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DevOps Engineer
- Robert Half Technology (Philadelphia, PA)
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Description
Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced DevOps Software Engineer to lead the creation, management, and operation of a diverse set of DevOps tools, processes, and technologies. This role is central to enabling the development and ongoing operation of a modern, microservices-based cloud infrastructure supporting an enterprise-scale IoT platform.
Key Responsibilities
+ Design and implement horizontal tools, technologies, and best practices that support engineering teams in building, debugging, testing, releasing, managing, and securing cloud-native microservices.
+ Collaborate on defining methodologies and workflows that empower fast-paced engineering teams to thrive in a dynamic development environment.
+ Promote and implement best practices and supporting technologies for source control management, CI/CD architectures, performance SLAs, security, auditing, and monitoring.
+ Develop and maintain common frameworks and software libraries in multiple programming languages to support scalable and highly available microservice architectures.
+ Manage and troubleshoot the running system architecture of the IoT platform, with a focus on continuous improvement in quality, performance, and security.
+ Work closely with architects, technical product managers, and cross-functional teams to translate system architecture and product requirements into well-designed, implemented, and tested software solutions.
+ Deliver high-quality software incrementally in an Agile development environment.
+ Advocate for and help adopt best-in-class software engineering practices, frameworks, and tools across the organization.
Requirements
Qualifications
+ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related Engineering field; Master’s degree preferred.
+ 8+ years of hands-on experience as a software engineer focused on cloud-based systems.
+ Proficiency in multiple programming languages, including strong Java development skills (preferably Java 1.8), with additional experience in Python, Golang, or JavaScript/Node.js.
+ Proven experience developing cloud-based services (SaaS) and platforms (PaaS).
+ Deep hands-on experience with AWS, including both traditional services (EC2, S3, DynamoDB, RDS) and modern paradigms (Lambda, API Gateway, Fargate).
+ Strong background in developing microservices and complex microservice-based platform architectures.
+ Excellent understanding of distributed systems and designing for scalability, performance, and availability.
+ Experience establishing non-functional best practices and deploying technologies to enhance platform security, auditability, reliability, latency, and scalability.
+ Solid knowledge of distributed network architectures and network security.
+ Familiarity with data persistence technologies, including relational databases and NoSQL solutions.
+ Strong interpersonal and technical communication skills, with a collaborative and proactive mindset.
+ Minimum of 3 years working in teams applying modern Agile software development practices.
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