Job Summary:
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas is seeking a DevOps Operation Engineer to support the application content infrastructure for their Pension and Healthcare Line of Business applications. The role involves managing complex applications, performing job scheduling, workload automation, and deployment support while collaborating with various teams to ensure high-quality service delivery.
Responsibilities:
• Assist with providing infrastructure support with a focus in the area job of scheduling, workload automation, and managed file transfer (MFT) solutions, which includes GlobalScape Enterprise SFTP and Global ECS Job Scheduler technologies.
• Assists with deployment of applications to multiple environments using DevOps methodologies using automation and continuous integration / continuous deployment, primarily based on Windows PowerShell, Ansible, OpenShift and Jenkins.
• Assists with software provisioning, configuration management, integration validation and application deployment tools.
• Analyzes, diagnoses, and resolves infrastructure problems related to job scheduling, workload automation, managed file transfers, SolarWinds, and Dynatrace technologies.
• Works with developers, DBAs, QA staff and others for continuous process improvements and high-quality deliveries on time.
• Assists with developing policies, procedures, and standards for installing, configuring, and supporting, job scheduling, workload automation, managed file transfers (SFTP) technologies.
• Provides infrastructure support with a focus in the area job scheduling, workload automation, and managed file transfer (MFT) solutions, which includes GlobalScape Enterprise SFTP and Global ECS Job Scheduler technologies.
• Deploys applications to multiple environments using DevOps methodologies using automation and continuous integration / continuous deployment, primarily based on Windows PowerShell, Ansible, OpenShift and Jenkins.
• Supports software provisioning, configuration management, integration validation and application deployment tools.
• Analyzes, diagnoses, and resolves infrastructure problems related to job scheduling, workload automation, managed file transfers, SolarWinds, and Dynatrace technologies.
• Works with developers, DBAs, QA staff and others for continuous process improvements and high-quality deliveries on time.
• Develops policies, procedures, and standards for installing, configuring, and supporting, job scheduling, workload automation, managed file transfers (SFTP) technologies.
• Assist with planning an infrastructure environment for multiple applications.
• Works on the installation, configuration, monitoring and maintenance of job scheduling, workload automation, and managed file transfers technologies.
• Conducts product evaluations of new software and upgrades to existing middleware software to identify strengths, weaknesses, and potential benefits to the agency.
• Monitors applications to ensure compliance with licensing agreements and HIPAA/PHI/PII regulations.
• Collaborates with other agency staff to maintain application and network security.
• May provide training and technical assistance to IT and other staff on middleware technology software and related issues.(only for DevOps Operation Engineer)
• Performs on-call or scheduled after hours as required.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in software engineering, computer science, IT or a closely related field.
• High school diploma or equivalent and additional full-time experience in recent job scheduling, workload automation, and managed file transfer (MFT) solution administration experience, including one (1) year administering a Microsoft Windows server environment may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.
• One (1) year of full-time experience in recent job scheduling, workload automation, and managed file transfer (MFT) solution administration experience, including one (1) year administering a Microsoft Windows server environment or related experience.(DevOps Operation Engineer Associate)
• Three (3) years of full-time directly related, progressively responsible experience in recent job scheduling, workload automation, and managed file transfer (MFT) solution administration experience, including one (1) year administering a Microsoft Windows server environment or related experience.(DevOps Operation Engineer)
• Experience may be concurrent.
• A master's degree or doctoral degree in a closely related field may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.
• None
Preferred:
• Experience in GlobalScape Enterprise SFTP and Global ECS Job Scheduler infrastructure design, development, and support.
• Experience in Windows and Linux infrastructure troubleshooting and support.
• Experience with one or more of the following technologies: Microsoft Windows Server and DNS, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft PowerShell, OpenShift, F5 Web Application Firewall
• Experience with hardware and software monitoring and alert escalation tools and SolarWinds Monitoring suite.
• Experience with automation and DevOps tools including Ansible, Jenkins, and GitHub.
• Experience with Agile, ITIL methodologies and best practices.
Company:
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is responsible for investing funds under its stewardship and for delivering benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature. Founded in 1937, the company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, US, , with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.