Tal-Ex is working with a web marketing organization to identify a DevOps Engineer.  This is a contract role located in Sterling, Virginia.  The engineer will focus on build, release management and software development process execution to support governance, security, utilization and general cloud initiatives. The position will also provide the front line support, troubleshooting, and be able to determine how to not only fix the environment, but isolate the issue with the application and engage the appropriate team to track the issue to resolution.
 

• Release Management for the supported applications in the development, testing and production environment
• Develop & manage scripts and tools for deployment of new servers and services
• Develop scripts to automate problem detection and monitoring
• Work with Engineering and Business Operations teams to understand monitoring requirements
• Document monitoring processes implemented across the system
• Participate in capacity planning exercises for future needs and projects

• Bachelor's/College Degree Computer Science/Information Technology, Engineering or equivalent
• 2-5 years’ experience in supporting enterprise applications in a highly transactional environment
• Ability to manage multiple issues while maintaining short response and resolution times
• Analytical problem-solving abilities
• Experience using AWS (Amazon Web Services)
• Significant console-level Linux expertise (Redhat/CentOS preferable ) and experience with bash
• Experience running a Continuous Integration environment like Jenkins and related CI/CD tools like Chef, Knife, and git
• Ruby/Python/Groovy or equivalent scripting language experience
• Exposure to Java programming language and other OOP languages and software design principles
• Good understanding of web protocols and web services