Devops Engineer

We are looking for an DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of experience. He/she should be selfmotivated, go-getter, out of the box thinker, and ready to work in a high-energy
environment. He/she must demonstrate a high level of ownership, integrity, and leadership
skills and be flexible and adaptive with a strong desire to learn & excel.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience working with tools and platforms like Helm charts, Circle CI, Jenkins,
• and/or Codefresh
• Excellent knowledge of AWS offerings around Cloud and DevOps
• Strong expertise in containerization platforms like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes & Rancher
• Should be familiar with leading Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.
• Strong experience in Python, Shell Scripting, Ansible, and Terraform
• Good command over monitoring tools like Datadog, Zabbix, Elk, Grafana, CloudWatch, Stackdriver, Prometheus, JFrog, Nagios, etc.
• Experience with Linux/Unix systems administration.

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.

 

What you need to have:

DevOps Architect 

Experience:  10 - 12+ year relevant experience on DevOps
Locations : Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Jaipur.

Qualification:
• Bachelors or advanced degree in Computer science, Software engineering or equivalent is required.
• Certifications in specific areas are desired

Technical Skillset: Skills Proficiency level

• Build tools (Ant or Maven) - Expert
• CI/CD tool (Jenkins or Github CI/CD) - Expert
• Cloud DevOps (AWS CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, Code Pipeline etc) or Azure DevOps. - Expert
• Infrastructure As Code (Terraform, Helm charts etc.) - Expert
• Containerization (Docker, Docker Registry) - Expert
• Scripting (linux) - Expert
• Cluster deployment (Kubernetes) & maintenance - Expert
• Programming (Java) - Intermediate
• Application Types for DevOps (Streaming like Spark, Kafka, Big data like Hadoop etc) - Expert
• Artifactory (JFrog) - Expert
• Monitoring & Reporting (Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty etc.) - Expert
• Ansible, MySQL, PostgreSQL - Intermediate

• Source Control (like Git, Bitbucket, Svn, VSTS etc)
• Continuous Integration (like Jenkins, Bamboo, VSTS )
• Infrastructure Automation (like Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
• Deployment Automation & Orchestration (like Jenkins, VSTS, Octopus Deploy)
• Container Concepts (Docker)
• Orchestration (Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm)
• Cloud (like AWS, Azure, GoogleCloud, Openstack)

Roles and Responsibilities

• DevOps architect should automate the process with proper tools.
• Developing appropriate DevOps channels throughout the organization.
• Evaluating, implementing and streamlining DevOps practices.
• Establishing a continuous build environment to accelerate software deployment and development processes.
• Engineering general and effective processes.
• Helping operation and developers teams to solve their problems.
• Supervising, Examining and Handling technical operations.
• Providing a DevOps Process and Operations.
• Capacity to handle teams with leadership attitude.
• Must possess excellent automation skills and the ability to drive initiatives to automate processes.
• Building strong cross-functional leadership skills and working together with the operations and engineering teams to make sure that systems are scalable and secure.
• Excellent knowledge of software development and software testing methodologies along with configuration management practices in Unix and Linux-based environment.
• Possess sound knowledge of cloud-based environments.
• Experience in handling automated deployment CI/CD tools.
• Must possess excellent knowledge of infrastructure automation tools (Ansible, Chef, and Puppet).
• Hand on experience in working with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Must have strong expertise in operating Linux/Unix environments and scripting languages like Python, Perl, and Shell.
• Ability to review deployment and delivery pipelines i.e., implement initiatives to minimize chances of failure, identify bottlenecks and troubleshoot issues.
• Previous experience in implementing continuous delivery and DevOps solutions.
• Experience in designing and building solutions to move data and process it.
• Must possess expertise in any of the coding languages depending on the nature of the job.
• Experience with containers and container orchestration tools (AKS, EKS, OpenShift, Kubernetes, etc)
• Experience with version control systems a must (GIT an advantage)
• Belief in "Infrastructure as a Code"(IaaC), including experience with open-source tools such as terraform
• Treats best practices for security as a requirement, not an afterthought
• Extensive experience with version control systems like GitLab and their use in release management, branching, merging, and integration strategies
• Experience working with Agile software development methodologies
• Proven ability to work on cross-functional Agile teams
• Mentor other engineers in best practices to improve their skills
• Creating suitable DevOps channels across the organization.
• Designing efficient practices.
• Delivering comprehensive best practices.
• Managing and reviewing technical operations.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Exceptional communication skills, be knowledgeable about the latest industry trends, and highly innovative

Duties & Responsibilities:
• Design cloud infrastructure that is secure, scalable, and highly available on AWS
• Define infrastructure and deployment requirements
• Provision, configure and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure defined as code
• Ensure configuration and compliance with configuration management tools
• Troubleshoot problems across a wide array of services and functional areas
• Build and maintain operational tools for deployment, monitoring, and analysis of AWS infrastructure and systems
• Perform infrastructure cost analysis and optimization
Qualifications:
• At least 3-5 years of experience building and maintaining AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, Security Groups, IAM, ECS, CodeDeploy, CloudFront, S3)
• Strong understanding of how to secure AWS environments and meet compliance requirements
• Expertise on configuration management
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing infrastructure with Terraform
• Solid foundation of networking and Linux administration
• Experience with Docker, GitHub, Jenkins, ELK and deploying applications on AWS
• Ability to learn/use a wide variety of open source technologies and tools
• Strong bias for action and ownership

