Senior Development Operations Engineer (ScriptingAutomation)

• Maintain Perl, Ruby and Shell scripts that allow customers to easily deploy and configure our solution, run backups\restores, provide high availability, and perform other administrative tasks
• Plan and execute a migration of administrative scripts from Perl to either Python or Ruby
• Maintain robust solution security by managing OS and software updates, implementing system hardening, and ensuring compliance with industry frameworks
• Manage \ build the kickstarts that install our solution currently based on Rocky Linux
• Administer and support CI/CD pipelines and build automation processes using Jenkins.
• Automate operations such as PostgreSQL database backup\restores, deployments, and upgrades
• Help our support team delight our customer issues by quickly resolving issues as they arise
• Maintain and support on-premises infrastructure, including server room equipment, physical and virtual servers, storage, and networking systems.
• Help transition solution to containers
• Mentor others
• Must use only company-approved AI tools and follow documented company AI usage policy

• Scripting expertise with Bash and any of Perl, Python, or Ruby (5+ years)

• This position requires a detailed understanding of Linux operating systems (Rocky Linux \ RedHat), RPM packaging\deployment, Operating System configuration, tuning, and hardening.

• Experience creating kickstarts or similar system installation technologies.

• Designing and implementing Jenkins CI\CD pipelines.

• Ability to troubleshoot operating system issues, configuration problems, authentication errors, and related software defects

• Must be a graduate of a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering program (or similar field), * Ability to lead a small team

• Knowledge / experience with containerization (Docker / Kubernetes)

• Experience with networking (IP, DNS, Routing, Firewalls, etc...)

• Knowledge / experience with virtualization technology (VMWare, KVM, Nutanix, Hyper-V)

• Knowledge of LDAP and Active Directory

• Experience leveraging AI tools in order to expedite performing job function

• Cryptography technologies and certificates

• Database management skills (PostgreSQL preferred)

Pulled from the full job description

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance, ABOUT SUNBIRD
• We are all about delighting our clients and live/breathe the end client/user experience.
• We have amazing PTO Policy that allows you to take care of yourself and your family.
• We offer medical, dental, vision and life insurance to employees.
• We believe in collaboration, teamwork, creativity and taking initiative.

Sunbird (www.sunbirddcim.com), an established leader in Data Center Infrastructure Management, is looking for a Senior Development Operations Engineer to join our software development team. Our award-winning web-based solutions help our customers understand and manage energy consumption, environmental conditions, and assets in their facilities. In this role, you will be a key contributor for complex development tasks and be able to provide technical leadership on Linux hardening/configuration, package management, continuous integration, deployments, and virtualization. The ideal candidate will be a software developer who is passionate about automating server configurations, deployments, and other IT processes. Environment: Linux, Scripting (Ruby, Perl, Bash, or Python), PostgreSQL 15+, Jenkins, Nexus, and GitHub