DevOps Engineer I

Job Summary
This position supports the department by developing and building IT solutions, installing and configuring solutions, implementing reusable components, translating technical requirements, assisting with all stages of test data, developing interface stubs and simulators, along with performing script maintenance and updates. This individual is responsible for staying apprised of new developments in both AWS and operations, and helping determine how and when those would affect and/or improve our architecture.
Responsibilities

• Work closely with development teams to integrate their projects into the production AWS environment and ensure ongoing support and maintenance
• Work closely with other internal teams to build security, reliability, and scalability into the development lifecycle
• Dive deep into the software stack to troubleshoot as needed
• Build engineering automation and productivity tools to streamline and scale applications in the production environment
• Recommend alternate choices and trade-offs for various design decisions. Investigate performance and process failures and work to improve them
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to application development, deployment and operations
• Build from the ground up reliable infrastructure services in AWS to deliver highly scalable services
• Stay up to date on latest industry trends; able to articulate trends
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CloudFormation, Chef, or other equivalent tools
• Experience working in an iterative based development environment using Agile/SCRUM or Kanban
• Fosters a positive team environment
• Ensure confidentiality of internal and external data
• Perform ad-hoc projects and other duties as assigned

Professional Skills

• Verbal Communication - Proficient
• Written Communication - Proficient
• Customer Service - Proficient
• Learning Agility - Proficient
• Analysis - Proficient
• Problem Solving - Proficient
• Prioritization - Proficient

Role Specific Skills

• Experience with AWS is required
• Ability to use Redis, MySQL & Postgres, MongoDB, Jenkins, JIRA & Confluence, TFS, Chef, Ansible, Gitlab, Container including Docker, Kubernetes etc, Hadoop and network monitoring tools like cloudwatch, sumologic, splunk etc. preferred
• Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and cloud services preferred
• Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration preferred
• Experience with Linux infrastructures, database including Mysql, MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, Hadoop; CI/CD tools, scripting such as JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby. Bash, Powershell preferred

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree in Engineering or equivalent
• 1-3 of years previous experience in development and operations, or related IT, computer, or operations field

Other Relevant Qualifications

• Certified AWS Solution Architecture or relevant certification is preferred
• Experience in Container technology include but not limit to Docker or ECS, EKS, Kubernetes is preferred
• Experience in Big Data field like Cassandra, Hadoop, Spark or Cloudera is preferred

Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities, and schedule may change at any time with or without notice.
SMS Assist is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital or parental status, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy or other reasons prohibited by law.