Job Description

SUMMARY

A DevOps engineer’s roles and responsibilities are a combination of technical and management roles. It is essential to have excellent communication and coordination skills to successfully integrate various functions in a coordinated manner and deliver the responsibilities to the customer’s satisfaction.

The DevOps engineer’s responsibilities are multi-prong - they need to be agile enough to wear a technical hat and manage operations simultaneously.

SOME OF THE CORE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEVOPS ENGINEER INCLUDE –

· Understanding customer requirements and project KPIs

· Implementing various development, testing, automation tools, and IT infrastructure

· Planning the team structure, activities, and involvement in project management activities.

· Managing stakeholders and external interfaces

· Setting up tools and required infrastructure

· Defining and setting development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operation

· Have the technical skill to review, verify, and validate the software code developed in the project.

· Troubleshooting techniques and fixing the code bugs

· Monitoring the processes during the entire lifecycle for its adherence and updating or creating new processes for improvement and minimizing the wastage

· Encouraging and building automated processes wherever possible

· Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management

· Incidence management and root cause analysis

· Coordination and communication within the team and with customers

· Selecting and deploying appropriate CI/CD tools

· Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline)

· Mentoring and guiding the team members

· Monitoring and measuring customer experience and KPIs

· Managing periodic reporting on the progress to the management and the customer

ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR THE DEVOPS ENGINEER

A DevOps Engineer’s role requires technical skills in the development cycle and operations skills for maintenance and support. Computer Science or Computer Technology graduates can bring some of the technical skills necessary to become a DevOps engineer. However, the skills required for managing the operations usually come through the experience or by enrolling in specific development programs, which can help further the career in the set direction.

PRE-REQUISITE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR A DEVOPS ENGINEER ROLE INCLUDE:

· Excellent understanding of Ruby, Python, Perl, Postregql, and Java

· Configuration and managing of MySQL, Mongo, AWS-RDS, Other

· Excellent troubleshooting

· Working knowledge of various tools, open-source technologies, and cloud services

· Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles

· Strong AWS cloud experience (which includes EC2, CloudFormation, ElasticBeanstalk, VPC, IAM, S3, Security groups, Tagging)

· Knowledge of secure AWS environments

· Strong knowledge of working with Docker/Kubertenes

Company Description

Larry Jia, M.D., founded Zymo Research Corporation in 1994. With humble beginnings, he started manufacturing the first DNA/RNA extraction and purification products for E. coli and yeast out of a garage in Orange, California. Today, Zymo Research is a multi-million dollar company with its headquarters based in Irvine, California. In addition to its California headquarters, Zymo Research has two international branches located in Freiburg, Germany and Beijing, China. The company's DNA and RNA extraction kits are used mainly by academic and biopharmaceutical scientists, who need to isolate and purify DNA/RNA from tissue, blood or serum samples. Zymo Research is also known for its epigenetics line of products used in DNA methylation detection and quantitation. They carved out a niche in this market by being an early adopter in the field of epigenetics and by offering a high-quality product. They are considered the leader in this market space. One of the keys to Zymo's success in the past 25 years has been their ability to listen to their customers and react quickly. Their tagline "The Beauty of Science is to Make Things Simple" is a mantra that is reflected in every one of their products. From epigenetics to RNA/DNA isolation, each product is designed to be both simple in use and robust in its performance. Inside Zymo Research Zymo Research's core beliefs are based on innovation, quality, and customer service. These three paradigms are ingrained in their company culture. They believe their products are the most reliable and uphold to the highest standards of quality in the industry as evidenced by their ISO 9001 certification. They have also received Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Award for Leadership in Epigenetics Product Quality. OUR MISSION To provide the most reliable, innovative, and valuable biomedical tools and services to our customers through research and strategic development. OUR VISION To have a positive impact in the biomedical field and to contribute to the greater good of humanity. GOLDEN RULE " Treat others as you would like to be treated " . We strongly believe this principle dictates teamwork and open communication.