Sr. DevOPS Engineer

Jobs Bridge Inc is among the fastest growing IT staffing / professional services organization with its own job portal. Jobs Bridge works extremely closely with a large number of IT organizations in the most in-demand technology skill sets. A clear understanding of the practice driven around and the development of a DevOps based release platform  Experience in the process of transitioning to DevOps practices - includes an understanding of best practices, implementation strategies (e.g. GIT branch strategies) and integration strategies and analysis of related tools.  Familiarity and practical experience with the ‘continuous’ practices noted in our objectives  Well versed with automation and provisioning frameworks primarily Ansible (Salt and Chef experience may suffice)  Experience developing and automating deployment tools to support IAAS platforms – i.e. AWS, Rackspace  Well versed with and working knowledge of other associated software deployment tools - SCM (GIT), CI tools (Jenkins CI), Artifact repositories (ArtiFactory), Issue management tools (JIRA, Confluence, Crowd)  Working knowledge of the following scripting languages: Python, Bash  Working knowledge of the following software tools: Maven, Gradle  Experience in supporting Test Driven and Agile Development  Design best practices for build and release process and tooling  Take charge of automating steps in our build and release systems  Oversee daily responsibility of build execution for various systems/releases  Lead agile practice implementation for project SDLC  Experience in Cloud & Virtualization products  Advanced experience in automation tools and best practices.  Qualifications  8 years’ work experience in sys-admin and release management  Solid understanding of CI best practices and tooling, specifically Jenkins  Strong experience with Git like DVCS systems and their use in release management, branching, merging, and integration strategies  Extensive experience in building JAVA Web/Mobile Systems  Well versed in using Solaris, and Linux operating systems  Detailed knowledge of Configuration Management discipline  Self-starter with ability to lead processes and projects  Thorough knowledge of Scripting with Bash/Shell, Perl and Python  Strong organizational, communication skills and detail oriented  BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or similar technical field DevOps practices, deployment tools to support IAAS platforms i.e. AWS, RackspaceAWS, Multiple Openings for GC/Citizen