Lead/Senior DevOps

We are seeking a Lead/Senior DevOps Engineer passionate about building tools and services as a force multiplier. If you are passionate about innovative tooling, engineering an excellent user experience, and increasing large-scale efficiency, let's meet and discuss our perspectives.

Work at Exadel - Who We Are: 
Since 1998, Exadel has been engineering its products and custom software for clients of all sizes. Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Exadel has 2,800+ employees in development centers across America, Europe, and Asia. Our people drive Exadel’s success and are at the core of our values.

About Our Customer:
The world's largest human resources consulting firm, headquartered in New York City, with main branches in 40+ countries. Over 20,500 employees operate internationally in more than 130 countries. Its services are used by 97% of Fortune 500 companies.

Project Team:
When you join our team, you'll be immersed in a culture where teammates always help each other achieve better results. We believe that together we are greater and that we can find brilliant solutions by sharing ideas. 

Requirements:

• Background in building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitHub Actions)
• Practical experience with microservices architecture
• Expertise in building and deploying Docker containers
• Knowledge of AWS cloud
• Nodejs, Python, Java, .NET Core projects build/release skills
• Proficiency with creating and maintaining Ansible playbooks
• Understanding basic networking concepts, load balancing
• Experience with various Linux OS (RedHat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu). This includes managing OS and packages, hardening, configuring services, troubleshooting but is not limited to those

Nice to have:

• Kubernetes, Helm
• Hashicorp Consul and Vault
• Experience with monitoring tools such as ELK stack and/or DataDog
• Shell and Python scripting
• Leadership experience in team coordination, experience working as a member and as a leader of a globally distributed international team

English level:
Upper-intermediate

Responsibilities: 

• Create and support various CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitHub Actions)
• Create and support Helm charts
• Follow IaC approach, automate and document everything
• Research new tools and technologies, keep DevOps tools stack up to date, work on POC projects
• Participate in technical design and review
• Participate in designing a system which can scale to meet enterprise needs and is able to assist in quality, performance, and system tests as required
• Maintain and improve existing environments (on premises and AWS)
• Support development teams with technical questions of continuous integration/continuous delivery
• Contribute to and maintain best practices and standards
• Research and recommend innovative approaches in DevOps area of responsibility
• Troubleshoot issues when necessary

Advantages of Working with Exadel:

Transparent Career Roadmap

• The HR manager accompanies each employee on their first steps in the company and assists them in achieving future professional goals
• Exadel is a global company with 30+ offices in 15+ countries. Employees have the chance to discover new places to live and work, and can transfer to any location that has an Exadel production office. The HR manager and the Global Mobility specialist accompany the employee and assist throughout the relocation process
• Your career growth is in your hands, so each Exadeller decides when to level up and initiate performance assessments. The management team supports career planning and the discovery of new tech stacks and languages

Learning & Development Opportunities

• Each Exadeller is given a $1,000 yearly budget for self-education, which includes certifications, training sessions, meetups, conferences, and educational materials
• Employees participate actively and benefit from the knowledge-sharing environment across seven practice units: Digital Marketing Technologies, Content Marketing, AI, QA, QAA, Agile, and DevOps
• Employees can find recordings from meetups and trainings on Exadel’s Internal Learning System

Work & Life Balance

• Each Exadeller is in charge of managing their workflow independently without being micromanaged at every step; it is, however, important that an employee always attends meetings, logs their time, and meets deadlines
• Operating from the office, or remotely, depends on which mode the employee prefers. Hybrid or remote mode staff will receive the necessary equipment before their first working day. For those who prefer to work in-office, the office network  offers up-to-date equipment, good facilities, and a warm collaborative environment
• The team meets at two annual team-building events across locations; in addition there are team events such as Pizza Days, Programmer’s Day, informal meetups, board game parties, and sports initiatives

Employee Perks & Bonuses

• The Exadel referral program covers all regions and involves recognition for hired recommended professionals. Depending on the location and the position, an employee receives a monetary bonus for recommending a candidate to Exadel who ends up being hired
• Employees collect coins for numerous project activities, exchanging them for products or services of their choice available on the Exadel store
• Volunteers for mentoring, interviewing, performing assessments, and participation in community meet-ups, get additional monetary bonuses
• Location-dependent, Exadellers can access benefit platforms with vouchers for online stores, medical insurance reimbursement, sports membership fees, vacations, and childbirth bonuses