Job Post Title: DevOps EngineerWork Location: Chicago, IL 60602
Work Model: Hybrid
Anchor Days: Tuesday - Thursday (Must be onsite)
6 Months contract
Job Post SummarySeeking a DevOps Engineer to collaborate with Application Development teams to implement business solutions through agile practice, and manage production issues, among other duties.
Job Post Description
Job Description
- This role will support our Wealth Management business, product, operations, partners and clients
- As a support associate you will collaborate with Application Development teams to implement business solution through agile practice and manage production issues.
- Lead production stability effort by preventing production issue and improve production stability.
- Track /Manage Incidents /Change /Problems for assigned applications.
- Provide regular and high-quality updates to all the stakeholders on the progress of the incidents, including SLA risks/breaches.
- Identify measures to improve applications stability and availability to improve support service delivery.
- Develop to become a Subject Matter Expert for assigned application domain.
- Troubleshoot production issues through monitoring and log analysis.
- Attend regular meetings with Project/Development teams to discuss production issues for prioritization, fixes and release.
- Engage Help direct systems projects, including project planning, management status reporting, systems specifications and implementation
- Help ensure compliance with all audit requirements including change control procedures and data security
- Manage and coordinate with onsite and offshore Managed Services provider and offshore partners to Support applications and drive continuous improvement efforts.
- Coordinate with various teams, including offshore staff, and raise support ticket for all issues, analyze root cause and assist in efficient resolution of production issues.
- Responsible to attend on-call, after office hours including weekend to support High and Critical production issues.
- Ability to work with vendors and support staff on support tickets and follow up regularly till resolution is found.
Qualifications
- Possess excellent leadership and communication skills coupled with a solid understanding of modern cloud technologies preferably in the financial sector.
- 5-6+ years of application development /Support experience using modern technical frameworks and architecture, including experience collaborating with external technology teams.
- Support experience with multi-channel applications (web, mobile, API, etc.).
- Good to have past experience under DevOpps or SRE role.
- Understanding of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) and/or other methodologies
- Experience working on projects in an Agile/XP environment.
- Experience using at least some of the following technologies: Java, J2EE, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), RESTful interfaces, GIT, Gradle, Maven, NPM, Spring (Spring Batch and Spring Boot), Bootstrap, CSS3, HTML4, React.js, Node.js/JavaScript, Oracle PL/SQL
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- A solid technical background are essential as is the ability to multitask in a fast paced environment.
- The ideal candidate can explain technical issues in layman's terms and translate business needs to technology teams and back.
- Strong leadership and team player to work as part of a global support team, cross training and supporting multiple critical client facing applications.
- Experience working effectively with diverse groups around the world, including IT management, technology staff, business partners, consultants, vendors and clients