Senior DevOps Engineer - Contract

Who We Are

Tensure is a technology consulting firm focused on Cloud, Applications and Data. We started Tensure with the mission to create freedom for others: freedom to be who you are at work, freedom to pursue a career in technology, freedom from the constraints that keep good products from becoming great ones. For our clients, that means freedom to spend time working on the things that are important and fun. For our team, freedom to organize their work life in a way that works for them. For our apprentices, freedom that leads to growth and opportunities for them and their families.

Where You'll Come In

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer with a specialization in Backstage, an open platform for building developer portals developed by Spotify. The ideal candidate will be responsible for deploying and managing code changes in a Backstage environment, collaborating closely with developers to ensure seamless integration and efficiency. This role also involves working with operations staff to maintain system stability and performance, particularly within Kubernetes-based infrastructures.

To excel in this position, the candidate must possess a profound understanding of both development and operations, with a strong emphasis on Backstage's unique features, such as its extensive plugin ecosystem, software catalog, and "docs like code" approach. A solid technical background in software development, system administration, and Kubernetes is essential.

Responsibilities:

• Handle the initial deployment of Backstage, ensuring compatibility with organizational infrastructure, especially Kubernetes integration.
• Customize Backstage using plugins from its ecosystem to meet specific organizational needs and standardize project setups.
• Create and maintain technical documentation using Backstage's "docs like code" approach, ensuring clarity and accessibility.
• Conduct training sessions for team members on using Backstage effectively and provide ongoing support for platform-related issues.
• Oversee the regular updating, performance optimization, and security compliance of the Backstage environment.
• Collaborate with different teams for seamless workflow integration and regularly review platform performance for potential improvements.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or equivalent experience
• Must be located in the US
• Working knowledge of various tools, kubernetes, terraform, database management, git, etc., and cloud services (GCP or AWS)
• Experience managing, deploying, and developing backstage
• Node.Js experience
• Configuration and managing databases such as MySQL
• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles
• Excellent troubleshooting
• Experience working on Linux based infrastructure

Understanding the interview journey

• An initial screening interview
• A technical interview (pairing, case studies and/or hypothetical questions about how you would solve certain challenges)
• A culture and values interview
• Offer Letter sent via email (or a decline with feedback)

*This is a contract role with the possibility of FT