DevOps Engineer

Title: DevOps Engineer Location: Sylmar, CA Duration: 10 Months

Locals preferred

Job Summary: The IT DevOps Engineer will be directly involved in conducting analysis, creating technical/functional specs, configuration, testing, implementation, system administration and support of new and existing applications and processes to enable development teams to more rapidly release medical device software and systems. This role will provide expertise that is critical in assisting with the identification of opportunities for the effective use of technology and the implementation of IT solutions on behalf of internal business product development groups. The DevOps Engineer is responsible for collaborating with internal stakeholders, including medical device software development teams and partner information technology resources to support business processes and provide operational efficiency using industry standard technologies This position will work collaboratively with other IT and software engineering teams to deploy and operate our systems/platforms, and support client utilization. This will include helping to automate and streamline our operations and processes, along with building and maintaining tools for deployment, monitoring and operations. Additionally, this position will troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in our dev, test and production environments

Job Duties: · Manage and enhance CI/CD infrastructure and tools to improve the development workflow for numerous different development teams · Design, build, and run CI/CD pipelines for a spectrum of software · Administer and troubleshoot issues in development tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, Nexus, Confluence, and Jenkins suite of applications · Responsible for building and developing IT solutions · Experience in creating, managing and troubleshooting shell scripts · Present system designs and technical implementation details to engineers and partner IT teams · Collaborate with partner IT staff to improve processes and infrastructure setup · Contribute to end-user training as needed and comfortable providing day-to-day tier 2 support · Communicate trends and new developments in technology to advise on current state best practices for implementing solutions · Communicates effectively with management to enhance their understanding of the opportunities and limitations of information systems · Conform to and enforce planned work priority in the face of continued interruptions and Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments · Works with infrastructure engineers and other application teams to implement solutions that provide excellent access, throughput, availability, security and cost-effectiveness, while maintaining simplicity and industry best practices · Contribute necessary documentation, testing and change control procedures to satisfy internal product validation · Maintain accurate current state application architecture diagrams, documentation, and other data sources in a consistent and replicable manner · Maintain, mature, and audit security processes in our code and infrastructure · Automate and codify supporting security systems in all phases of the SLDC · Develops detailed implementation, test and roll-back procedures for planned changes

General Qualifications: · Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience · Must be familiar with Agile software development methodologies and how DevOps practices are incorporated to improve velocity · Atlassian certification a plus · Familiarity with multiple programming languages such as Python, Perl, Java, Ruby, C# · Familiar with Azure cloud platform (Azure certification a plus) · Familiar with automated testing and test-driven development practices · Understanding of programs such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Terraform · Working knowledge of Unix/Linux and Windows administration · Excellent communication and customer service skills. Able to bridge communication between technical areas and business areas for a full and complete understanding of expectations · Must be a self-starter and possess good analytical skills · Comfortable partnering with engineers to understand and solve problems that will enable them to deliver reliable software faster · 5+ years of technical system administration experience · 5+ years of experience translating business requirements into technical designs · At least 3 years’ experience working in regulated environments · At least 3 years’ experience working with enterprises producing multiple products and systems · Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment. · Ability to travel approximately 10%, including internationally,

Equipment: Works with standard office equipment, telephone, cellular phone, and personal computer. Operates a motor vehicle for trips to various Company sites and outside vendor, field, and customer locations; and to commute to various airports for airline travel

Working Conditions: Work environment varies from well lighted office/cubicle, low to moderate noise level, to a variety of conditions caused by travel requirements such as customer offices, research labs, hospitals, hotels, use of automobiles, commercial travel, weather, etc

Physical Demands: Activities require a significant amount of sitting in front of a computer monitor, some standing and walking. Significant use of hands and arms, plus finger dexterity to reach, point, write, type, operate a computer and other office equipment. Performs tasks that regularly require good correctable vision and hand/eye coordination. Activities also require significant use of voice and hearing for discussions with other employees.