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DevOps Engineer

Summary

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure, and secure systems for a software company.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Build and set up new development tools and infrastructure.
  • Deploy product updates and fixes accurately, efficiently and securely.
  • Ensure systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats.
  • Work with Software Engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended.
  • Automate and improve development and release processes.
  • Build tools to reduce occurrences of errors and improve customer experience.
  • Investigate, identify and resolve technical issues.
  • Plan out projects and be involved in project management decisions.
  • Provide Level 2 technical support.
  • Develop software to integrate with internal back-end systems.
  • Perform root cause analysis for production issues.
  • Design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance.

Knowledge and Skills

  • Good spoken and written English communication skills.
  • Strong analytical, coding, problem‑solving, and debugging skills.
  • Strong sense of ownership and responsibility following best practices and quality of work.
  • Work effectively as an individual contributor as well as in a multi‑member project team.
  • Work within the scope of the assigned tasks and finish in time with quality.
  • Productive while working on multiple ongoing projects.
  • Honest, responsible, pro‑active and disciplined.
  • Well rounded in today’s technologies.
  • Excellent organization and time‑management skills to meet project goals and schedules.
  • Excited to learn new technologies.

Qualifications

  • Experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar Software Engineering role.
  • Proficient with Git and Git workflows.
  • Good knowledge of the software development life cycle in an agile environment.
  • Knowledge in UNIX/Linux environment and scripting languages.
  • Proficiency and experience in Security is a huge plus.
  • Knowledge of web‑based and mobile application development.
  • Working knowledge of databases and SQL.
  • Problem‑solving attitude.
  • Collaborative team spirit.

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