Works with IT developers to facilitate better coordination among operations, development, and testing functions by automating and streamlining integration and deployment processes. DevOps aims at coupling a tighter alignment between IT operations and businesses.
The Department of Information Resources (DIR) requires the services of one DevOps Engineer 3, hereafter referred to as Worker, who meets the general qualification of DevOps Engineer 3 and the specifications outlined in this document for the above-named customer.
As a key member of the DevSecOps team, this DevOps Engineer 3 will (a) Develop, review, modify, and enhance CI/CD principles, (b) Install, configure, and maintain CI/CD tools & platforms, (c) Develop and maintain CI/CD pipeline configurations, (d) Automate processes, and (e) Develop, monitor and optimize Batch Jobs and Operations.
In addition, this DevOps engineer will be assigned to install, configure, build and deploy applications in support of Eligibility Supporting Technology applications. This position is central to ensuring these applications and services remain current across all development, test, training, and production environments.
This DevOps engineer will also provides environment triage support. This responsibility includes both workday and night/weekend on-call support for all development, test, training, and production environments. This service helps maintain high availability for developers, testers, trainers, and production end users.
This position works under minimal direction with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Develop, monitor and optimize Batch Jobs and Operations.
2. Analyzes the technology currently being used and develops plans and processes for improvement and expansion.
3. Implements and enhances an advanced CI/CD solution. Develops, codes, tests, builds, installs, configures, and maintains IT solutions.
4. Analyzes processes, and deployments and proposes improvements to streamline code deployments and minimize errors.
5. Uses configuration management software to automatically deploy updates and fixes into the various production & non-production environments.
6. Documents processes and procedures.
7. Support Production and Non Production related activities and issues.
8. Support releases and sprint related activities.
9. Provide enterprise level solutions for existing automation in place while developing new solutions.
10. Develop proposal plan for approval.
| Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. |
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| Years | Required/Preferred | Experience |
| 10 | Required | Experience automating “full-life cycle” of complex enterprise IT env. using IaC, CaC & CI/CD tools integrated into 1 unified solution supporting standup of new env or frequent mod to existing env in areas such as IBM WebSphere, MQ & Oracle products, AWS |
| 10 | Required | Designing and Implementing automation solutions for scalability, repeatability and recoverability |
| 10 | Required | Proven ability and experience designing and implementing advanced automation solutions using tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible Automation Platform, Github actions, Jenkins, Liquibase etc. |
| 8 | Required | Experience with one or more programming/script languages such as Python, GoLang, Shell, Ruby, bash, shell, Perl |
| 8 | Required | Experience with Containers and Container orchestration Kubernetes platforms such as PODMAN, docker, EE/OpenShift/Rancher And packaging tools such as Helm Charts and Kustomize |
| 8 | Required | Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems |
| 8 | Required | Experience designing and implementing solutions using AWS Well-architected framework |
| 8 | Required | Excellent written and verbal communication skills |
| 5 | Preferred | Development experience using Java, J2EE, Java Spring Boot, EJB, JSP, JSF/Struts, (JavaServer Faces, Apache Struts Framework), XML is a significant plus |
| 5 | Preferred | Experience with WebSphere ND, MQ, Oracle, Java, SQL tools (PL/SQL developer, SQL plus), LDAP, Splunk, Dynatrace. |
Initial Purchase Order Term:
Any Purchase Order resulting from this Request for Resumes is effective on the date of issuance and expires on the last day of the State fiscal year in which the Purchase Order was issued, unless sooner stated in the Purchase Order or unless sooner terminated, renewed, or extended as provided in the Purchase Order.
Renewal Option(s):
HHSC, at its sole discretion, may renew the Purchase Order for up to three, one-year optional renewals. Such renewal(s), if exercised, shall be subject to all the requirements and terms and conditions of the Purchase Order.
A) Services shall be provided during normal business hours unless otherwise coordinated through the Agency. Normal business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., excluding Texas state holidays when the agency is closed.
B) The primary work location will be 1609 Centre Cr Dr., Austin, Texas 78613.
Position will be remote. Program will allow candidates who are within the state (Any location within the State of Texas).
C) Any and all travel, per diem, parking, and/or living expenses shall be at the worker’s and/or Vendor’s expense.
D) The worker may be required to work remotely at HHSC discretion, up to 100 percent of the time.
E) The worker may be required to work outside the normal business hours on weekends, evenings and holidays, as requested. Payment for work over 40 hours will be at the hourly rate quoted and must be coordinated and pre-approved through the Agency.
Interviews will be conducted: (check all that apply)
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☐ In person
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