DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer 1413-1

• Hourly pay: $65-$85/hr (Pay varies based on the candidate's experience and location)
• Worksite: Leading music streaming company (Remote, Candidates must be located in the United States, Must work Eastern Time office hours, Candidates located in the Eastern Time zone are preferred)
• W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program
• 40 hours/week, 6 Month Assignment, Possible extension

A leading music streaming company seeks a DevOps Engineer. The successful candidate will work within our 24x7 streaming infrastructure DevOpsTeam, specifically focusing on scalable deployments of both infrastructure and security as code.

DevOps Engineer Responsibilities:

• Administer the web services infrastructure.
• Monitor and understand security events with WAFs, IDS/IPS, and access logs.
• Install, configure, and administer Linux/Windows Servers.
• Network (TCP/IP) configuration including Firewall ACL's and security.
• Perform custom application maintenance, to include debugging, installing new application releases, patching.
• Create automated tasks with shell scripts (bash, batch, python).

DevOps Engineer Qualifications:

• 5+ years of IT/Engineering experience.
• 1 year in a 24x7 support environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Sciences Technology or related fields.
• Experience with virtual infrastructure and support (VMWare/AWS).
• A good AWS knowledge base is preferred.
• Must be familiar with most flavors of Linux/Windows.
• Interface with a multitude of diverse personalities in a professional and consistent manner.
• Identify problems, recommend solutions and perform triage in a team environment.
• Must have legal right to work in the U.S
• Linux knowledge in a virtualized environment is required.
• Proficient with a terminal in a Linux or Window environment.
• AWS experience and certification(s) a plus. AWS Certified Solutions Architect, SysOps Admin, or Advanced Networking.
• Experience with the deployment of applications/code.
• Experience with development / CI applications such as SVN, GitHub.
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions and automated pull request workflows
• Knowledge of networking concepts.
• Proficiency in managing systems within multiple sites, including failover redundancy.
• Proficiency in documenting using MS Office is required.
• Postgres, SQL, and NoSQL Database knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with Active Directory and Windows Server administration is a plus.
• VM performance monitoring, capacity planning, and redundancy planning.
• Server Hardware configuration, installation, and maintenance experience.
• Understanding of Internet security best practices.
• AWS, Terraform, Troubleshooting.

Shift:

• 40 hours a week. Requires 24x7 on-call support (Including weekends).