Senior DevOps Engineer

Why Cadre5?

• Working with highly talented team members
• Paid over-time
• 3 weeks’ vacation
• Excellent medical insurance, up to 100% paid by employer and contributions to HSA Plans

Job Responsibilities:

• Work with the team to define and implement best practices and standards within the organization
• Automate systems administration tasks utilizing open-source configuration management tools
• Identify automation opportunities to improve DevOps operations, make recommendations to management, and lead the implementation of improvements.
• Review architecture and offer recommendations for improvements; lead implementation efforts.
• System troubleshooting and problem-solving across multiple platforms (dev/test/prod)
• Work with team to adopt a software-defined infrastructure and infrastructure as code paradigm
• Embrace continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes. Train and mentor junior-level staff on these processes.
• Evaluate new technology options and vendor products; rely on expertise to recommend new technology and products to management.
• CI/CD technologies – Gitlab runners, etc.
• Configuration Management - i.e. Puppet, Ansible, etc.
• Identify and document IT best practices that will improve the systems deployment function
• Ensure the secure and effective operation of computing systems through compliance with ORNL procedures and IT Internal Operating Procedures.
• Work with other systems engineers and vendors to resolve hardware and software issues.
• Answer escalated helpline calls in addition to primary project work.
• Monitor systems performance.
• Install and configure software, both commercial packages, and various open-source packages.
• Maintain documentation/notes on software builds and installs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical subjects or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience managing UNIX/Linux Systems.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience managing container infrastructure using docker.
• A minimum of 2 years utilizing configuration management and automation tools such as Git, Ansible, Puppet or other CI/CD pipeline tools.
• Fluency in at least one scripting language such as Bash, Python, Go or equivalent
• Experience in DevOps with VMWare, OpenStack, or OpenShift.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy "Q" clearance is required. This requires US Citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of multiple operating systems.
• Experience with RHEL7/8
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, traffic analysis, common protocols, and network diagnostics.
• Experience with performance and diagnostic tools for benchmarking, analysis, and tuning of systems, networking, and storage.
• Experience with Nagios, Zabbix, Ganglia, and other network and device monitoring systems.
• Previous experience working in a government, scientific, or other highly technical environment.
• Background of contributing to open-source projects or avocational endeavors such as hacker/maker spaces is desirable.
• Technical documentation skills, including the ability to prepare simple documentation web pages.
• Excellent interpersonal skills suitable for user support and ability to work well with peer system administrators.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to balance complex research and security requirements.