Senior DevOps Consultant (Remote applicants invited to apply)

*Remote applicants invited to apply*

Job Description:

As a Senior DevOps Consultant candidate, you need to be: passionate about solving problems, have strong capabilities in cloud environments and supporting/related technologies, have strong troubleshooting skills, and be proficient with building customer facing solutions in a team centric environment.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Keep up with industry best practices and trends and tools in DevOps
• Drive implementation of best practices and standards
• Document and develop process automation to include: Build and Deployment of on-prem and cloud-based applications and required application infrastructure, automated configuration and deployment on-premise infrastructure (Infrastructure as Code) as well as PaaS
• Build, deploy, and maintain build and application pipelines
• Test system integrity, design and implement automation solutions and other processes related to infrastructure with a focus on continuous improvement
• Manage code deployments, fixes, updates, and related processes
• Work with multiple CI/CD tools 
• Assist customer with re-platforming application components to cloud native services
• Assist with containerization and micro segmentation of applications
• Strong troubleshooter

Your Corporate Responsibilities:

Internal Control responsibilities vary by role and are subject to change. Please discuss your individual internal control responsibilities with your immediate supervisor on a regular basis.

• Handle confidential matters and information professionally
• Conduct business in a professional, competent and ethical manner
• Adhere to corporate policies and procedures

Job Knowledge/Skills: 

• Excellent customer service skills on phone and in person
• Professional demeanor and good communication skills
• Ability to think and come up with solutions quickly
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills and experience required. Must be able to adjust style to match the audience whether internal, client technical, or client executive. Proven experience articulating technical viewpoints to diverse audiences, including technical and non-technical business decision makers. High EQ sought.

Education and Experience: 

• 3+ years of experience performing DevOps consulting and/or filling a DevOps role within an organization
• 3+ years of infrastructure and/or development background
• Fundamental understanding of networking and security (both terrestrial and cloud)
• Proven experience with software control tools such as GIT, SVN
• Experience with common industry solutions such as Message Queues (Service Bus), Databases (Cosmos), Redis, and KeyVaults
• Deep Kubernetes experience, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) preferable
• Hands-on experience with Cloud automation, Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD), and use of Open-Source Software (OSS).
• Solid scripting experience in multiple scripting languages: Python, PowerShell, Bash
• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile Principles
• Understand fundamental design principles behind building long term scalable applications

Physical Requirements of Position: 

Ability of finger dexterity to be used primarily to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects or pinching fingers together. Movements frequently and regularly required using the wrists, hands and / or fingers. Speech ability must be at a level where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly or quickly. Hearing ability must be at a level to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information. Visual ability must be average with ordinary visual acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or products, or operate machinery. Physical strength for sedentary work with sitting most of the time. May have to exert or lift up to 10 – 20 pounds of force occasionally.

ePlus is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. ePlus promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.

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