DevOps Engineer I

POSITION SUMMARY STATEMENT: 

The DevOps Engineer I will be applying Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery (CICD) and Value Stream Delivery techniques to facilitate an optimized and reliable framework, including automated and repeatable pipelines that move software from development to production. This involves close collaboration with Application Development, Cybersecurity, and Infrastructure teams to ensure compliant processes and systems. 

DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: 

Level I

• Support building self-service tools and automation to accelerate large scale application development and deployments; improving quality, efficiency, and developer productivity. 
• Participate in the development of the deployment automation strategy working closely with SRE Technical Architects, SRE Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and Product Development teams
• Assist in the implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance of automation scripts and processes for configuration management and software deployments
• Assist on Implementation of metrics, monitoring solutions, dashboards and alerts based on DORA metrics to facilitate end to end insight on software delivery effectiveness 
• Communicate information across DevOps and supported teams, encouraging a blameless culture focused on workflow visibility and collaboration 
• Participate in software release planning, pipeline change / creation and deployments.
• Enforce Change Management policies.
• Support alignment to service-level objectives, agreements, and indicators (SLOs, SLAs and SLIs) for underlying services by collaborating with Application Development, Product and Business Owners. 
• Assist in the design, development and implementation of scripts/software/tools that will improve the reliability and efficiency of the Value Stream Delivery platform 
• Support improvements on service performance metrics in relation to Deployment Frequency, Change Failure Rate, Lead Time for Changes, Mean Time to Recovery 
• Write, update, and use technical documentation, including runbooks/playbooks
• Support technical owner to ensure delivery of committed projects 
• Intensify risks and resolve issues to facilitate efficient team delivery 
• Help foster a fun, collaborative and supportive culture while promoting career defining work 
• Support efforts that ensure the team delivers high quality, accurate, viable, and reliable products
• Ability to work in geographically distributed teams
• Participate in on-call rotation to provide 12/7 support for critical production systems. Respond to incidents, diagnose issues, and implement fixes to ensure system reliability and uptime

Skills Required

• Experience working with Linux & Windows Operating Systems
• Scripting experience using PowerShell, Python, Linux/Unix Shell Scripting 
• Experience with one or more monitoring and logging tools – Splunk, Dynatrace, Azure Monitoring, Datadog, Prometheus with Grafana 
• Proficient in Oracle WebLogic Server.
• Experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working with DevOps automation tools - Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, Artifactory, Google Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, Argo CD/Flux 
• Experience with Public Cloud Platforms – Azure, GCP 
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes (AKS, GKE), Helm, Service Mesh 
• Experience with Google Anthos, Apigee, Confluent Kafka, MongoDB, SQL and Oracle Databases 
• Experience with Microservices Architecture
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code automation tools - Terraform, Ansible 
• An understanding of programming languages such as C#, Ruby, Perl, Java, Go, Python and PHP 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to communicate effectively to technical and management audience
• Company renowned for technical expertise in one area of Release Management 
• Provides SME support in area of expertise 
• Creative problem-solving and innovation

Certificates / Training (One or more):

• Azure / Google Cloud Certifications
• AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) / Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Preferred 

• Good understanding of Application Security Architectures and Guidance
• Knowledge of threat modelling and risk assessment techniques
• Knowledge of cybersecurity threats, current standard processes and latest software
• Experience in configuration of Web Application Firewall Rules using Akamai

Experience:

• 1+ years’ experience in value stream delivery with emphasis on CICD, including release management, end to end orchestration and analytics, and application release automation 

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of experience may be considered in lieu of education. 

Preferred

• Advanced Technical Degree

Principles & Related Competencies:

Ethical

• Aligns with policies and procedures; Takes the high road and upholds our values; Maintains confidentiality; Acts with integrity, honesty, and respect.

Leader

• Communicates the big picture whether remotely or in-person, connecting the dots globally and overcoming obstacles; Gives and receives frequent feedback, learns, teaches, encourages information sharing and cooperation among teams; Celebrates the individual and the team; Ability to clearly communicate.

Collaborative

• Communicates the big picture whether remotely or in-person, connecting the dots globally and overcoming obstacles; Gives and receives frequent feedback, learns, teaches, encourages information sharing and cooperation among teams; Celebrates the individual and the team; Ability to clearly communicate.

Looks Beyond Oneself

• (Team Leader) Demonstrates humility through servant leadership by thinking about what can I do as a leader to help you achieve your goals; Develops a vision (strategy) and sets goals and targets, fostering an environment which encourages achievement; Inspires and influences people to work together cohesively and enthusiastically engages with them; Welcomes a diversity of backgrounds and ideas; Values Distributors and teammates.

Drives Innovation

• Contribute through: Driving opportunities for all 3 types of innovation (incremental, evolutionary or disruptive); Proposing ideas and creative solutions to employee, distributor and/or customer challenges; Celebrating and learning from failures and successes, willing to experiment and take educated risks making decisions based on facts & data; Welcoming other’s ideas and suggestions and acting on them.

Delivers Change

• Delivers Change Through: Experiencing and leading change; Understanding Herbalife Nutrition’s business; Creating a sense of urgency for delivering business benefits; Flexibility and willingness to change.