Junior DevOps

Company Description

Egis is a leading global architectural, consulting, construction engineering, operations and mobility services firm. We create and operate intelligent infrastructure and buildings that both respond to the climate emergency and contribute to balanced, sustainable and resilient development. Our 20,500 employees operate across over 100 countries, deploying their expertise to develop and deliver cutting-edge innovations and solutions for clients. Through the wide range of our activities, we are central to the collective organisation of society and the living environment of citizens all over the world.

Egis Projects Philippines Inc (EPPI) provide services to private sector entities involved in the business of building, operating or managing roadways, railways, and other transportation infrastructure projects.

Job Description

As part of the Software Development Center, you will be responsible for supporting IT projects on DevOps activities including (but not limited) to the automation and documentation of:

• Continuous Integration processes
• Continuous Delivery processes
• IT infrastructure deployment on-premise and in the AWS cloud platform
• IT infrastructure & software security
• Disaster recovery & High availability processes
• Other tools & processes as required by projects

Ideal candidates would have experience with  :

• Command programming languages : PowerShell, cmd and bash.
• Gitlab CI/CD pipelines.
• AWS cloud components: Lambda, SQS, SNS, VPC, WAF, CloudWatch, CloudFormation,…
• Windows Server: IIS sites, windows services and scheduled task deployments & rollbacks
• Build/Deployment/Rollback of C# (dotnet/nuget) and JavaScript (npm) applications, as well as SQL scripts.

In order to fulfill this role, the candidate must also be an autonomous, open-minded and creative team player. Good time management and project management skills are a must. 

Duties and responsibilities

• Analyze high level requirements and convert them into system capabilities.
• Create, maintain and document automation scripts and other processes as required by projects.
• Setup DEV/TEST/STAGE/PROD environments (application servers, databases, VPC…), using IaC scripting in AWS and/or on-premise.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and configuration management with Gitlab and Octopus Deploy.
• Write Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on DevOps processes.
• Design monitoring dashboards and alerts for underlying components and data flows.
• Propose & Manage cost-cutting measures during periods of low activity.
• Manage processes related to Disaster recovery plans and High availability capabilities.
• Review & improve existing systems’ IT security measures and liaise with expert for pen testing.
• Look into integration capabilities between Jira, Gitlab, Octopus Deploy…
• Collaborate with other teammates to share and improve as a Team.
• Work closely with testers, developers and project managers to create strong and effective processes.

Qualifications

Education and experience

• 1-2 years of experience as a DevOps engineer.

Required skills and qualifications

• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

• Strong proficiency in Command programming languages & IaC scripting
• Extensive knowledge of Gitlab CI/CD, AWS cloud platform, Windows & MSSQL servers DevOps capabilities.
• Highly autonomous and eager to dig technical documentations.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to understand high level requirements and translate them into technical solutions.