Contingent Worker - DevOps Deployment

I. WORK TO BE PERFORMED:

• I. WORK TO BE PERFORMED.

• Work in the DevOps Deployment team, collaborating with other teams to deliver complex projects involving applications running in multiple systems
• Continuously improve the processes and the DevOps team using thoughtful, calculated approaches to identify opportunities, and challenge those around you to strive for perfection.
• Ideate solutions to complex technical challenges; code, test, troubleshoot, debug, and document the solutions you develop.
• Use agile software development model to produce well-designed programs, scripts, and tools required to provision, configure, and monitor deployed applications and infrastructure.
• Produce and execute test strategies, plans, and cases that cover all aspects of application and infrastructure deployment quality.
• Must Have Requirements:
• 6+ years of relevant work experience.
• A deep understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) especially the deployment and production portions.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across teams to deliver shared goals.
• Fluent in event-driven design and workflow automation principals.
• Knowledgeable about industry best practices regarding deployment patterns and architecture principles.
• Experience with continuous deployment tools, techniques, and automation frameworks – especially Terraform Enterprise and Ansible.
• Hands-on experience writing testable scripts using Python or other languages.
• Experience managing helm charts and deploying into Kubernetes (k8s)
• Proficient in the following types of testing: unit, integration, system, functional, non-functional, regression, performance, security, and acceptance. (nice-to-haves)
• Work experience in the capital markets industry.
• Hands-on experience implementing gitops.
• Hands-on experience with Harness.io for CD.
• Expertise with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, LogicMonitor, SignalFX, and Prometheus.
• Worked on projects involving deployment and management of micro services, and hybrid cloud/on-prem infrastructure.
• Intermediate working knowledge of development tools like Maven/Gradle, Java, and distributed message brokers like kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc.
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.