DevOps Engineer - DAJD516

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Position Summary

DevOps Engineer with leadership qualities to drive technology team to improve current set up. Performs development of high-performing, well-tested, and thoughtfully architected software applications that satisfy our internal business needs and power guest experiences. Has proven experience in effectively applying scientific, mathematical, and social principles to design, build, & maintain technology products, devices, systems, and solutions that provide amazing data governance experiences.

Essential Functions:

As a key member of the Platform Technology Team, you will be the primary individual responsible for engineering secure and scalable solutions as we expand our presence in cloud governance.

Responsibilities:

• Interface with all stakeholders to define DevOps processes and shape the development culture, ensuring alignment with and adherence to our QA process.
• Assists in the ongoing improvement of CI/CD environment provisioning and development of workflows using Collibra.
• Ensure that the appropriate levels of monitoring and alerting are set up for all applications across a mix of physical servers, private cloud, and public cloud.
• Develop software delivery solutions that align with Azure/AWS DevOps and industry best practices that meet defined usability, maintainability, scalability, and reliability requirements.
• Take ownership of assigned work, monitor, and maintain the health of solutions generated.
• Increase operating efficiency and adapt to new requirements of all software delivery pipelines.
• Triage and collaborate with development to solve software compiling (builds) issues.
• Create and maintain automated Azure/AWS DevOps pipelines, weaving in all other testing frameworks.
• Provide task breakdowns, identity dependencies, and provide effort estimates.
• Identify software issues within the context of builds and communicate problems with the team.
• Assist in preparation of functional and technical documentation to provide guidance to end users and support troubleshooting.
• Investigate and resolve application build and pipeline failures recommending best practice resolution procedures to build and maintain a robust CI/CD delivery.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3+ years as a DevOps Engineer or in any similar role.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience. Master’s degree in the above fields preferred.
• Expertise in cloud computing, storage, and hosting functionality (i.e., cloud computing, storage, hosting functionality).
• Experience with data governance tools (Collibra, Informatica Axon, Erwin).
• Experience working in an environment that utilizes CI/CD processes is required.
• Experience developing or supporting Python and Node.js applications.
• Knowledge of source code control tools such as Git (GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket).
• Familiarity with Agile best practices.
• Experience with automated testing a plus.
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop partnership-oriented relationships with business executives and functional leaders, especially as it relates to operations and technology.
• Must be able to multitask in a fast-paced environment with a focus on timeliness, documentation, and communications with peers and business users alike.

Equal Opportunity:

At DataAffect, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer – which ties directly to our core value, “open, direct, and kind.” We realize the key to creating a company with a world-class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone. 

With this, we proudly consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, HIV status, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status or any other legally protected category.

If you wish to apply for this position, please send your resume to careers@dataaffect.com

Work Location: Ashburn, VA/Remote.

Compensation: Depends on experience.