DevOps Engineer - Local to Boston, MA - Who Has Local Project Exp in Recent

• The candidate needs to be local to MA.
• The candidate needs to have current or recent working experience in MA.

Job Description

Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Boston, MA

Duration: 6+ Months (Contract)

Linkedin - YES

Key Responsibilities
• Participate in crafting architecture documents to provide with the work you're doing in line with architectural requirements.
• Create design artifacts and support prototyping through creation of POCs.
• Delivery high quality work and support peers in quality checks such that design requirements are met. Create documentation for the assigned modules.
• Lead validation activities for the assigned modules for all types of testing e.g., Functional, Integration, System, User Experience etc.
• Support the creation of “Go Live” plan and lead assigned activities in the plan.
• Perform root-cause analysis of any issues that arise post-implementation and work on appropriate solutions.
• Participate in Knowledge Transfer sessions, prepare system appreciation documents and support the transition process.
• Conduct impact analysis of issues logged, prioritize and ensure that production support is provided as per committed SLAs.
• Lead code pipeline and automation projects.
• Support and mentor other team members to bolster the team’s effectiveness.

Required Qualifications
• Candidate must be located within commuting distance of Boston, MA. Current hybrid model requires 2-3 days per week in office.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of dynamic experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• At least 3 years of experience in GitHub with GitHub Actions.
• Extensive experience with AWS: instance management, parameter store, general administration.
• Experience with package managers (i.e. Chocolatey).
• In-depth knowledge of monitoring and logging tools like Splunk and New Relic.
• Good experience in continuous integration and release engineering.
• U.S. Citizenship and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are not able to sponsor at this time.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in scripting languages.

Preferred Qualifications
• Good understanding of source code management, virtualization, and containerization.
• Experience in project management.
• Good understanding of a variety of operating systems.
• Familiarity with APM tools like New Relic, BMC, and others