Web services devops engineer (level 2)

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Web Services DevOps Engineer (Level 2)

Location: Washington, DC

Project Details:

The Client creates and supports hundreds of websites for Members, Committees and Leadership (MCL) offices. Today, the preferred web platform for the Client is Drupal, with most current websites on Drupal. Client Web Services manages these MCL sites as well as internal websites for the 10,000 Client staff. In addition, Web Services develops, maintains, and manages applications that are comprised of other legacy technologies. These applications facilitate web operations and provide added functionality, with maintenance support for the MCL Offices.

The Client is seeking a DevOps Engineer contractor for Web Systems who will be responsible for development, maintenance and execution of tools and processes that build and deploy applications. They will also develop, improve, and document build processes and procedures. They will be responsible for software source code, change control, configuration, build and deployment process for Drupal and .Net based applications. The DevOps engineer will be responsible for working with Development team, Linux and Windows team to lead patch efforts and remove any impediments for the development team on Linux and Windows platform. The DevOps engineer will be responsible for working with the Solution Architecture, VMWare, and Development teams to manage the Web systems Client images and ensure timely patches and updates are provided. Provide expert support in analysis and reporting of web-related activities and projects throughout the Software Development Life Cycle. Communicate complex and/or technical information to a broad range of audiences. The DevOps engineer will be responsible for ensuring critical patches are coordinated, tested and applied to the Client Drupal platform within reasonable time.

This is a fully remote position. However, the Client reserves the right to require Contractor personnel to report on-site on an ad hoc basis, depending on the team’s needs and changes to the Client’s operational environment.

General Responsibilities:

• Automate systems configuration and orchestration using tools, such as Chef, Ansible and Jenkins.
• Design CI/CD pipelines to include application and security testing with Jenkins.
• Maintain code integrity and organization using GIT/GitLab.
• Enable automation of triggers and alerts when deploying applications through environments.
• Configure automated testing and deployment processes.
• Design and document the DevOps process.
• Automate Developer’s everyday operations with scripts or templates.
• Recommend to management development approaches and strategies for applications and services provided to Client customers.
• Work closely with management, project managers and members of the Development Team to develop detailed specification documents with clear objectives.
• Work effectively and collaboratively with Web Systems colleagues on assigned projects and activities.
• Follow the Web Systems Agile SCRUM Methodology, other frameworks, governance processes, and best practices.
• Maintain professional relationships with customers, management, colleagues and deliver high-quality customer service.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Develop scripts to do Continuous Integration and Development using Gitlab CI/CD or other similar tools.
• Configure and Setup systems built on frameworks such as .NET, Ruby on Rails and Drupal across environments.
• Collaborate with development, QA, release engineering, site support, and infrastructure teams to maintain high-quality deployment artifacts as it moves through deployment pipeline.
• Document all DevOps and Continuous Integration processes on Sharepoint.
• Develop and fix monitoring systems to ensure availability of production systems.
• Develop and implement centralized logging and monitoring tools.
• Install application patches on applications built on Drupal and .NET.
• Lead production deployment efforts by creating change requests, deployment and rollback strategy and testing to ensure successful deployments to production environments.
• Work with Linux team to coordinate patch deployments and remove any impediments for development team and requests made by Development team.
• Work with the Solution Architecture team, VM Tanzu team and Development team to ensure patching and updates are applied to the Container images.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information systems or information technology.
• 3-5 years of experience managing diverse DevOps workloads, across infrastructure, administration, deployment, development support and monitoring.
• 3 years of experience with automation and configuration management using Ansible.
• 1-3 years of Linux administration experience.
• 3 years of experience working with containerization, orchestration, and service discovery experience on both Windows and Linux hosts, using Docker, ECS or EKS.
• 1-3 years of experience with Gitlab or similar version control systems, including branching, tagging, merging, and release management.
• At least three (3) years of experience building CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
• Experience with Docker, deploying containers, automated build deployments using Jenkins.

Specific Qualifications:

• Demonstrated significant experience, 3 recent years as a DevOps engineer and/or Software Developer in technologies such as Drupal or .NET.
• Understanding of the Agile/Scrum software development lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience in building and maintaining websites using Drupal CMS.
• Demonstrated experience in deploying and configuring applications on Windows and Linux environments.
• Experience with automation tools like Jenkins, Gitlab CI/CD, Ansible or equivalent.
• Strong understanding and familiarity with the fundamentals of Linux systems administration.
• Experience with application containerization (Docker) and infrastructure as code solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Equally comfortable working on a project team as well as independently.
• Excellent organization, planning, prioritizing skills and attention to detail.
• Experience in setting up and deploying applications on PaaS or IaaS cloud offerings.
• Experience in administration of source code management tools like Git.
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent technical degree.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.