Overview
Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 32 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to be a key resource on a technical services team.
Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.
Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check
Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.
Responsibilities
The Worker will perform highly advanced DevOps related work as part of a cross-functional team under the direction and guidance of the Shared Application Services manager. The Worker must have strong hands-on professional software development and/or IT operations experience building, testing, and deploying secure production applications and systems using continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) pipelines in a large-scale enterprise environment. The worker will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our CI/CD pipelines, monitoring applications and infrastructure for performance issues, and conducting regular assessments to ensure systems are performing optimally. The worker will also provide training on DevOps practices and stay updated on latest technologies. They should have expertise in a variety of DevOps tools, knowledge of DevOps automation, and strong experience with Linux administration, containerization technologies, and microservices architecture. The worker is expected to proactively address potential security risks and performance issues to ensure the security, stability, and efficiency of our CI/CD pipelines.
Client will require the Worker to work on the following initiatives and will perform advanced tasks such as:
- CI/CD Modernization and automation of the entire pipeline from code check-in to deployment utilizing industry best practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration as Code (GitOps), and Blue-Green and Canary Deployment Strategies.
- Implement "Shift Left" security approach by integrating security tools and automating security checks and compliance into the CI/CD pipeline.
- Monitoring and Observability to provide comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting for the CI/CD pipeline.
- Participating in all phases of SDLC.
- Performing extensive code reviews and analysis.
- Writing reports on code analysis to determine if industry standards and secure coding best practices are being followed; provide analysis to address found short comings.
- Providing guidance and knowledge sharing to existing development staff.
**Location:Hybrid - On Site and Telework**
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years
Required/Preferred
Experience
7
Required
Professional experience in DevOps engineering, Software Development, or related field
6
Required
Experience with programming languages such as Java and .NET
5
Required
Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, and PowerShell to automate repetitive tasks such as monitoring, deployments, and configuration management
5
Required
Experience setting up and managing Jenkins servers, creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, integrating with other tools (e.g., Git, Maven, SonarQube), writing Groovy scripts for pipeline automation, and monitoring and optimizing Jenkins performance.
5
Required
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Chef
5
Required
Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
5
Required
Experience with automation of infrastructure provisioning and configuration management
5
Required
Experience with Maven in building and managing Java projects, maintaining POM files, troubleshooting build issues, dependency management and versioning, and integrating with CI/CD pipelines
5
Required
Experience with Artifactory set up, configuration, managing binary repositories, integrating with build tools (e.g., Maven and Jenkins), managing artifact lifecycle and versioning, and implementing security and access controls.
5
Required
Experience with microservices architecture, design, development and containerization and orchestration
5
Required
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
5
Required
Experience designing, developing, testing, integrating, and implementing secure REST APIs
5
Required
Experience with code reviews and in-depth code analysis
5
Required
Experience with highly complex application security requirements
5
Required
Experience with Git, Bitbucket, Subversion and version control systems
4
Required
Experience with SonarQube set up, configuration, integrating with CI/CD pipelines, and analyzing code quality and security vulnerabilities
4
Required
Experience with Jira and Confluence
4
Required
Experience with Agile teams
3
Required
Experience with coaching, training, mentoring and knowledge transfer
4
Preferred
Experience in Cybersecurity and implementing and automating security best practices into CI/CD pipelines
4
Preferred
Experience with security testing tools such as SAST, DAST, or IAST
3
Preferred
Experience with cloud technologies and platforms such as AWS and Azure
3
Preferred
Experience working with legacy applications/services
3
Preferred
Experience in modern web technologies such as JavaScript, Node.js, React.js, Redux, HTML5, CSS3
3
Preferred
Public sector experience (Federal, State or Local Government)
2
Preferred
Proficient with the Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, TEAMS, Microsoft Project, Word, Visio, Excel and PowerPoint
What We Do
Allied Consultants, Inc (Allied), helps organizations determine what technology they need and how best to employ it. We provide strategic consulting as well as customized tools, programs and solutions to ensure that clients achieve their business and information technology goals. We invite you to explore our service offerings that will confirm Allied's ability to make a positive difference for your organization.
To view our current job openings and apply for positions online visit our careers page at alliedconsultants.com.
