Senior Software Engineer I ( DevOps )

About the position

The Senior Software Engineer encompasses support for our Software delivery systems including (but not limited to) release engineering, release automation, project management, software deployment and configuration, as well as system monitoring. This role requires an in-depth knowledge of DevOps practice, test automation frameworks and a deep understanding of DevOps services as well as proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will have technical expertise in this space, but also in mentoring and leading a team towards a high bar of excellence.

Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools.
• Writes code that meets specifications, typically for large and highly complex software programs and systems.
• Develops software applications and tools.
• Participates in software design.
• Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments.
• Contributes to and participates actively in the design, architecture and build phases.
• Participates in the evaluation of compatibility of programs with existing communications hardware and software features.
• Interacts with internal and external peers and managers to exchange complex information related to areas of specialization.
• Works closely with other team members in guiding software architecture and technology decisions.
• Demonstrates proficiency in most areas of the professional function and in-depth specialization in some.
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Anticipates and prevents problems and roadblocks before they occur.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise to exchange semi-complex information related to assigned activities.
• Mentors less experienced members of the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or similar field OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field.
• Experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or similar field.
• Experience writing code for moderately complex applications.
• Experience with programming languages for online applications, microservices or mobile applications.
• Experience designing/building moderately complex applications/automation.
• Experience writing automation test or deployment scripts.
• Experience creating coding/scripting solutions to fix moderately complex problems.
• Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• At least 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Deployment automation for various applications IaaS, PaaS platforms on a Linux environment.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in automation software like Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform or equivalent.
• Excellent knowledge in implementation of CI/CD pipelines for Cloud deployments using containers/Docker.
• Strong demonstrable experience in GIT Workflows, Pipelines, and code repository management.
• Experience in working on Kubernetes platform on a microservices architecture and other DevOps tooling.
• Good understanding of infrastructure components (e.g. databases, networking, cloud services, orchestration tools, containerization).
• Experience in operationalization Web and Mobile applications through monitoring and alerting for a polyglot application stack.
• Previous experience with full stack development ranging from front-end user interfaces to back-end systems.
• Expert level knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations.
• Proficiency in design, development, security & scalability of high-volume services implemented in Java, Python etc.
• Strong demonstrated experience of Enterprise Integration Design patterns in development of loosely coupled & resilient systems.