Job Description

DevOps Engineer Consultant:

Please & Thank You is a consulting agency serving a portfolio of media, technology & live event companies.  We are seeking a development operations engineer to assist with the initial setup and launch sprint of a custom platform currently consisting of Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Yarn, Webpack, PostgreSQL and Redis.

Collectively, we are a team of dynamic, hard-working, fun & committed individuals who operate in a culture built around a strong sense of purpose and personal determination.  If you think you've got the right amount of moxie, mixed with a passion for music, fans, and the culture of live events, we welcome you.

DevOps Engineer Position Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains mission-critical information extraction, analysis, and management systems.
• Implements streaming analysis algorithms to generate question focused data sets (QFDs).
• Provides direct and responsive support for urgent analytic needs.
• Participates in architecture and software development activities.
• Translates loosely defined requirements into solutions.
• Uses open source technologies and tools to accomplish specific use cases encountered within the project.
• Uses coding languages or scripting methodologies to solve a problem with a custom workflow.
• Collaborates with others on the project to brainstorm about the best way to tackle a complex technological infrastructure, security, or development problem.
• Performs incremental testing actions on code, processes, and deployments to identify ways to streamline execution and minimize errors encountered.

DevOps Engineer Qualifications & Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with a keen sense of customer service
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Process-oriented with great documentation skills
• Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service
• Experience with or knowledge of Agile Software Development methodologies

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science, IT, IS, or equivalent area of technical study (IT experience can substitute for a BS degree)
• Familiarity with container orchestration services such as Docker or Kubernetes
• Familiarity with Ruby and/or Javascript
• Experience administering and deploying development CI/CD tools such as Git, Jira, GitLab, or Jenkins
• Significant experience with Linux server environments
• Experience with infrastructure scripting solutions such as Bash or Python