DevOps Engineer - Philippines

This is a remote position. Position Overview This position is within the IT Operations organization at Digital Maelstrom . Candidates will work closely with other engineers, principal consultants, and various client contacts such as stakeholders, architects, business analysts and management. ​ Job Description • Work with a cross-functional team to diagnose and remediate infrastructure, network, and software issues, particularly in cloud environments • Collaborate with external and peer end-users and engineers to identify, triage, analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve technical problems for supported systems • Perform research, present analysis, and provide recommendations about system and software architecture improvements. • Provide technical support for end-users and customer technical staff for supported systems, frameworks, and stacks • Identify manual tasks and processes which can be automated effectively • Support shared responsibilities to keep customer and company internal infrastructure secure • Be capable of automating tasks using programming languages with well-documented, readable, and maintainable code • Must possess strong interpersonal and communications skills; capable of writing purchase justifications, training users/team members in complex topics, making/giving presentations. • Be capable of continually improving one’s own skill set relevant to business and technical missions with minimal oversight.Must take initiative, negotiate with project management, and execute successfully on plans. • Participate in agile team practices; reflect honestly on own performance, participate in shared team accountability, recommend changes for team improvement • Write manual and automated tests as part of a normal DevOps practice. • Other duties as assigned. Position Schedule: - Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm Eastern Requirements Required Qualifications • Candidate must be physically located within the Philippines and legally authorized to work . Position is contract remote work to US-based clients and companies. • Solid experience with networking fundamentals, protocols, and application behaviors, particularly web-based software. • Must be able to troubleshoot complex technical problems using a scientific and methodical approach. • Solid experience with Git, GitHub, and/or GitLab source control tools and patterns. • Solid experience with scripting using Python and Bash. • Solid experience administering, configuring, and supporting Linux OS environments. • Must handle sensitive information with appropriate discretion and according to company policies. • Self-motivated, proactive, attentive to detail, and precise in communication and work. • Exceptional written and verbal English communication on technical subject matter, abstract concepts, and requirements. Preferred Qualifications • Familiar with any of various technologies common to the DevOps field: • Cloud environments, such as AWS or Azure • SaltStack, Ansible, or similar state & configuration management solutions • Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) technologies such as AWS CodeBuild and AWS CodePipeline • Declarative infrastructure solutions such as AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), Azure Resource Manager, or Terraform • Containerization platforms such as Docker, Docker Compose, and Kubernetes • GitHub Actions • Administering, configuring, and supporting Windows OS environments • SQL and/or NoSQL database engines • Key-value stores such as Redis, DynamoDB, or others • Network load balancing concepts • nginx, Apache httpd, MySQL/PostgreSQL • Experience with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript) • Experience with mainstay language(s) such as: Java, C#, Python, Ruby, Swift, Typescript/NodeJS, Scala, Rust, Bash/Zsh Shell Scripting • Understanding of web protocols & browser behaviors • A solid understanding of best practices and techniques in web software • Experience with writing secure code, working with security mitigations and technologies Education Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field, preferred; or equivalent work experience. Benefits No benefits. This position is 1099 Contractor only. Subcontracting is strictly forbidden. Originally posted on Himalayas