Devops Engineer

Job Description

DevOps Engineer (Open to Remote)

We are seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to work with our PRH Development teams to automate processes, maximize performance, and ensure up-time. This person will work closely with the automation team, implementing best practices and sharing new ideas as technology improvements are made. We are looking for candidates who are accountable, passionate, assertive, proactive, genuine, adaptable, and results oriented.

Responsibilities:
• Shares ideas and implements solutions for improving infrastructure and software through automation, monitoring, performance tuning, health monitoring, and tool creation
• Implements highly available, secure, scalable, and self-healing systems
• Works closely with development teams to provide fully automated delivery pipelines through development, test, and production
• Documents standard processes for system deployment, maintenance, and alert management
• Assist development teams with infrastructure design as needed
• Evaluate and advise on system and application architectures
• Assist in supporting standardized tools and best practices for deployment processes
• Collaborate with information security team on mitigation efforts
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and triage production problems as they occur
• Contributes directly to the planning and execution of the next iteration of core services
• Support existing legacy applications until they can be re-engineered
• Participates in an active on-call rotation

Desired Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• Experienced with creating and troubleshooting automated deployment pipelines
• Proficient with containerization technologies such as Docker, ECS, Kubernetes
• Skilled in automating cloud deployments via Cloud Formation or Terraform
• Experience with AWS such as: EC2, SQS, Lambda, RDS, ECS, ELB, S3, API Gateway
• Good understanding of load balancing and networking
• Well-versed in GIT usage and software engineering best practices
• Strong Unix/Linux proficiency
• Web application development experience (Java, PHP, Python, etc.)
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (i.e. Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or Saltstack)
• The ability to work independently as well as perform as part of a scrum team
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly

Additional Desired Qualifications:
• Strong oral/written communication skills
• Systems automation experience with Java is a plus (Maven, Ant)
• Understanding of object-oriented software and design patterns
• Experience with modern front-end technologies such as SCSS, Bower, NPM, Webpack, Aurelia/React/Angular
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools
• Experience supporting LAMP & LEMP stacks for web content delivery
• Experience supporting various CMS platforms (Wordpress)

To learn more about our IT Department and their initiatives, visit our Tech Talent site.

The salary range for this position is $120,000-$130,000. Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program. Please apply using our online application process, and please include your resume with salary requirements.

Penguin Random House job postings include a good faith compensation range for each open position. The salary range listed is specific to each particular open position and takes into account various factors including the specifics of the individual role, and candidate's relevant experience and qualifications.

Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program. Our range of benefits include, but are not limited to, Medical/Prescription drug insurance, Dental, Vision, Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Pre-Tax and Roth 401(k), Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life/AD&D Insurance, Commuter Benefits, Student Loan Repayment Program, Educational Assistance & generous paid time off.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g62wx9-18-117-142-128-42 in your application.