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Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer in Lake Mary, FL.

Responsibilities:

• Guides the DevOps Engineering team, defining and disseminating DevOps standards, assists manager or director with staff performance reviews and goals
• Works with the development teams to create and implement policies, procedures and standards that adhere to development, operational and security best practices
• Builds automated deployments using configuration management technology; Deploys new modules, upgrades and fixes to the production environment
• Documents and completes knowledge transfer to production support; Works with Release Management to ensure solutions are production ready
• Provides technical guidance or system process expertise
• Develops reports and presentations for senior management, as needed
• Evaluates new technologies and tools and performs research on best practices; Provides architectural and policy recommendations to other groups
• Plans and performs ongoing routine platform governance tasks; Establishes requirements, methods and procedures for routine maintenance
• Creation, implementation and maintenance of application and infrastructure monitoring to ensure visibility and accountability with regard to ensuring SLA compliance
• Ensures all applications are documented according to standards; Promotes effective use of information technology by educating users on system functionality
• Coordinates the preparation of overall system test criteria and test plans to ensure operational fitness for new applications or infrastructure components
• Assists quality assurance and development teams in the creation of complex test cases to ensure the system meets the logical and non-logical performance objectives defined in the system requirements
• Collaborates with the application developers to establish overall user acceptance criteria
  
  

REQUIREMENTS:

• Four (4) years of development and/or DevOps experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with build automation pipelines such as Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, etc.
• Experience with infrastructure automation (e.g., CloudFormation, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Experience with monitoring (e.g., CloudWatch, Nagios, Dynatrace, SolarWinds, New Relic, Ganglia, Grafana, PagerDuty); version control (e.g., Git, Subversion)
• Strong technical background in TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SSL/TLS, SSH, clustering/load balancing (e.g., CloudFront NetScaler, BIG-IP, Oracle RAC, VRRP, NLB), AD/LDAP integration (e.g., Okta))
• Experience with web technologies such as REST, OAUTH, TLS
• Experience with databases, including SQL and/or NoSQL
• Expert working knowledge of SDLC/DevOps
• Working understanding of code and script languages
• Strong written and oral communication to include time management and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, be self-motivated, and be adaptable in a fast paced, dynamic, deadline-driven environment
• Experience in Azure, Google Cloud Platform or other cloud platforms a plus
• Experience with Cloud FinOps or SecOps a plus
• Development background preferred
  
  

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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