Senior DevOps Engineer

at  Dutech Systems

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Worker must have strong hands-on professional software development, cybersecurity, and/or IT operations experience building, testing, and deploying secure production applications and systems using continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) pipelines in a large-scale enterprise environment. The worker will be responsible for integrating security measures into our DevOps processes, automating security controls in CI/CD pipelines, monitoring applications and infrastructure for security vulnerabilities, and conducting regular security assessments. The worker will also provide training on secure coding practices and stay updated on new security technologies. They should have expertise in a variety of DevOps tools, knowledge of DevOps automation, and strong experience with Linux administration, containerization technologies, and microservices architecture. The worker is expected to proactively address potential security risks and performance issues to ensure the security, stability, and efficiency of our CI/CD pipelines.

CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

8 | Required | Professional experience in DevOps engineering, Software Development, or related field.
7 | Required | Experience with programming languages such as Java and .NET.
6 | Required | Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, and PowerShell to automate repetitive tasks such as monitoring, deployments, and configuration management.
5 | Required | Experience in Cybersecurity and implementing and automating security best practices into CI/CD pipelines.
5 | Required | Experience with security testing tools such as SAST, DAST, or IAST.
5 | Required | Experience setting up and managing Jenkins servers, creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, integrating with other tools (e.g., Git, Maven, SonarQube), writing Groovy scripts for pipeline automation, and monitoring and optimizing Jenkins performance.
5 | Required | Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Chef.
5 | Required | Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
5 | Required | Experience with automation of infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
5 | Required | Experience with Maven in building and managing Java projects, maintaining POM files, troubleshooting build issues, dependency management and versioning, and integrating with CI/CD pipelines.
5 | Required | Experience with Artifactory set up, configuration, managing binary repositories, integrating with build tools (e.g., Maven and Jenkins), managing artifact lifecycle and versioning, and implementing security and access controls.
5 | Required | Experience with microservices architecture, design, development, and containerization and orchestration.
5 | Required | Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
5 | Required | Experience designing, developing, testing, integrating, and implementing secure REST APIs.
5 | Required | Experience with code reviews and in-depth code analysis.
5 | Required | Experience with highly complex application security requirements.
5 | Required | Experience with Git, Bitbucket, Subversion, and version control systems.
4 | Required | Experience with SonarQube set up, configuration, integrating with CI/CD pipelines, and analyzing code quality and security vulnerabilities.
4 | Required | Experience with Jira and Confluence.
4 | Required | Experience with Agile teams.
3 | Required | Experience with coaching, training, mentoring, and knowledge transfer.
4 | Preferred | Experience with cloud technologies and platforms such as AWS and Azure.
3 | Preferred | Experience working with legacy applications/services.
3 | Preferred | Experience in modern web technologies such as JavaScript, Node.js, React.js, Redux, HTML5, CSS3.
3 | Preferred | Public sector experience (Federal, State, or Local Government).
2 | Preferred | Proficient with Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, TEAMS, Microsoft Project, Word, Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint

CI/CD Modernization and automation of the entire pipeline from code check-in to deployment utilizing industry best practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration as Code (GitOps), and Blue-Green and Canary Deployment Strategies.
Implement “Shift Left” security approach by integrating security tools and automating security checks and compliance into the CI/CD pipeline.
Monitoring and Observability to provide comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting for the CI/CD pipeline.
Participating in all phases of SDLC.
Performing extensive code reviews and analysis.
Writing reports on code analysis to determine if industry standards and secure coding best practices are being followed; provide analysis to address found short comings.