Sr. Devops Engineer - Dallas Texas (Need Locals) - Fulltime

Title : Sr. Devops Engineer
Location : Dallas Texas (Need Locals)
Duration :Fulltime

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Must be able to take the lead on Kubernetes infrastructure setup and automation deployments of clusters, nodes, pods, containers

• Lead bringing cloud management techniques and technologies to our on-premises datacenters globally

• Effective communication. Whether working as a group or independently.

• Constant learning of new technologies to improve on-premises with cloud concepts

• Proactive administration and maintenance of managed systems.

• Following a standard change control protocol.

• Creation and maintenance of documentation that covers the lifecycle of such systems.

• Lifecycle management of the various components used.

• Must lead doing prototypes and research new concepts or technologies for use within automation.

• Analyze and report on requirements in response to projects or tasks assigned to the team.

• Implementing new components and/or scripts for use within our automation platform.

• Project, task, and ticket management.

• Train members of the team, and of other teams, on technologies used by automation.

• Provide meaningful assistance with any other assigned duties that may arise.

(Requirements):

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or equivalent degree/experience.

• Demonstrated understanding of leading complex problem-solving situations across multiple technologies

• 5+ years of automation experience in platforms such as Chef, Puppet, Terraform, Salt Stack/Salt Config, vRealize, Aria, Catalog, Cloud Assembly, Orchestrator, Service Broker, Ansible or others.

• Advanced scripting proficiency - languages such as (not limited to) PowerShell, Python, Javascript, and or Bash.

• Experience with VMWare PowerCLI for mission critical and/or long-running workflows.

• Reasonable understanding of VMWare specific concepts such as

  • Clusters, DRS, Distributed Switches, Policies, SDDC, vROPs, vMotion, and Container Volumes.

• Reasonable understanding of cloud platforms such as, Azure, AWS, but also Containers and Kubernetes

• Moderate experience in common ticketing platforms such as Service Desk or Service Now.

It would be even better if you had:

• Expert knowledge of cloud platforms such as, Azure, AWS

• Expert knowledge of Containers and Kubernetes in an on-premises environment

• Advanced VMWare platform experience with long running workflows

• Advanced Aria experience building workflow automations and Aria Infrastructure setup on-premises

• Advanced knowledge of general operating and storage systems such as (Windows/Linux NetApp/Pure)