Looking for a Sr. DevOps Engineer
SWAMI K S R
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Location: St Louis, MO
There are 3 different skill levels for the openings, (Mid, Senior, Lead)
Duration – Long Term On going contract (At least 1 year)
Candidates must work on your direct W2, no visa transfer, no subvending.
Sr. DevOps Engineer
At a high level, looking for: Splunk, AppDynamics, Java middleware, Jenkins, bitbucket (git) & Puppet in a Linux environment.
JOB SUMMARY
The person in this position will report to the IT Ordering/eCommerce department’s operational support team. As a front-line responder in a constantly changing ecosystem, this support team member is responsible for working with Charter’s internal and external resources to quickly and effectively diagnose and resolve issues effecting the stability of a platform responsible for generating millions of sales, through multiple channels, for a Fortune 100 company. We are an organization that prides ourselves on meeting a goal of near 0% unplanned downtime, therefore, it is critical this individual possesses a proactive, assertive personality, excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), a great eye for detail, and the ability to perform a root cause analysis in a highly complex environment. As part of a lean operating team, resilience and adaptiveness are “must have” characteristics in this team player.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
As an integral part of the support team and an advocate of quality performance, some of the key responsibilities of Application Support Specialist include:
Develops and or enhances CI/CD pipeline solutions for the IT Ordering/eCommerce department’s operational support team.
- Quickly responds to incident alerts and support calls. Identifies, and coordinates with, teams critical to the event’s resolution, sets up bridge calls, and escalates when necessary.
- Proactively monitors highly available applications/systems. Interprets and disseminates the information to a variety of audiences, including support teams and internal leadership.
- Develops and executes automated and manual smoke tests following maintenance and outage recovery periods.
- Self-educates on new systems, applications, and tools, and requests guidance and training proactively, as needed, to ensure optimum job performance.
- Assists in elevating the performance of other support team members.
PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
The ideal applicant will clearly possess the following experience, characteristics, and competencies:
- 3 – 5 years’ experience developing CI/CD solutions.
- 3 – 5 years’ experience in a support related role.
- Experience using source control and deployment tools, such as Jenkins, Git, Puppet, and Automic.
- Expertise using logging, ITOA, and APM products such as Splunk or AppDynamics.
- Experience with Oracle Web Commerce (ATG) and/or Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) preferred.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to capture and articulate technical and non-technical details.
- Proficient with a wide array of data mining, and messaging tools and techniques.