DevOps Engineer

Requirements:

• Overall 7 years of experience

• Strong knowledge of ASP.NET Web Forms, Windows services, C# and SQL Server 2008.

• Hands-on experience on Azure DevOps, CICD Pipeline and working with DevOps based deployments.

• Very strong fundamentals on .Net Framework 4.x and above Strong understanding and application in C#

and .Net enterprise patterns and usage of Microsoft Enterprise Library

• Experience on WebAPI, WCF, Microsoft reporting tool (RDL) SSRS

• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS3

• Good understanding of IIS configuration

• Good expertise in SQL design (normalization, index design, data modeling) and programming (stored

procs, functions), with development

• Good debugging/troubleshooting skill on both front end and back end

• Experience of writing & optimizing queries that access/process millions of records

• Good communication skills – verbal/written

• Designing and implementing DevSecOps tests: SAST, DAST

• Supporting DevOps operations by integrating developed SAST and DAST tests into CI/CD pipeline builds

• Creating and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps

• Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment with Security mindset and focus.

• Leveraging DevSecOps principles, designs and implementing Security solutions based on these

• Performing DevSecOps maturity assessments

• Working as security champion for application development teams.

• Nice to Have

• Exposure to Agile methodology

• Exposure to Banking domain

• Exposure to Build and Release/Deployment

Overview

adesso India specialises in optimization of core business processes for organizations. Our focus is on providing state-of-the-art solutions that streamline operations and elevate productivity to new heights.

Comprised of a team of industry experts and experienced technology professionals, we ensure that our software development and implementations are reliable, robust, and seamlessly integrated with the latest technologies. By leveraging our extensive knowledge and skills, we empower businesses to achieve their objectives efficiently and effectively.

Job Description

The client’s department DPS, Digital People Solutions, offers a sophisticated portfolio of IT applications, providing a strong foundation for professional and efficient People & Organization (P&O) and Business Management, both globally and locally, for a well-known German company listed on the DAX-40 index, which includes the 40 largest and most liquid companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

We are seeking talented DevOps-Engineers with focus on Elastic Stack (ELK) to join our dynamic DPS team. In this role, you will be responsible for refining and advising on the further development of an existing monitoring solution based on the Elastic Stack (ELK). You will independently handle tasks related to architecture, setup, technical migration, and documentation.

The current application landscape features multiple Java web services running on JEE application servers, primarily hosted on AWS, and integrated with various systems such as SAP, other services, and external partners. DPS is committed to delivering the best digital work experience for the customers employees and customers alike.

Responsibilities:

Install, set up, and automate rollouts using Ansible/CloudFormation for all stages (Dev, QA, Prod) in the AWS Cloud for components such as Elastic Search, Kibana, Metric beats, APM server, APM agents, and interface configuration.

Create and develop regular "Default Dashboards" for visualizing metrics from various sources like Apache Webserver, application servers and databases.

Improve and fix bugs in installation and automation routines.

Monitor CPU usage, security findings, and AWS alerts.

Develop and extend "Default Alerting" for issues like OOM errors, datasource issues, and LDAP errors.

Monitor storage space and create concepts for expanding the Elastic landscape in AWS Cloud and Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE).

Implement machine learning, uptime monitoring including SLA, JIRA integration, security analysis, anomaly detection, and other useful ELK Stack features.

Integrate data from AWS CloudWatch.

Document all relevant information and train involved personnel in the used technologies.

Requirements:

Experience with Elastic Stack (ELK) components and related technologies.

Proficiency in automation tools like Ansible and CloudFormation.

Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud services.

Experience in creating and managing dashboards and alerts.

Familiarity with IAM roles and rights management.

Ability to document processes and train team members.

Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Skills & Requirements

Elastic Stack (ELK), Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, APM, Ansible, CloudFormation, AWS Cloud, AWS CloudWatch, IAM roles, AWS security, Automation, Monitoring, Dashboard creation, Alerting, Anomaly detection, Machine learning integration, Uptime monitoring, JIRA integration, Apache Webserver, JEE application servers, SAP integration, Database monitoring, Troubleshooting, Performance optimization, Documentation, Training, Problem-solving, Security analysis.

