DevOps Engineer

DevOps EngineerD.C. Area We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our growing team. The candidate will work with a tight, highly skilled engineering team in planning, design and operation of new and existing platforms in concert with development and technology goals and requirements. Key ResponsibilitiesContribute to our overall architecture and infrastructure, especially as it relates to availability, scalability, security, performance, etc.Help improve, implement, and maintain our CI/CD setupParticipate in building and enforcing best practice disciplines for SDLCProvide support and problem resolution impacting our SDLCBuild and maintain infrastructure in AWS utilizing infrastructure-as-codeDevelop scripts and monitoring tools around containing and reducing costs within AWSLiaise with members of the Engineering team to build awareness on best practices and effective usage of our development tools portfolioFoster the DevOps disciplines -- reduce friction and time to deliver new code to productionQualifications & Experience RequirementsScripting/Coding experience – Python and Bash, or equivalent (Ruby, Java, etc.)Infrastructure-as-code experience – Terraform, CloudFormationHands-on experience with AWS – ECS/Fargate, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, Auto-Scaling, CloudWatch, SSM, Lambda, Route53, etc.Experience supporting and administering Linux systemsExperience around managing containers and DockerExperience with source control, CI and build tools – Git (Github/Gitlab), TeamCity/Jenkins, CodeDeploy/CodePipeline, etc.Experience working/collaborating with software engineering in an Agile environmentNice to Have QualificationsExperience managing Java Spring Boot microservicesExperience administering and managing monitoring tools - Splunk, Grafana, Nagios, etc.Experience administering and managing streaming data services – Kafka, KinesisExperience with configuration management tools – Chef, Puppet, SaltExperience with data engineering tools – EMR, DataPipeline, AirflowExperience building Step FunctionsExperience with Github ActionsAWS Associate SysOps Administration or Developer CertificationThe Successful Candidate will be...An engineer who loves to solve problems.Excited about new technologies - you seek them out, you yearn to know more.Passionate about quality – measure twice cut onceUnderstand that there are always improvements to be madeAsking questionsTaking initiative, unprompted, to become the subject matter expert in various technologies.Not shy towards processes or technologies you aren't comfortable with.Wearing multiple hats and have a can-do attitude towards DevOps.Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines, and effectively manage priorities and communicate progress.