Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.
Ascensus does not provide visa sponsorship now or in the future and does not hire candidates working under OPT
Section 1: Position Summary
The DevOps Architect roleis positioned between theProgram Architectand thePrincipal DevOps Engineerand isresponsible for providing technical direction and oversightof the application engineering/DevOps practicesacross scrum teams within a program.DevOps Architect works closely with Program Architects and Application Architects to understand business needs and provides strategic and tactical directions for specific initiatives.Promotes DevOps culture by examining the big picture, applying agile mindset and modern DevOps tools toaccelerate the overall software deliver, promotesinnovation, alternative solutions, reusability, stability, scalability,and consistency across programs. Providesongoing technical oversight and mentoringacrossscrum teamsto ensure theyareprogressing in accordance with established architecture direction. Some participation as an individual contributor to assist scrum teams with complex tasks and POC's.Researches new technologies and toolsto remain abreast of current and emerging technologies, and to introduce new opportunities for innovation.Passionate about quality and continuous delivery.
Section 2: Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities
* Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients.
* Our I-Client service philosophy and our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® should be visible in your actions on a day to day basis showing your support of our organizational culture.
* Identifies and provides oversight of the technical solutions for Source Control, Build and Deployment automation, Continuous Integration, Environment Monitoring.
* Develops & evangelizes best practices for DevOps & CI/CD, API Management, Networking.
* Provides technical direction for scrum teams for specific initiatives and assists with initial proof of concepts and template builds.
* Participates in Technology/Architecture and design discussions and designing automation templates for infrastructure provisioning, configuration & change management, and developing the detailed technical design.
* Leads researching on new tools/ technology solutions/processes, build consensus and plan to introduce cost justifiable technology to improve SDLC pipeline
* Continually finds ways to optimize and build out a comprehensive architecture/strategy for supporting applications in production
* The scope of work includes build, machine configuration, test infrastructure and virtual machine deployment.
* Level-3 support for Production Environment
* Responsible for protecting and securing all client data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access to and/or improper transmission of information that could result in harm to a client.
* The I-Client philosophy and the Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® should be visible in your actions on a day to day basis showing your support of our organizational culture.
* Assist with other tasks and projects as assigned
Supervision
* Leadership, mentoring, and coaching
* No people management responsibilities
Section 3: Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements
* Minimum of 10+ years of Hands-on experience working as a DevOps/Build/Deployment and Engineering & Operations skills
* Passion for leadership, mentoring, and coaching to help others succeed
* Excellent communication and teamwork skills with ability to explain and influence architectural direction
* Excellent technical skills with deep knowledge of development technologies and tools
* Excels in a results focused organization
* Experience with Agile/Scrum, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and related tools
* Hands-on experience in production environments, both deploying and troubleshooting applications in Windows /Linux environment.
* Strong experience automating with scripting languages such as Power Shell, Python and any deployment scripting languages
* Strong experience with CI/CD deployment supporting Microsoft technologies (IIS, Team Foundation Server (TFS, VSTS), GIT/ ProGit, Octopus Deploy and TeamCity is preferred)
* Highly Proficient in Configuration Management (Puppet, Ansible, Chef or Similar)
* Excellent understanding of Containerization, Docker & Kubernetes is required.
* Excellent understanding of Micro-services architecture, design patterns, and standard methodologies with an eye towards scale, automation, resiliency, high availability and disaster recovery.
* Excellent understanding of networking, load balancing, caching, security, config and certificate management.
* Working experience with Consul and NGINX+
* Working experience with Redis
* Experience in larger Enterprise suites such as BPM, CRM, Portals, Content Management preferred
* Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline or equivalent work experience.
* Nice to
* Experience with .Net framework
* Experience with ASP.Net and MVC and/or Java and Struts
* Experience with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
* Experience with JavaScript, jQuery, and JS frameworks
* Experience with cloud computing using Azure or AWS
* Experience with infrastructure as code software like Terraform
* Understanding of SOA and distributed computing
* Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) practices with an automated testing framework
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
The national average salary range for this role is $150-200k in base pay, exclusive of any bonuses and benefits. This base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salary offered will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, performance, and internal pay alignment. We do not anticipate that candidates hired will begin at the top of the range however, from time to time, it may occur on a case-by-case basis. Other rewards and benefits may include: 401(k) match, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid-Time-Off, etc. For more information, please visit careers.ascensus.com/#Benefits.
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