DevOps Engineer (1058)

Company: SMX
Location: Hartford
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

DevOps Engineer (1058)at SMX(View all jobs) (https://www.smxtech.com/careers/)United StatesOur tradition of delivering innovative, technical solutions dates back to 1995, however, you may know us better by one of our legacy company names: Trident Technologies, Smartronix, Datastrong or C2S Consulting Group. With the support of OceanSound Partners, our private equity investment sponsor, we began operating as one business starting in 2019 and became SMX in 2021. We operate in close proximity to our clients around the globe and have core locations in Alabama, California, DC Metro, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, and Massachusetts.Today, as SMX, we are one team and together empower government and commercial enterprises to become more effective, innovative, and resilient, no matter what challenges they face.SMX is a Premier Amazon Web Services Consulting Partner and Microsoft Gold partner, is currently seeking an experienced DevOps Automation Engineer with a strong background in Development, Automation and DevOps to join our expanding Cloud Services business unit and work with some of the best Cloud Architects and Cloud Engineers in the market.A successful candidate will bring depth of experience in software development and writing infrastructure automation code (IaC). They will be able to confidently support DevOps delivery engagements, provide hands-on experience implementing cloud-native, and automation-centric architectures, have working knowledge of continuous integration models, write infrastructure automation code, work directly with leads and program managers and exhibit an overall willingness to contribute to the Smartronix team.The candidate should have experience developing large distributed cloud-hosted systems and keeping them operational. As a team member you will be responsible for building and maintaining tools for deployment, monitoring and operations, as well as troubleshooting and resolving issues in our production and staging environments with a major focus on automation, i.e. deployments, cloud set-ups, monitoring and alerting. A successful candidate should be comfortable to take on any task or project - big or small - to efficiently and effectively get the job done and support the Smartronix customer service and delivery missions. They will bring proven DevOps design and deployment methodologies to each and every customer engagement.**Skills and Responsibilities:**+ In-depth understanding of deploying and leveraging core Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) services.+ Work closely with other engineering development team members to implement and design the next generation of our ecosystem.+ Hands-on experience writing automation code that produces/supports Production-ready infrastructure solutions+ Strong hands-on experience with IaC automation framework - e.g.: Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CloudFormation+ Strong experience developing Serverless Applications, Microservices and Container based Applications. Specifically building on top of cloud native services including but not limited to AWS Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, ELK, EKS and EB.+ Hands-on experience writing build scripts and developing and maintaining CI/CD deployment pipelines using Jenkins, Circle CI or AWS CodePipeline.+ Strong hands-on scripting knowledge and experience - e.g.: Python, Perl, BASH, PowerShell+ A passion for coding simple, clean and well-tested solutions with a working understanding of Application Frameworks and Code (Python (Django or Flask), Go, Javascript (Express, React or Angular) and/or Java (Spring)+ Maintain a high level of availability and quality of service for Smartronix applications, both internal and external.+ Baseline knowledge of foundational infrastructure components - e.g.: IP networking, VPNs, DNS, firewalling, authentication and load balancing concepts+ Ability to translate customer requirements and needs into proven design patterns+ Understanding of designing and delivering with cost in mind+ Strong, practical Linux or Windows system administration skills+ Proven ability to cleanly document, promote and present your work to other teams and to customers+ Willingness and ability to collaborate across internal practices and with other team members+ Ability to work within an organized and structured delivery-centric team+ Jump into complex troubleshooting efforts when asked and as needed+ Support after-hours incident escalations and/or maintenance windows as needed+ Achieve and maintain AWS certification levels**Required Experience:**+ US citizenship required for work under DoD contracts.+ 3+ years of experience with one or more automation frameworks (e.g.: Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform) or continuous integration tools (e.g.: CodePipeline, Jenkins, Maven, TeamCity, GoCD, Git)+ 3+ years in a project delivery role involving direct customer interactions+ 3+ years of hands-on experience using AWS services+ 3+ years working as a developer or in a development-centric role+ Proof of active AWS Solution Architect Associate, Professional or specialty-track certification desired+ Bachelor's Degree required or additional 4 years of relevant Information Technology experience accepted in lieu of degreeVaccination within 60-days of hire, or an approved accommodation, is a requirement of the position per Executive Order 14042 (unless precluded by State law). If a candidate is not vaccinated, they may request an accommodation once offered the position, and the accommodation must be granted prior to the employee starting in the position. Candidate will have 60 days to get vaccinated.\#LI-EW1 #LI-REMOTESMX is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability status, protected veteran status, race, color, age, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or genetic information. Selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation. SMX is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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