Senior DevOps Administrator at Kforce Inc in Kansas City, Missouri

Job Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Kforce has a client in Kansas City, MO that is looking for a Senior DevOps Administrator. This position is focused on the continued development, deployment and maintenance of the CI/CD pipeline for application development teams. The Senior DevOps Administrator will work with Software Engineers and Solutions Architects to improve and adapt the pipeline to meet ongoing security requirements, coordinate application area testing/implementation and work with professionals in IT Ops and Security to communicate and coordinate changes.

Responsibilities:

• Writing, maintaining, documenting, and diagnosing CI/CD pipelines in GitLab written in Python and Linux shell scripting utilizing a variety of tools including Maven, NPM, SonarQube, Nexus IQ, Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, etc.


• Writing, execution, upgrades, and monitoring of AWS infrastructure assets stood up in AWS via TerraForm/Atlantis


• Utilization of DynaTrace and its supported protocols to monitor software and hardware assets within AWS and Oracle OCI clouds; This should include the ability to stand up and maintain synthetic web transactions to probe system up times, review logs, write dashboards, and in general utilize and tune DynaTrace, Slack, and VictorOps (i.e. Splunk On-Call) for monitoring, escalation, and intervention


• Aiding and participating in Release Management activities coordinated through JIRA Agile boards


• Incorporating security concerns and scans into multiple points of the software development, release, and monitoring workflows


• Interfacing with Systems teams on diagnosing infrastructure and software issues and making recommendations to one or both teams on ways to improve security, stability, performance, and operational costs

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in Computer Science or Associates degree in Applied Science specific to Computer Science, and 8+ years of related work experience - or an equivalent combination of education and work experience


• Must be able and willing to travel to locations throughout the United States and with such frequency as necessary to meet the needs of this position


• An eye toward automating manual and repetitive activities with workflows that combine human and machine steps that remain compliant with SOC1 and SOC2 controls

Experience with:

• GitLab CI, Terraform for AWS, Helm, Kubernetes, Python, Docker


• AWS Infrastructure Resources, Dynatrace (or similar application monitoring tool)


• Tyk and Okta

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless
and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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