DevOps Engineer

Objectives of this role

• Building and implementing new development tools and infrastructure
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying them to developers
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes.
• Testing and examining code written by others and analysing results
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats.
• Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and fixes
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended.
• Planning projects and being involved in project management decisions.

Responsibilities

• Deploy updates and fixes and provide Level 2 technical support.
• Build tools to reduce occurrence of errors and improve customer experience.
• Develop software to integrate with internal back-end systems.
• Perform root cause analysis of production errors and resolve technical issues.
• Develop scripts to automate visualization.
• Design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Required skills and qualifications.
• Experience as a DevOps engineer or in a similar software engineering role
• Docker and Kubernetes knowledge
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub workflows
• Good knowledge of Linux or Python
• Good knowledge of AWS and Azure
• Working knowledge of databases and SQL
• Problem-solving attitude
• Collaborative team spirit

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelor of science degree (or equivalent) in computer science, engineering, or relevant field
• Experience in developing/engineering applications for a large company.