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Principal, Cloud Engineering - Kubernetes / Automation

LOCATION: CHICAGO, IL.

3 days in office, 2 days remote.
$200 - $215K + 30% Bonus.

This role is all about Kubernetes, containerization and automation. You must be able to incorporate applications into cloud into Kubernetes. Need to come from a highly regulated environment. Kafka terraform and ansible. Deploying applications buildouts and software installations.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reports to the Executive Director of Platform Automation and Cloud Engineering.
• Design, configure, implement and manage a fully automated workflow for provisioning and maintaining a complex, highly available cloud environment using infrastructure as code.
• Develop and maintain a library of deployable, tested, and documented automation design scripts, processes, and procedures for deploying services to the cloud.
• Manage DevOps development activities and complex development tasks that will involve working with tools such as Docker, Kafka and container management systems.
• Lead and participate in cloud computing environment build-outs, software installation, maintenance and support, including but not limited to, patches, fixes, end-of-life preparation, and upgrades.
• Ensure the reliability of the services your area of responsibility provide and manage to both specific and implied SLAs to help the organization achieve both internal and external quality standard excellence for the cloud platform.

Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of infrastructure design and components, such as: servers, operating systems, networks, and storage.
• Experience with architecting, implementing and maintaining highly available mission critical environments for 24/7 availability.
• Strong hands-on experience scripting/development skills in Python, Ruby, Go, Java, JavaScript, etc. in a corporate environment.
• Hands-on experience with: Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Kafka, Github, OpenShift, and configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible.
• Relevant experience with configuration and implementation of IaaS, Infrastructure as code, AWS, Azure, etc.
• 10+ years experience in IT systems installation, operations, administration, and maintenance of cloud systems / virtualized servers.
• Experience working in a financial services or highly regulated environment preferred.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification or higher strongly desired.

Request Technology, LLC consists of a group of Associate Recruiters, each of whom has an extensive background within the search industry. We fill positions at every level, from entry level to executive. Our specialties have proven to be our strength within the industry; we have successfully filled more than 80 percent of our available positions. With each engagement, we gain a better understanding of an organizations corporate culture and the needs of IT positions within it. Further more, we partner with our clients to match the candidate’s personality with the company culture by learning about the candidate’s background, which companies they have worked for, why they have left organizations and what motivates them to succeed. Thank you for your interest in Request Technology. For additional information, please visit our Web site at or call me at 630-717-5865. Because we work on a contingency basis, you have no obligation to us until we find you the right candidate. We back this up by offering you a three-month, money-back guarantee. I look forward to working with you and demonstrating for you firsthand why Request Technology is peerless in a highly competitive industry.

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