Who we are?
Searce is a niche’ Cloud Consulting business with futuristic tech DNA. We do new-age tech
to realise the “Next” in the “Now” for our Clients. We specialise in Cloud Data Engineering,
AI/Machine Learning and Advanced Cloud infra tech such as Anthos and Kubernetes. We
are one of the top & the fastest growing partners for Google Cloud and AWS globally with
over 2,500 clients successfully moved to cloud.
What we believe?
1. Best practices are overrated
○ Implementing best practices can only make one n ‘average’ .
2. Honesty and Transparency
○ We believe in naked truth. We do what we tell and tell what we do.
3. Client Partnership
○ Client - Vendor relationship: No. We partner with clients instead.
○ And our sales team comprises 100% of our clients.
How we work?
It’s all about being Happier first. And rest follows. Searce work culture is defined by
HAPPIER.
1. Humble: Happy people don’t carry ego around. We listen to understand; not to
respond.
2. Adaptable: We are comfortable with uncertainty. And we accept changes well. As
that’s what life's about.
3. Positive: We are super positive about work & life in general. We love to forget and
forgive. We don’t hold grudges. We don’t have time or adequate space for it.
4. Passionate: We are as passionate about the great street-food vendor across the
street as about Tesla’s new model and so on. Passion is what drives us to work and
makes us deliver the quality we deliver.
5. Innovative: Innovate or Die. We love to challenge the status quo.
6. Experimental: We encourage curiosity & making mistakes.
7. Responsible: Driven. Self motivated. Self governing teams. We own it.
Are you the one? Quick self-discovery test:
1. Love for cloud: When was the last time your dinner entailed an act on “How would
‘Jerry Seinfeld’ pitch Cloud platform & products to this prospect” and your friend did
the ‘Sheldon’ version of the same thing.
2. Passion for sales: When was the last time you went at a remote gas station while on
vacation, and ended up helping the gas station owner saasify his 7 gas stations
across other geographies.
3. Compassion for customers: You listen more than you speak. When you do speak,
people feel the need to listen.
4. Humor for life: When was the last time you told a concerned CEO, ‘If Elon Musk can
attempt to take humanity to Mars, why can’t we take your business to run on cloud ?
Your bucket of undertakings:
This position will be responsible to consult with clients and propose architectural solutions
to help move & improve infra from on-premise to cloud or help optimize cloud spend from
one public cloud to the other.
1. Be the first one to experiment on new age cloud offerings, help define the best
practise as a thought leader for cloud, automation & Dev-Ops, be a solution
visionary and technology expert across multiple channels.
2. Continually augment skills and learn new tech as the technology and client needs
evolve
3. Use your experience in Google cloud platform, AWS or Microsoft Azure to build
hybrid-cloud solutions for customers.
4. Provide leadership to project teams, and facilitate the definition of project
deliverables around core Cloud based technology and methods.
5. Define tracking mechanisms and ensure IT standards and methodology are met;
deliver quality results.
6. Participate in technical reviews of requirements, designs, code and other artifacts
7. Identify and keep abreast of new technical concepts in google cloud platform
8. Security, Risk and Compliance - Advise customers on best practices around access
management, network setup, regulatory compliance and related areas.
Accomplishment Set
● Passionate, persuasive, articulate Cloud professional capable of quickly establishing
interest and credibility
● Good business judgment, a comfortable, open communication style, and a
willingness and ability to work with customers and teams.
● Strong service attitude and a commitment to quality.
● Highly organised and efficient.
● Confident working with others to inspire a high-quality standard.
Education, Experience, etc.
1. Is Education overrated? Yes. We believe so. However there is no way to locate you
otherwise. So unfortunately we might have to look for a Bachelor's or Master's
degree in engineering from a reputed institute or you should be programming from
12. And the latter is better. We will find you faster if you specify the latter in some
manner. Not just degree, but we are not too thrilled by tech certifications too ... :)
2. To reiterate: Passion to tech-awesome, insatiable desire to learn the latest of the
new-age cloud tech, highly analytical aptitude and a strong ‘desire to deliver’ outlives
those fancy degrees!
3. 1 - 5 years of experience with at least 2 - 3 years of hands-on experience in Cloud
Computing (AWS/GCP/Azure) and IT operational experience in a global enterprise
environment.
4. Good analytical, communication, problem solving, and learning skills.
5. Knowledge on programming against cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platf

Required Skills and Experience 

 

• 4+ years of relevant experience with DevOps tools Jenkins, Ansible, Chef etc
• 4+ years of experience in continuous integration/deployment and software tools development experience with Python and shell scripts etc
• Building and running Docker images and deployment on Amazon ECS
• Working with AWS services (EC2, S3, ELB, VPC, RDS, Cloudwatch, ECS, ECR, EKS)
• Knowledge and experience working with container technologies such as Docker and Amazon ECS, EKS, Kubernetes
• Experience with source code and configuration management tools such as Git, Bitbucket, and Maven
• Ability to work with and support Linux environments (Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, CentOS)
• Knowledge and experience in cloud orchestration tools such as AWS Cloudformation/Terraform etc
• Experience with implementing "infrastructure as code", “pipeline as code” and "security as code" to enable continuous integration and delivery
• Understanding of IAM, RBAC, NACLs, and KMS
• Good communication skills

 

Good to have:

 

• Strong understanding of security concepts, methodologies and apply them such as SSH, public key encryption, access credentials, certificates etc.
• Knowledge of database administration such as MongoDB.
• Knowledge of maintaining and using tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence.
• Work with Leads and Architects in designing and implementation of technical infrastructure, platform, and tools to support modern best practices and facilitate the efficiency of our development teams through automation, CI/CD pipelines, and ease of access and performance.
• Establish and promote DevOps thinking, guidelines, best practices, and standards.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, Agile software development process improvement, and DevOps best practices.