Request Technology
DevOps Engineer (Kafka, Terraform, Ansible)
Request Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
***Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote***
***We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent full-time role***
***Flexibility to be on call from 5 PM to 7 AM for 3 months per year***
A prestigious company is looking for a DevOps Engineer. This role will focus on developing and implementing DevOps strategies while working with Kafka, AWS, GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker, Groovy, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc. This engineer will write complex automation scripts using programming languages such as Java/Python.
Responsibilities:
DevOps Strategy: Develop and implement DevOps strategies and best practices to enhance development, testing, and deployment processes.
Possess in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with DevOps tools and technologies, including but not limited to GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker, Ansible, Kafka, AWS, Apigee, Kubernetes.
Support the lower environments for incident and problem management.
Resolve complex support issues in non-production environments.
Understand Cloud Native applications running on Kubernetes within AWS.
Create procedural and troubleshooting documentation related to cloud native applications.
Write complex automation scripts using common automation tools, such as Groovy, Ansible, and Terraform
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a related area
5-7 years of related experience
Minimum 5 years experience working in a distributed multi-platform environment.
Minimum 2 years experience working with Kafka
Minimum 3 supporting enterprise monitoring technologies
Scripting and coding Experience
Network technologies
CI/CD tools such as Artifactory, Jenkins, and GIT
Cloud native applications, including Terraform experience.
Technologies used to support microservices.
Experience with cloud-based systems such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including expertise in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Strong programming skills in Java or Python, and experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
Experience with Kafka MRC
Understanding of software development methodologies and Agile practices