DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote Position

Type: Permanent

Position Overview:

As a DevOps Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to generate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to provision and oversee critical infrastructure and application service components. You will play a key role in automating infrastructure deployment and providing essential support to developers and QA teams in establishing automated testing and deployment pipelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scripts and templates to provision, configure, and manage infrastructure components using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
• Automation: Implement automation strategies for infrastructure provisioning and orchestration to streamline deployment processes.
• Infrastructure Maintenance: Monitor and manage infrastructure components to ensure optimal performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Support for Developers and QA: Collaborate with development and QA teams to provide guidance and support in building automated testing and deployment pipelines.
• Deployment Automation: Work on automating application deployments, ensuring consistency and reliability across environments.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Participate in the development and improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient software delivery.
• Troubleshooting: Assist in troubleshooting infrastructure-related issues and provide timely resolution, including contributing to automated incident response capabilities.
• Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation of infrastructure configurations and deployment processes.
• Infrastructure Optimization: Identify opportunities for infrastructure optimization, cost reduction, and performance improvement.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in infrastructure engineering or DevOps roles
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practices
• Proficiency in IaC tools and scripting languages (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, etc.)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant certifications in DevOps or cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer, etc.)
• Experience with cloud services and cloud-based infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Knowledge of DevOps best practices and CI/CD pipelines

Key Technical Skills:

• Terraform (Terraform cloud / HCP Terraform knowledge an advantage)
• GitHub & GitHub Actions
• Python (including curating Python packages)
• Awareness of:
  • AWS Organisations
  • AWS Control Tower (including Account Factory for Terraform - AFT)

Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.