• 1-year contract, renewable
• Government project
• Hybrid work arrangement

Your responsibilities include:

• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Collaborate on the design, implementation, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment velocity and system reliability.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Contribute to IaC initiatives using tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, or Ansible to provision and manage infrastructure efficiently and consistently.

• Observability & Monitoring: Work with the DevOps/Infrastructure team to ensure application and system observability through metrics, logs, and distributed tracing using tools like Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.

• Platform Reliability: Participate in platform reliability efforts, including setting up monitoring and alerting systems, conducting automated testing, and tuning performance.

• DevSecOps Integration: Help drive the adoption of DevSecOps practices, integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and ensuring infrastructure and application compliance.

• Automation & Scripting: Develop and maintain scripts and automation tools to streamline infrastructure provisioning, build processes, and application deployments.

• Cloud & Environment Management: Work with cloud and hosting providers to set up, configure, and manage application environments and deployment pipelines.

• Resource Management: Provision and manage infrastructure resources such as servers, virtual machines, containers, and related services to support development and operations teams.

• Continuous Integration/Delivery: Promote and implement continuous integration and delivery best practices to improve development workflows and deployment efficiency.

Must-Have Skills

• Education & Experience: Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience in a related field.
• DevOps & Cloud Expertise: Strong understanding of DevOps methodologies, Agile development practices, and cloud technologies (preferably AWS).
• CI/CD Tools: Practical experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines using platforms such as GitLab CI/CD.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in tools like Terraform, Terragrunt, or Ansible to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for building, managing, and orchestrating containerized applications.
• System Administration: Proficient in administering both Linux and Windows systems, including patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Web & Application Servers: Experience managing and deploying applications on JBoss and Apache servers.
• Middleware & Messaging: Experience configuring and managing RabbitMQ or similar messaging systems.
• Cloud & Virtualization: Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and virtualization technologies like VMware.
• Networking Fundamentals: Solid understanding of networking concepts (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, VPNs, subnets) as they relate to cloud and on-prem environments.
• Programming & Scripting: Exposure to backend technologies such as Java, and scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation.
• Monitoring & Observability: Familiar with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace) for metrics, logging, and tracing.
• Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, networks, and deployment pipelines.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Architecture & Design: Experience designing infrastructure and automation solutions for complex and scalable applications.
• Certifications: Relevant industry certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator etc).
• Collaboration: Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with developers, testers, and operations teams.
• Enterprise Experience: Background working in large software teams or enterprise IT environments.