Sr. DevOps Engineer at Randstad USA

POSITION SUMMARY

DevOps Engineer role that analyzes, evaluates, designs, develops, implements, and executes a CI/CD strategy. Recommends and implements new standards and procedures for existing systems. Expertise on SolarWinds for configuration, maintenance, and optimization of our SolarWinds monitoring platform. Experience on Azure DevOps for continuous CI/CD pipeline implementation and maintenance. Expertise on Service Now for optimizing IT service management process. Responsible for ensuring minimal system downtime, a secure environment, and hitting speed to market goals. Provides support for custom interface development and administration of middleware technology. Rotational support for the production environment. Proactively identifies and corrects problems. Prepares documentation for new and modified systems, environments, hardware and software or databases. Expertise on EAI platforms like WebMethods. Expertise on IaC technology such as Ansible to automate, monitor and maintain Application maintenance activities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Knowledge (Technical Focus)

• Works closely with webMethods development teams, troubleshoot issues, and ensure the seamless operation of the integration environment with internal and external partners

• Performs/guides regular maintenance tasks for SolarWinds, including software updates, patches, and configuration adjustments. Work with other IT teams to identify root causes of problems and implement effective solutions. Provide training and support to end-users and other IT staff on using SolarWinds tools.

• Highly skilled in Ansible for designing, implementing, and maintaining infrastructure automation solutions. Maintain and update existing Ansible playbooks to adapt to changing environments and requirements.

• Run and lead DevOps steering meeting with Application, DBA, server teams for automating repeatable activities to increate efficiency

• Prevents downtime, increases system availability, creates capacity plans, monitors performance, provides performance tuning, manages data and/or ensures data integrity

• Gathers, evaluates, and measures data on performance/capacity and reports on key measurements

• Participates in product evaluation, product installation, and product upgrade efforts

• Participate in hardware recommendations and sizing

• Recommends, customizes and implements/installs hardware and software products, as well as new standards and procedures

• Coordinates maintenance effort of supported systems, environmental infrastructure, and/or databases

• Designs technical systems and/or data structures, ensuring the overall technical design integrates with business design

• Provides and ensures a secure environment with appropriate backup and recovery procedures, and assists other areas in security support

• Develops procedures that promotes efficient and effective use of system environment and resources

• Addresses technical issues escalated within the team

• Analyzes impact of proposed solutions on applications and systems performance

• Reviews system, technical and internal customer documentation for accurate content

• Reviews system and internal customer test plans from a technical perspective and coordinates technical testing across all teams and the field

• Develops and implements disaster recovery plans

• Explains/trains as subject matter expert on technical concepts of product environments, operating systems, and related utilities

• Ensures environments are available and secure for system testing, integration testing, pilot testing, internal customer testing, and production.

• Develops, tests, and monitors security and internal controls

• Assists in the creation and maintenance of technical documentation.

• Keeps abreast of current and emerging information technology and trends

Managing Resources

• Assists in the following project efforts: creating project plans with timelines, resolving problems on scheduling, controlling projects, ensuring deadlines are met.

• Assists in preparation of estimates and cost benefi