Title: Cloud Devops SpecialistLocation - New York, NYDuration: Long-TermJob DescriptionExperienced Devops specialist required to work on public cloud projects with opportunities to work on both Azure and AWS in a global financial organization.This role requires the successful candidate to have:Experience in transforming IT Service Delivery to one of a Devops cultureStrong infrastructure, development and Devops skillsProven track record of service ownership, accountability and building trusted relationshipsExperience in Change and Incident Management concepts Primary responsibilitiesWork in a globally distributed team to provide innovative and robust public Cloud solutionsCollaborate with vendors to develop and deploy Cloud services to meet customer expectationsCollaborate with IT Security to ensure necessary controls to Cloud services are deployed and testedDesign compliant infrastructure and supporting services in the Cloud platformDesign, optimize and document the operational aspects of the Cloud platformDevelop Infra as Code to automate cloud deploymentsDevelop automation workflows in CI/CD pipeline adhering to change management processFacilitate tabletop exercises for incident management processes, chaos engineeringEvaluate and implement emerging Devops tools Required Skills (note for this role AWS is key, not azure)Experience with Infrastructure as CodeExperience with CI/CD pipelinesSound knowledge of server infrastructure and cloud computingGood knowledge of security (SAML, OAuth, OpenID, Kerberos, Policies, entitlements etc.)Experience with architecting and maintaining high availability production systemsStrong development skills in PythonExperience in software installation, configuration and patchingExperience in Terraform automation/orchestration (or similar)Knowledge of system monitoring in a cloud environment including cloud specific products and toolsExperience with Agile and DevOps methodologiesDeveloping monitoring architecture and implementing monitoring agents, dashboards, escalations and alertsStrong communication and written skillsExperience creating technical architecture documentation Desired SkillsKnowledge of security controls for the Public cloud (encryption of data in motion/rest and key management)Hands-on experience with AWS design and implementationKnowledge of Linux and Windows containersRedHat Enterprise Linux knowledgeExperience with Open Source Cloud and configuration management tools (Puppet, Chef)Experience with alternate cloud providers (e.g. Google Cloud Platform)Experience in the financial industryBachelor degree in a related field
