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DevOps Administrator – Boston


Job Type
permanent
Location
Boston Metro Area
Payrate
$120-140K
Description

DevOps Administrator

Working closely with product, delivery and client support to deploy their hosted solution, the DevOps Administrator will be part of a team that is responsible for the day-to-day development, support and deployment of their solution to development and production platforms.

These are the expectations that they have of a successful and accomplished DevOps

Administrator:

  • Customer-facing excellence
  • Understanding of cloud deployment methodologies and their accompanying software development life cycles
  • Strong background in Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting
  • Strong experience with database administration, troubleshooting and tuning (MySQL, Mongo)
  • Experience with data retention management
  • Experience with data transmission and storage
  • Experience with disaster recovery and failover
  • Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and cloud services
  • A working understanding of code and script (PHP, Python, Perl and/or Ruby)
  • Experience with automation/configuration management using either Puppet, Chef or an equivalent is preferred
  • Knowledge of best practices and IT operations
  • Excellent end user and customer support

Competencies

They are looking for a candidate with at least 5 years of experience in the following technologies:

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and/or related experience
  • Experience with Red Hat and CentOS flavors of the Linux operating system
  • Experience with VMware virtualization technologies
  • Experience with AWS instances and VPCs
  • Patch management techniques for servers and clients
  • Excellent time management, communication, writing and customer service skills
  • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and decision-making skills
  • Management of third-party vendors
  • Experience with Atlassian products, a plus
  • Good understanding of networking and security principles
Date
Nov, 19th
Travel required
No
Telecommute
No