DevOps Specialist

Creative Realities, Inc.

Louisville, KY, United States

4 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.careerbuilder.com

Tech stack

JavaScript (Programming Language) Microsoft Windows Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Android Software Development Application Layers Microsoft Azure Command-Line Interface Cloud Computing Configuration Management Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration

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Linux DevOps Disaster Recovery Distributed Systems Domain Name System (DNS) Middleware Github HAProxy Monitoring of Systems Web Servers Identity and Access Management Key Management Linux System Administration Networking Basics Nginx Node.Js Package Management Systems Systems Development Life Cycle Queueing Systems RabbitMQ Reliability Engineering Ansible Prometheus Runbook Service Pack Software Engineering Data Streaming System on a Chip TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) TypeScript Workflow Management Systems Datadog Data Logging Pulumi Transport Layer Security Load Balancing Autoscaling System Availability Delivery Pipeline Grafana Multi-Cloud Reliability of Systems Firewalls (Computer Science) Backend Git Cloudformation Gitlab-ci Git Flow Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Patch Management Apache Kafka Data Management Multiaccess Edge Computing Api Gateway Terraform Software Version Control Docker Elk Stack Jenkins Vulnerability Analysis

Job description

Design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available backend infrastructure
Build and manage CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable software delivery
Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
Deploy, manage, and monitor containerized applications using Docker (and orchestration tools if applicable)
Manage multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments
Implement and maintain configuration management using Ansible
Improve system observability through logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions
Ensure high system uptime, performance, and scalability through proactive optimization
Collaborate with development teams to improve build, test, and deployment workflows
Enforce and implement security best practices across infrastructure and application layers
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems
Maintain documentation for infrastructure, processes, and runbooks

Requirements

Strong experience with JavaScript and TypeScript in backend or tooling environments
Proven experience with Node.js in production systems
Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized application deployment
Experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS and Azure
Experience with Ansible or similar configuration management tools
Solid understanding of backend server infrastructure and distributed systems
Experience deploying and maintaining production-grade systems
Knowledge of networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls)
Familiarity with Linux-based systems and command-line environments
Understanding of version control systems (e.g., Git) and branching strategies

Preferred Skills

Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
Familiarity with container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, ECS)
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
Strong understanding of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog)
Experience with secrets management and secure configuration (e.g., Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
Experience with autoscaling, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies
Familiarity with API gateways, reverse proxies, and load balancers (e.g., NGINX, HAProxy)
Experience with artifact repositories and package management

Security & Compliance Expectations

Strong understanding of secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices
Experience implementing identity and access management (IAM) policies
Familiarity with vulnerability scanning, patch management, and dependency security
Knowledge of encryption standards (TLS, data-at-rest encryption)
Awareness of compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR)
Experience with security monitoring, logging, and incident response

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience working with IoT devices (e.g., System on Chip, BrightSign players, Android-based devices)
Familiarity with edge computing and remote device management
Experience supporting distributed device fleets at scale
Knowledge of both Linux and Windows operating systems in production environments
Experience with message queues or streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Skills: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Android, Ansible, Apache Kafka, Application Programming Interface (API), Autoscaling, Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Command Line, Configuration Management, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cryptography, DNS (Domain Name System), DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Computing, Docker, Documentation, Firewalls, Git, GitHub, High Availability, ISO (International Organization for Standardization), Identity Data Management, Incident Response, Internet of Things, JavaScript, Jenkins, Linux Operating System, Load Balancing, Machine Tool, Messaging Middleware, Microsoft Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows Operating System, Node.js, Process Improvement, Production Systems, RabbitMQ, Reliability Engineering, Root Cause Analysis, SSL-TLS (Secure Socket Layer - Transport Layer Security), Security Monitoring, Service Delivery, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Patches, Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), System-on-a-Chip (SoC), Systems Reliability, TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), Testing, Vehicle Fleets, Vulnerability Scanners, nginx Web Server