Contract Atlassian Developer Jobs in Chicago, IL

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Project Overview: Contractor will work on the Enterprise CI/CD team as an Automation/Release Engineer working closely with GitHub Enterprise and Azure DevOps. The team is responsible for administrating the CI/CD tools and developing self-service automation to aid application code deployment through multiple environments as well as some desktop processes through the various tools. Seeking a candidate who is passionate about DevOps CI/CD and has the technical expertise to succeed. The ideal candidate would have Code Migration / Release Automation experience within a medium to large enterprise environment.

Contractor’s Role: As a member of the team owning all of the Enterprise’s CI/CD tools, they will have the opportunity to design and implement features available at large-scale and enable developers to deliver safely at high speeds. The automation engineer will design and support scalable deployment workflows utilizing a number of CI/CD tools and script infrastructure processes to enable self-service requests. Ability to think analytically and troubleshoot escalated issues. Qualified candidates must possess a strong sense of leadership; strong analytical skills, excellent communication skills, good technical abilities, and a can do attitude. Quick to learn and apply knowledge.

Experience Level: Mid-Level (3-7 years) - Some Development experience: combination of QA, Scripting with a QA, and now recently development experience

Qualifications: Technical Understanding Of:

• Administrating GitHub Enterprise & Azure DevOps (permissions, API integrations, pipeline scripting, limitations, etc)
• Docker
• Experience with API integration with an eye for security
• ITSM process experience utilizing ticketing tools like Remedy or Service-Now
• Scripting using Shell, Python, PowerShell

Candidate should have at least 1 year experience in:

• Application release automation or code migrations utilizing GitHub, Azure DevOps, the Atlassian Suite, CA Release Automation (Nolio), or similar automation tools

Nice to Haves:

• Experience installing and administering applications in Unix, Linux, and Windows environments including debugging and command line
• Familiarity with web services, REST, SOAP, or AJAX, etc…
• Windows & Linux Server Administration
• General networking/internet communication protocols
• .Net
• Remote desktop administration
• Extensive Java JRE/JDK knowledge
• Ability to code or script and understand existing scripts or logical workflows
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and at least one year of technical experience with multiple platforms, operating systems, software, communications and network protocols or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Willingness and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Self-starter and works effectively with minimal direction
• Creativity and thinking outside the box
• Ability to work in a team atmosphere
• Detail and process oriented
• Excellent organizational skills
• Leadership skills to drive problem resolution
• Must be able to multi-task effectively

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Enhancing and automating the current systems to better enable agile development for hundreds of application teams across IT.
• Oversees the health of the above mentioned tools by keeping current with upgrades and patches and by resolving integration issues with associated tools.

Reason for Request:

Comments for Suppliers: - Can source local to Chicago or Arizona location

Required Skills: Azure Cloud Services, Powershell, Python, Githib, API Gateways

Basic Qualification: Additional Skills: 2 year contract.

Background Check: Yes

Notes: Selling points for candidate: 2 year contract.