Xpansiv - Lead DevOps Engineer

• Deploy and maintain critical applications on cloud-native microservices architecture • Implement automation, effective monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code • Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments • Support and work alongside a cross-functional engineering team on the latest technologies • Iterate on best practices to increase the quality & velocity of deployments • Have on call responsibilities in rotation with the engineering team • Increase the sophistication of our alerting and escalation mechanisms • Help increase system performance with a focus on high availability and scalability • Propose, scope, design, and implement various infrastructure architectures • Develop and maintain solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring • Continuously evaluate existing systems with industry standards, and make recommendations for improvement • Perform root cause analysis for production errors • Continue to keep the lights on (day-to-day administration) • BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field • 12+ years of professional experience as a DevOps/System Engineer • Experience maintaining and deploying highly-available, fault-tolerant systems at scale • A drive towards automating repetitive tasks (e.g. scripting via Terraform, Powershell, Bash, Python, Ruby, etc.) • Practical experience with Docker containerization and clustering (Kubernetes/ECS) • Expertise with Azure, AWS or GCP • Version control system experience (e.g. Git) • Working knowledge of databases and SQL • Experience implementing CI/CD (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jenkins) • Operational (e.g. HA/Backups) • Experience with configuration management tools (e.g. Powershell with DSC, Ansible, Chef) • Experience with infrastructure-as-code • Experience in managing on-premise Active Directory and Domain Controller • Experience in managing on-premise infrastructure • Effective communication skills • Professional experience and a high-level understanding of working with various operating systems and their implications • Problem-solving attitude • Collaborative team spirit • Certified SysOps Administrator, Azure/AWS Certified DevOps Engineer • Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering • Experience with software engineering and customer experience • Experience developing engineering applications for a large corporation