• Exploring new technologies to optimize the delivery and reliability of automation.
• Interfacing with internal customers, inputting into technical solutions, advising on best practice and validating new implementations.
• Developing and promoting standard operating procedures and creating processes and tooling for operation efficiency.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Professional experience in production systems support
• 5+ years Windows Application or support experience
• 5+ years Apache, Tomcat or IIS administration
• 3 years Administering, Configuring and Supporting Nagios
• 3 years Administering, configuring and supporting Splunk
• 5+ years of Wintel scripting (VBScript or PowerShell)
• 3-5 years supporting an Agile development environment
• 3-5 years working in a DevOps Environment
• Experience with CI and CD tools such as Jenkins, Travis, SCCM, SCOM etc.
• Strong Windows/Unix Administration Experience

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of TCP/IP and networks in general beneficial
• Highly motivated, disciplined, self-starter with high energy
• Takes the initiative and a strong desire to succeed
• Goal orientated and thrives under pressure
• Proactively and courageously seeks challenges
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and non-verbal
• Strong relationship management & influencing skills (emotional intelligence)
• Pragmatic, creative, forward thinker with sound logic and reasoning
• Able to work and deliver within a distributed team environment
• Flexible, able to pick up new tasks, concepts and tools easily
• Requires a logical approach to problem solving and a strong sense of urgency
• Weekend and Late night work will be required on occasion for support