Devops Engineer

Main tasks

• Supervision of the CI/CD process for the automated builds and deployments of web services and web applications as well as desktop tool in the cloud and container environment
• Responsibility of the operations part of a DevOps organization especially for development at LS telcom in the environment of container technology and orchestration, e.g. with Kubernetes
• Installation, operation and monitoring of web applications in cloud data centers for the purpose of development of the test as well as for the operation of an own productive cloud as LS service
• Implementation of installations of the LS system solution especially in the container context
• Introduction, maintenance and improvement of installation solutions for LS development in the desktop and server environment as well as in the cloud and with on-premise Kubernetes
• Maintenance of the system installation documentation and implementation of trainings

Execution of internal software tests and support of involved teams and stakeholders

• Hands on Experience with Azure DevOps.

Qualification profile

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in communications engineering, electrical engineering, physics or comparable qualification
• Experience in software
• Installation and administration of Linux and Windows systems including network and firewalling aspects
• Experience with build and deployment automation with tools like Jenkins, Gradle, Argo or similar as well as system scripting (Bash, Power-Shell, etc.)
• Interest in operation and monitoring of applications in virtualized and containerized environments in cloud and on-premise
• Server environments, especially application, web-and database servers
• Knowledge in VMware/K3D/Rancer is an advantage
• Good spoken and written knowledge of English

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are looking for a passionate, high energy individual to help build and manage the infrastructure network that powers the Product Development Labs for F5 Inc. The F5 Infra Engineer plays a critical role to our Product Development team by providing valuable services and tools for the F5 Hyderabad Product Development Lab. The Infra team supports both production systems and customized/flexible testing environments used by Test and Product Development teams. As an Infra Engineer, you ’ll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and work with talented individuals. The ideal candidate will have experience in Private and Public Cloud – AWS-AZURE-GCP, OpenStack, storage, Backup, VMware, KVM, XEN, HYPER-V Hypervisor Server Administration, Networking and Automation in Data Center Operations environment at a global enterprise scale with Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Flatforms.

EXPERIENCE

7- 9+ Years – Software Engineer III

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive the design, Project Build, Infrastructure setup, monitoring, measurements, and improvements around the quality of services Provided, Network and Virtual Instances service from OpenStack, VMware VIO, Public and private cloud and DevOps environments.

• Work closely with the customers and understand the requirements and get it done on timelines.

• Work closely with F5 architects and vendors to understand emerging technologies and F5 Product Roadmap and how they would benefit the Infra team and its users.

• Work closely with the Team and complete the deliverables on-time

• Consult with testers, application, and service owners to design scalable, supportable network infrastructure to meet usage requirements.

• Assume ownership for large/complex systems projects; mentor Lab Network Engineers in the best practices for ongoing maintenance and scaling of large/complex systems.

• Drive automation efforts for the configuration and maintainability of the public/private Cloud.  

• Lead product selection for replacement or new technologies

• Address user tickets in a timely manner for the covered services

• Responsible for deploying, managing, and supporting production and pre-production environments for our core systems and services.

• Migration and consolidations of infrastructure

• Design and implement major service and infrastructure components.

• Research, investigate and define new areas of technology to enhance existing service or new service directions.

• Evaluate performance of services and infrastructure; tune, re-evaluate the design and implementation of current source code and system configuration.

• Create and maintain scripts and tools to automate the configuration, usability and troubleshooting of the supported applications and services.

• Ability to take ownership on activities and new initiatives.

• Infra Global Support from India towards product Development teams.

• On-call support on a rotational basis for a global turn-around time-zones

• Vendor Management for all latest hardware and software evaluations keep the system up-to-date.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Have an in-depth multi-disciplined knowledge of Storage, Compute, Network, DevOps technologies and latest cutting-edge technologies.

• Multi-cloud - AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, DevOps Operations

• IaaS- Infrastructure as a service, Metal as service, Platform service

• Storage – Dell EMC, NetApp, Hitachi, Qumulo and Other storage technologies

• Hypervisors – (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen and AHV)

• DevOps – Kubernetes, OpenShift, docker, other container and orchestration flatforms

• Automation – Scripting experience python/shell/golan , Full Stack development and Application Deployment

• Tools - Jenkins, splunk, kibana, Terraform, Bitbucket, Git, CI/CD configuration.

• Datacenter Operations – Racking, stacking, cable matrix, Solution Design and Solutions Architect 

• Networking Skills –   Cisco/Arista Switches, Routers, Experience on Cable matrix design and pathing (Fiber/copper)

• Experience in SAN/NAS storage – (EMC/Qumulo/NetApp & others)

• Experience with Red Hat Ceph storage.

• A working knowledge of Linux, Windows, and Hypervisor Operating Systems and virtual machine technologies

• SME - subject matter expert for all cutting-edge technologies

• Data center architect professional & Storage Expert level Certified professional experience .

