DevOps Monitoring Engineer

at TAJ Technologies, Inc.
Published October 18, 2020
Location Bethesda, MD
Category Default  
Job Type Full-time  

Description

Description:

•Client advances science and public health by providing freeaccess over the web to biomedical literature and genomic data, making it one ofthe 400 top most-visited sites in the world.

•Client diverse staff of smart, talented, and deeplytechnical people collaborate to build critically valuable services forresearchers, physicians, educators, students, and the general public.

•For example, Client develops and delivers PubMed, an indexof over 29 million biomedical research abstracts, often with links to full-textliterature and supporting data.

•Client is located in Bethesda, Maryland, and is part of theU.S. Client.

Duties & Responsibilities

•As a part of an Agile team, engineer, develop and maintainClient Observability Infrastructure

•Work with the Team Lead and peers to clarify currentpriorities and scope of work

•Be a member of a Development Team practicing Scrum

Requirements

•Requires at least 2 years of DevOps experience

•Strong knowledge of at least one of the followingprogramming languages: Python, Go, Java, Scala, Rust; plus a desire to learnnew languages

•Strong hands-on Linux experience. System programmingexpertise or understanding of how container runtimes work is a big plus 

•Experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud serviceproviders

•Experience setting up or using monitoring systems (Grafana,TICK Stack, Prometheus)

•Experience using cluster scheduler technologies(Kubernetes, Nomad, Mesos), or solid understanding of the concepts they operateupon

•Experience using service mesh technologies (Linkerd, Istio)to improve observability of services and infrastructure

•Understanding of distributed systems design principles (wewill ask you about consensus, and we don't mean blockchain)

•Customer-focused, team-oriented disposition

Educational Requirements

•B.S. in a STEM field (Engineering, Computer Science,Mathematics, Physics)

•Alternatively, equivalent industry experience in SoftwareDevelopment

Bonus Points

•Experience with Datadog

•Experience with Sensu

•Experience with Telegraf

•Experience with GitOps approach

•Any other DevOps technologies, any prior DevOps experience

•Excellent communication and soft skills to interface withcustomers, peers, and management

•Strong presentation skills

•Good judgment, sense of integrity and responsibility

“TAJ Technologies, Inc. is an EEO/AA Employer: women, minorities, the disabled and veterans are encouraged to apply”