What are the responsibilities and job description for the Devops Engineer position at Avetta?
The Essentials…
- Expert Linux/Unix systems knowledge and scripting
- Solid understanding of cloud/hosted infrastructure, AWS a plus
- Proficiency in networking and network security
- Service architecture and containerization, such as Docker, LXD
- Web/App servers and load balancers, such as Tomcat, HAProxy, Nginx, F5
- Configuration management framework: SaltStack
- Various build automation tools, such as Jenkins, Ant, Maven
- Various monitoring tools, such as New Relic, DataDog, PagerDuty, Site24x7
- Understanding of SQL and noSQL databases and their hosting requirements
- Expert collaborator that is approachable and flexible
Technology changes quickly and adapting to new environments is paramount to success. Therefore, being a master of a specific technology is less important than a willingness and passion to learn.
The Good to Haves…
- AWS DevOps Engineer or other DevOps certifications
- Participated in automated testing and quality assurance
- Has developed or managed hosting solutions for global SaaS products
- Understanding of payment and billing gateways and Salesforce/Service Cloud
- Regularly monitor DevOps, web and security related newsletters and websites
- Retro video game guru, The DevOps needs a ringer
The Important…
As in; do you have a balanced life aside from just building apps and infrastructure for money? Are you nice? Are you fun?
To summarize, we are a special place looking for special people as we continue our incredibly steep growth and success. But, if you think hard is fun, and get bored easily if you aren’t challenged, this might be the place for you. So send us a letter with your CV on why your unique brand of crazy might be right for us.