Job Description
Job Title: Junior DevOps Engineer
Location: Cleveland, OH 44115 (Hybrid 3 days on-site)
Employment Type: Contract
Key Responsibilities:
Strategy & Planning:
- Support management in implementing long-term strategic goals for technologies and related products aligned with business requirements.
- Collaborate with business owners and department managers to support technology platforms.
- Work with development teams to implement architecture, tuning/coding standards, and quality assurance policies.
- Assist in implementing redundant systems, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, monitoring, alerting, and data archiving policies.
- Evaluate and implement new software versions, technologies, and processes.
- Align solutions across platforms by collaborating with other engineers.
Acquisition & Deployment:
- Support management in ensuring the quality of new applications and software enhancements.
- Implement software products and services to support procurement and development efforts.
- Conduct feasibility studies for new system products and provide recommendations.
- Ensure software integrations meet functional requirements, system compliance, and interface specifications.
- Collaborate with analysts, designers, and system owners in software testing.
- Participate in server lifecycle management, technology upgrades, and security implementations.
Operational Management:
- Assist in the engineering, configuration, operation, and maintenance of secure and scalable internet/intranet infrastructure supporting eCommerce, CMS, and enterprise applications.
- Document installation and configuration standards in the team's knowledge base.
- Troubleshoot and resolve hardware/software infrastructure issues.
- Develop and execute automated deployments of digital assets across environments.
- Optimize web and application server performance in collaboration with Application Performance Management teams.
- Work on projects based on high-level requirements with minimal guidance.
- Support a 24x7 global production environment.
Incidental Functions:
- Monitor servers, applications, integrations, and websites.
- Assist with disaster mitigation and recovery implementation.
- Participate in hiring and compliance with equal employment opportunity policies.
- Attend meetings with software developers and business users.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 7+ years of IT experience.
- 3+ year of experience with Application Servers, including installation and performance tuning.
- 3+ year working with web-based architecture, including SSL, Domains, DNS, and content delivery networks.
- 3+ year of experience with automation and deployment tools (Ruby, Puppet, Chef, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
- 3+ year of experience in cloud solutions for application implementation.
- 3+ year of hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
- Understanding of security-related tools (Web Application Firewall, SAST, DAST).
- Working knowledge of Apache-based Webserver or Nginx.
- Understanding of DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, and network concepts.
- Familiarity with Linux or *nix operating systems.
- Experience with task automation via scripting.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Enterprise Content Management Systems.
- AWS or other cloud experience.
- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code methodologies.
- Knowledge of container security, management, and orchestration in a cloud environment.
- Experience with Application Performance Management tools (Dynatrace or similar).
- Familiarity with LDAP concepts and working with an LDAP Directory.
- Agile development and release management experience.
Personal Attributes:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Quick adaptability to new tools and technologies.
- Ability to facilitate meetings and manage action items effectively.
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Capable of working in a multicultural environment and leading cross-organizational initiatives.
- Ability to execute tasks efficiently, even in ambiguous or rapidly changing situations.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with an updated resume.
Dheeraj Kumar. R
Kellton Inc.
E-mail: [email protected]
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