Task:

• Need to run our software products in different international environments (on premise and cloud providers)
• Support the developers while debugging issues
• Analyse and monitor software during runtime to find bugs, performance issues and plan growth of the system
• Integrate new technologies to support our products while growing in the market
• Develop Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment Pipelines
• Maintain our on premise hosted servers and applications, like operating system upgrades, software upgrades, introducing new database versions etc.
• Automation of task to reduce amount of human errors and parallelize work

We wish:

• Basic OS knowledge (Debian, CentOS, Suse Enterprise Linux)
• Webserver administration and optimization (Apache, Traefik)
• Database administration and optimization (Mysql/MariaDB, Oracle, Elasticsearch)
• jvm administration and optimization application server administration and optimization (Servicemix, Karaf, Glassfish, Springboot)
• Scripting experience (Perl, Python, PHP, Java)
• Monitoring experience (Icinga/Nagios, Appdynamics, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Knowledge container management (Docker/ContainerD, DC/OS, Kubernetes)
• Experience with automatic deployment processes (Ansible, Gitlab-CI, Helm)
• Define and optimize processes for system maintenance, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
• Excellent communication skill & proficiency in English is necessary
• Leadership skill with team motivational approach
• Good Team player

We Offer:

• Freedom to realise your own ideas & individual career & development opportunity.
• A motivating work environment, flat hierarchical structure, numerous company events which cannot be forgotten and fun at work place with flexibilities.
• Professional challenges and career development opportunities.

Your Contact for this position is Janki Raval .

Would you like to become part of this highly innovative, dynamic, and exciting world?

We look forward to your expressive Resume.

Specific responsibilities commensurate with experience and include:

• Ability to react quickly and effectively to identify and resolve issues that heavily impact CI/CD system (immediate mitigation of impact, long-term resolution including strategies for risk mitigation/monitoring/alert for proactive resolution of potential future occurrences)
• Design, develop, unit test, and implement build automation scripts including environment configuration validation processes
• Automate and improve development process by evaluation and introduction of new tools and scripts, and manage their life cycle and validation
• Determine branching strategy and maintain branches for various components, products, and product lines
• Come up with solutions to open-ended problems that focus on workflow improvements for the Software department
• Address issues with well-defined requirements efficiently; come up with short-term and long-term solutions and staged deployment strategies
• Self-driven-- takes action to move tickets from start to completion with minimal oversight
• Ability to communicate with and consider perspectives of stakeholders including but not limited to: IT, software development, verification
• Ability to break down a problem into smaller components and solve them in a logical, controlled, clearly explainable approach
• Lead the creation and maintenance of a pre-production environment as a testbed for build process improvements and changes before deployment to the production environment
• Gather metrics via direct input, data based on analysis of developer working habits analysis and pain points to assess current state and areas requiring further improvement
• Define chain of communication and immediate paths of action in the case of a build fault state
• Ability to work within constraints of the internal network without access to commercial cloud solutions
• Create metrics that define ‘efficiency’ and ‘reliability’ in measurable terms, and track them
• Perform static code and security analysis
• Design and execute unit tests and perform code coverage analysis
• Able to work in Agile development team environment

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• 6+ years (minimum) experience handling Build, Release, and Deployment of software on Windows and/or Linux environments (on-premise)
• Experience with the development and deployment of CM processes and tools
• Build automation for .NET using TeamCity (Jenkins is an asset)
• Scripting languages: Windows batch scripting, Powershell, Ant/NAnt
• Source control systems usage, branching strategies, and workflow (Git preferred, Subversion)
• 6+ years of hands-on programming experience with C# and .NET (both Framework and Core)
• Troubleshooting and debugging-- what information to gather when there are issues with CI/CD system, and how to gather it (i.e., analyzing network communication? Windows crash dumps, java logs, etc.)
• 6+ years (minimum) in web/desktop application software development experience
• Excellent problem solving, critical and analytical thinking
• Strong team player who understands SDLC and QA methodologies
• A professional, results-oriented individual with a high degree of self-motivation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to coordinate work/activities with multiple software/IT teams
• Working with virtual machines and build management on virtual machines (VMware preferred).
• Managing configurations for multiple build environments
• OS administration and scripting experience (Windows is a must, Linux desired)
• Experience with test automation tools (NUnit, customer inhouse frameworks) and strategies is an asset
• Creation and maintenance of monitoring and alert systems (Zabbix)
• Familiarity with databases (SQL-based) - create, modify, optimize (via script)
• Data and metrics gathering, aggregation, and reporting
• Experience with work management and documentation tools: JIRA and Confluence