DevOps Engineer II

Role Overview

• Automate the deployment of environments using IAC tooling such as Terraform.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to deploy services to.
• Partner with Network, Security, Development, and QA teams to determine how best to migrate business systems.
• Work with development to design and implement improved deployment, provisioning, and integration pipelines; ensure environments are in good working order and identify areas and plans for improvement.
• Develop monitoring for business systems to track performance, resource utilization, and consumption using tools such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail or Elasticsearch.
• Build reusable AMI’s for scripted deployments of infrastructure in AWS across multiple regions.
• Work with existing DevOps to develop needed log retention for AWS instance business applications for retrieval per audit policy and PCI compliance.
• Maintain and administer servers, storage, virtualization platforms, and endpoint management tools.
• Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure on platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Monitor and optimize cloud resources for performance, availability, and cost-efficiency.
• Build and manage containerized applications using Docker.
• Deploy and maintain Kubernetes clusters or other orchestration platforms.
• Implement and maintain security best practices across infrastructure and pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Set up and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
• Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
• Work closely with development, QA, and IT teams to support application deployment and infrastructure needs.
• Provide technical guidance and support for DevOps tools and practices.

Requirements

• At least 8 years demonstrated success in related IT profession, including substantial experience in DevOps.
• One or more of the following AWS specific Certifications a plus.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate.
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional.
• Technical knowledge and experience across various IT areas, including infrastructure, automation development, and operations.
• Troubleshoot and configure core AWS Platforms such as ECS Fargate, Lambda, S3, Route 53, RDS, etc.
• Administer software-defined networking in AWS, proficient in managing NACL’s and AWS Security Groups.
• Ability to automate processes/code in Python, or another modern scripting language.
• Linux core fundamentals and command-line operations.
• Configuration management and automation/deployment solutions tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, GitLab, Terraform, SaltStack, Octopus, Jenkins, Git, Nagios, etc.
• Good understanding of Docker containerization.
• Working knowledge of Web API, RESTful Services, and WCF Services.
• Central authentication platforms, such as Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos/IDM.
• Advanced troubleshooting of IP routing, VPN access methods, and DNS.
• Windows Server knowledge beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to convey and document network-related dependencies.
• Respond to inquiries from colleagues and service providers to provide technical assistance and support network-related functions and availability.
• Participates in after-hours’ support when required.

Tech Stack

• Ansible
• AWS
• Azure
• Chef
• Cloud
• DNS
• Docker
• ElasticSearch
• Grafana
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Prometheus
• Puppet
• Python
• SaltStack
• Terraform

Benefits

• Competitive pay rates and an inclusive, empowering and rewarding culture.
• Solid benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, FSA, HSA, Vacation and Holiday Pay, Tuition Reimbursement and 401(k) with a competitive company match percentage.
• CPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.