• A solid understanding of high availability systems, redundant networking and multipathing solutions

• Proven problem resolution related to network infrastructure, judgment, negotiating and decision-making skills along with excellent written and oral communication skills.

• A Working experience in Object – Block – File storage Technologies

• Experience in Backup Technologies and backup administration.

• Dell/HP/Cisco UCS server’s administration is an additional advantage.

• Ability to quickly learn and adopt new technologies.

• A very very story experience and exposure towards open-source flatforms.

• A working experience on monitoring tools Zabbix, nagios , Datadog etc ..

• A working experience on and BareMetal services and OS administration.

• A working experience on the cloud like AWS- ipsec, Azure - express route, GCP – Vpn tunnel etc.

• A working experience in working using software define network like (VMware NSX, SDN, Openvswitch etc ..)

• A working experience with systems engineering and Linux /Unix administration

• A working experience with Database administration experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL

• A working experience with automation/configuration management using either Puppet, Chef or an equivalent

• A working experience with DevOps Operations Kubernetes, container, Docker, and git repositories

• Experience in Build system process and Code-inspect and delivery methodologies.

• Knowledge on creating Operational Dashboards and execution lane.

• Experience and knowledge on DNS, DHCP, LDAP, AD, Domain-controller services and PXE Services

• SRE experience in responsible for availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning.

• Vendor support – OEM upgrades, coordinating technical support and troubleshooting experience.

• Experience in handling On-call Support and hierarchy process.

• Knowledge on scale-out and scale-in architecture.

• Working experience in ITSM / process Management tools like ServiceNow, Jira, Jira Align.

• Knowledge on Agile and Scrum principles

• Working experience with ServiceNow

• Knowledge sharing, transition experience and self-learning Behavioral.

We are looking for candidates that have experience in development and have performed CI/CD based projects. Should have a good hands-on Jenkins Master-Slave architecture, used AWS native services like CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy and CodePipeline. Should have experience in setting up cross platform CI/CD pipelines which can be across different cloud platforms or on-premise and cloud platform.

Job Description:

• Hands on with AWS (Amazon Web Services) Cloud with DevOps services and CloudFormation.
• Experience interacting with customer.
• Excellent communication.
• Hands-on in creating and managing Jenkins job, Groovy scripting.
• Experience in setting up Cloud Agnostic and Cloud Native CI/CD Pipelines.
• Experience in Maven.
• Experience in scripting languages like Bash, Powershell, Python.
• Experience in automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in Docker and Kuberneties with creating docker files.
• Hands on with version control systems like GitHub, Gitlab, TFS, BitBucket, etc.

Creates, modifies, and maintains software applications individually or as part of a team.  Provides technical leadership on a team, including training and mentoring of other team members.  Provides technology and architecture direction for the team, department, and organization.

• Develops software applications and supporting infrastructure using established coding standards and methodologies
• Sets example for software quality through multiple levels of automated tests, including but not limited to unit, API, End to End, and load.
• Self-starter and self-organized - able to work without supervision
• Develops tooling, test harnesses and innovative solutions to understand and monitor the quality of the product 
• Develops infrastructure as code to reliably deploy applications on demand or through automation
• Understands cloud managed services and builds scalable and secure applications using them
• Creates proof of concepts for new ideas that answer key questions of feasibility, desirability, and viability
• Work with other technical leaders to establish coding standards, development best practices and technology direction
• Performs thorough code reviews that promote better understanding throughout the team
• Work with architects, designers, business analysts and others to design and implement high quality software solutions
• Builds intuitive user interfaces with the end user persona in mind using front end frameworks and styling
• Assist product owners in backlog grooming, story breakdown and story estimation
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with team members and other stakeholders throughout the organization
• Document software changes for use by other engineers, quality assurance and documentation specialists
• Master the technologies, languages, and practices used by the team and project assigned
• Train others in the technologies, languages, and practices used by the team
• Trouble shoot, instrument and debug existing software resolving root causes of defective behavior
• Guide the team in setting up the infrastructure in the cloud.
• Setup the security protocols for the cloud infrastructure
• Works with the team in setting up the data hub in the cloud
• Create dashboards for the visibility of the various interactions between the cloud services
• Other duties as assigned

• BA/BS in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent work experience

• Mastered advanced programming concepts, including object oriented programming
• Mastered technologies and tools utilized by team and project assigned
• Able to train others on general programming concepts and specific technologies
• Minimum 8 years’ experience developing software applications

