Senior DevOps Software Engineer

Tittle: Senior DevOps Engineer

Required: Candidates must live in Chicago, IL (will not accept candidates willing to relocate, proof of residency may be asked for)

Experience: 6+ years

Must Have Skills: AWS, Azure DevOps (ADO), YAML, SAST

Location: Hybrid downtown Chicago 4 days a week onsite

Duration: 6+ months (renewable, long-term)

Job Description

• Set up CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployment of resources to Cloud environments, all at a medium to high level of complexity.
• This is a hands-on role that develops and supports build and release automation pipelines. You will be part of the team that will deploy a highly available full software stack in public/ private clouds.
• Remediate gaps and support the automation requirements of continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Identify and develop metrics and dashboards to monitor the adoption and maturity of DevOps.
• Experience in Docker/Containerization and Kubernetes.
• Ability to contribute to architecture discussions around technology controls and their implementation in a DevOps/Cloud environment.
• Work collaboratively with architecture, security, and other engineers to estimate, design, code, deploy, and support working software/technology components.
• Foster the adoption of DevSecOps culture and capabilities across Agile product delivery teams.
• Embed "shift-left" security practices using tools like Checkmarx, SonarQube, PrismaCloud.
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment; planning, estimating, and completing tasks.
• Liaison with Agile Delivery Process teams to support necessary configurations/setup in Azure DevOps (ADO) for Agile ceremonies.
• Champion Modern SDLC by leading the consistent application of the redesigned SDLC framework, aligning with Agile, DevSecOps, and platform standards.
• Work with development and support teams to design improved deployment, provisioning and integration workflows, ensure environments stability and identify areas and plans for improvement.
• Contribute to new technology, vendor package and tool road mapping, evaluation and introduction.
• Ensure compliance with Performance, Security, Availability, Recoverability standards and policies and provide Monitoring recommendations for tasks of low to medium level of complexity.
• 5+ years of demonstrable software engineering and DevOps experience.
• 5+ years working in SCRUM/Agile software development environment.
• Experience deploying and administering Continuous integration tools such as Azure DevOps, is a must.
• Experience with Infrastructure cloud tools such as Terraform, Docker, and Aspire etc.
• Experience with automated testing solutions for unit testing, integration and system testing.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. Computer Science or related field preferred.
• Strong cloud engineering experience primarily with Azure and AWS.
• Experience in working with Terraform, Ansible, and/or Chef for infrastructure automation and configuration.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes on platforms such as AWS ECS and AWS EKS.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Poweshell, and C++ is a plus.
• Experience with APM, monitoring and logging tools such as Datadog, Solarwinds, Cloud watch, and Splunk.
• Experience with SQL databases such as MySQL and NoSQL databases like AWS Dynamo DB and MongoDB, graph DB such as Neo4J, AWS Neptune.
• Experience with project management and workflow tools and concepts such as Jira, Agile, Scrum/Kanban, etc.
• Proficiency in cross-platform scripting language and build tools (Python, ANT, Artifactory, MS Build,NuGet).
• Proficiency in OOP software development using C# or similar languages.
• Ability to define scalable and secure CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of deployment strategies using Docker and Podman for containerization.
• Experience with pair programming using GitHub Copilot.
• Strong communication/presentation skills and ability to explain standards, processes, and cloud architecture with the team and management.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $ $55.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Work Location: In person