DevOps Engineer

Job Title: DevOps Engineer Location: Pittsburgh, PA (on-site 1 day per week as necessary) RESPONSIBILITIES: • Manage continuous integration for software builds and deployments; including: specifying environments, tools, processes and infrastructure needs for continuous integration. • Manage Google Cloud Platform; including: designing, building, and operating distributed large-scale systems in a GCP environment. • Transition our retail store chain systems and applications through the design of service automation in cloud towards Infrastructure-as-code. • Proactively identify and grow our processes and technologies to scale to meet the global demand of the business • Analyze technology architectures and systems performance. • Maintain System lifecycle components such as licensing, Capacity, system inventory and end of life timeframes. • Work with Security and other teams to develop minimum baseline security standards. • Architecture and design of new software or hardware components for infrastructure including Cloud services. • Develop and create hardware, software, and related technology roadmaps for the system life cycle • Analyze and resolve technical system and performance tuning issues • Evaluate overall system requirements for performance, availability, interoperability, utilization and reliability • Communicate project status to project leader and manages interdependencies • Contribute to identifying resource requirements • Coordinate and oversee vendor maintenance personnel and installations • Maintain and update system procedures and documentation • Leverage in-depth technical knowledge of operating systems, servers, storage and networks • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of installed technology for assigned technology infrastructure area(s) • Keep current with trends and best practices in information technology; identify own development needs and seek out development opportunities • Cross trains co-workers • Participates in a 24x7 “On-Call” rotation and off-hour “system maintenance” activities • Other duties as assigned REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical qualifications • Hands-on experience with DevOps tooling (IaC, GIT, CI/CD, Config Management, API integrations). • Working knowledge of the Google Cloud Platform stack • Working knowledge of Windows Server, Linux and hypervisor platforms. • Working knowledge with system languages (BASH, Python, Powershell) • 5+ years’ experience with managing and growing large infrastructures using Automation and Cloud technologies • Working understanding and implementation of IT best practices, policies and procedures • Demonstrated ability to assess risk of technical changes • Strong ability to proactively identify and evaluate incidents and problems, determining root cause • Ability to take technical direction from the platform architect and work with engineers from multiple disciplines • Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving & planning skills • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Demonstrated collaborative skills and ability to work well within a team • Ability to work with and influence peers and management • Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment • Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting