Platform Automation Engineer
Location: Local/Hybrid
Duration: 3 Months w/ extension/conversion
Daily tasks:
- Participate in stand-up meetings
- On-call rotation
- Implementation on homegrown applications
- Support additional platforms
- System integration design and review
- Root cause analysis with bug log
Degree or certifications required: Bachelor’s in related field
Years experience: 5+
Preferred background / Skills:
- Strong knowledge of Azure or AWS and Cloud Computing concepts
- Strong hands-on coding and code review
- Strong knowledge in best practices for:
- System Architecture and design
- RDBMS and NoSQL
- Platform and infrastructure
- Application. PaaS services
- Monitoring, auditing, and operations
- In-depth working experience in a DevOps culture; one or more DevOps, Orchestration/Configuration Management and Continuous Integration technology (e.g. Docker/Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, ELK stack, Splunk etc.)
- Linux (Ubuntu, CoreOS, RedHat) and/or Microsoft Windows Server and associated technologies (Active Directory, Exchange etc.)
- One or more Web and Application Server technologies (e.g. Apache HTTP, Apache Tomcat, Nginx)
- Networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- One or more version control platform (e.g. Git)
- Experience managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications
- Expert in analyzing and troubleshooting applications
What determines the best candidate over an average candidate: AZURE!! Top 3:
- Strong knowledge of Azure or AWS and Cloud Computing concepts 5+
- Strong hands-on coding and code review 5+
- In-depth working experience in a DevOps culture; one or more DevOps, Orchestration/Configuration Management and Continuous Integration technology (e.g. Docker/Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, ELK stack, Splunk etc.) 5+
What should the candidate prep?
- Virtual interview
- Problem-solving skills
- Behavioral questions
- Technical questions!! Online whiteboarding
How many interviews? 2 Max - 1 - Strong knowledge of Azure or AWS and Cloud Computing concepts - 5+ - 2 - Strong hands-on coding and code review - 5+ - 3 - In-depth working experience in a DevOps culture; one or more DevOps, Orchestration/Configuration Management and Continuous Integration technology (e.g. Docker/Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, ELK stack, Splunk etc.) - 5+