• Must be expert in advanced programming skills and database technology
• Must be expert in at least one technology and/or language and proficient in multiple technologies and languages:
• (Specific languages needed will vary based on development department or project)
• .Net Core, C#, Java, SQL, JavaScript, Typescript, Python
• Additional desired skills:
  • Single-Page Applications, Angular (v9), Ivy, RXJS, NGRX, HTML5, CSS/SASS, Web Components, Atomic Design
  • Test First approach, Test Driven Development (TDD), Automated testing (Protractor, Jasmine), Newman Postman, artillery.io
  • Microservices, Terraform, Jenkins, Jupyter Notebook, Docker, NPM, Yarn, Nuget, NodeJS, Git/Gerrit, LaunchDarkly
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS), Lambda, S3, Cognito, Step Functions, SQS, IAM, Cloudwatch, Elasticache
  • Database Design, Optimization, Replication, Partitioning/Sharding, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Elastic Search, PySpark, Kafka
  • Agile, Scrum, Kanban, DevSecOps
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Outstanding communications and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Ability to track software issues to successful resolution
• Ability to work in a collaborative fast paced environment
• Setting up complex AWS data storage hub
• Well versed in setting up infrastructure security in the interactions between the planned components
• Experienced in setting up dashboards for analyzing the various operations in the AWS infra setup.
• Ability to learn new development language quickly and apply that knowledge effectively

• 5+ years hands-on experience with designing, deploying and managing core AWS services and infrastructure
• Proficiency in scripting using Bash, Python, Ruby, Groovy, or similar languages 
• Experience in source control management, specifically with Git
• Hands-on experience in Unix/Linux and bash scripting
• Experience building, managing Helm-based build and release CI-CD pipelines for Kubernetes platforms (EKS, Openshift, GKE) 
• Strong experience with orchestration and config management tools such as Terraform, Ansible or Cloudformation  
• Ability to debug, analyze issues leveraging tools like App Dynamics, New Relic and Sumologic 
• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies and principles 
• Good writing and documentation skills
• Strong collaborator with the ability to work well with core teammates and our colleagues across STS

We are looking for a Sr. Engineer DevOps and SysOps, who is responsible for managing AWS and Azure cloud computing.  Your primary focus would be to help multiple projects with various cloud service implementation, create and manage CI/CD pipelines for deployment, explore new services on cloud and help projects to implement them.

Technical Requirements & Responsibilities

1. Have 4+ years’ experience as a DevOps and SysOps Engineer.
2. Apply cloud computing skills to deploy upgrades and fixes on AWS and Azure (GCP is optional / Good to have).
3. Design, develop, and implement software integrations based on user feedback.
4. Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate with the development team to streamline code deployment.
5. Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines).
6. Analyze code and communicate detailed reviews to development teams to ensure a marked improvement in applications and the timely completion of projects.
7. Collaborate with team members to improve the company’s engineering tools, systems and procedures, and data security.
8. Optimize the company’s computing architecture.
9. Conduct systems tests for security, performance, and availability.
10. Develop and maintain design and troubleshooting documentation.
11. Expert in code deployment tools (Puppet, Ansible, and Chef).
12. Can maintain Java / PHP / Ruby on Rail / DotNet web applications.
13. Experience in network, server, and application-status monitoring.
14. Possess a strong command of software-automation production systems (Jenkins and Selenium).
15. Expertise in software development methodologies.
16. You have working knowledge of known DevOps tools like Git and GitHub.
17. Possess a problem-solving attitude.
18. Can work independently and as part of a team.

Soft Skills Requirements

1. Strong communication skills
2. Agility and quick learner
3. Attention to detail
4. Organizational skills
5. Understanding of the Software development life cycle
6. Good Analytical and problem-solving skills
7. Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage changing priorities
8. Should have a high level of energy working as an individual contributor and as a part of team.
9. Good command over verbal and written English communication

• Azure Devops - Working experience in Azure yaml pipelines. (Note – Some say they worked in yaml but it’s for Jenkins and not Azure devops)
• Azure – Infrastructure automation using Terraform/ARM templates. (Note – Some say that they worked in terraform but it’s for AWS and not Azure). Please confirm Terraform for Azure infrastructure automation.
• Powershell scripting to automate and deploy .Net applications.

If you are looking for good opportunity in Cloud Development/Devops. Here is the right opportunity.

EXP: 4-10 YRs
Location:Pune
Job Type: Permanent
Minimum qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor-Master degree 
• Proficient in English language. 

Relevant experience:

• Should have been working for at least four years as a DevOps/Cloud Engineer 
• Should have worked on AWS Cloud Environment in depth 
• Should have been working in an Infrastructure as code environment or understands it very clearly. 
• Has done Infrastructure coding using Cloudformation/Terraform and Configuration Management using Chef/Ansibleand Enterprise Bus(RabbitMQ/Kafka) 
• Deep understanding of the microservice design and aware of centralized Caching(Redis), centralizedconfiguration(Consul/Zookeeper)