Puppet Resource / Application Support

Name: HireFT
Author: HireFT

Greenwood Village, United StatesOn-SiteFull-time5+ yrs experiencePosted 3w ago

Job description

Assisting in automation and orchestration of application deployments for multiple development and application support teams
Develop reusable puppet code for installation and configuration of common application components
Support and maintain the department’s Puppet Enterprise environment
Provide training and on boarding of developers and application support teams into the cloud environment
Mentor teams in the development and use of Puppet modules for application automation
Implementation of configuration changes, as well as backing out an unsuccessful change.
Document and maintain knowledge of supported applications and platforms

1+ years of working experience with Puppet for configuration management and automation
3+ years of system administration experience with either RedHat Linux or Windows Server operating systems
Proficiency with use of source code management and software development workflow using Git
Have a thorough understanding of SDLC best practices including CI/CD
Demonstrated leadership capability; able to help guide, motivate and collaborate across IT operations, development and architecture teams
Scripting or programming proficiency (Ruby, bash, PowerShell, etc.)
Experience working in an environment with automated deployments and automated testing
Experience in advanced application configuration, troubleshooting and performance tuning

Experience extending Puppet with Ruby (Custom types and providers, custom functions, etc)
Familiarity with application architecture and deployments in cloud environments (Microservices, service discovery, A/B code deployments, etc)
Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMWare, OpenStack, AWS
Experience with Java containers (Weblogic, Tomcat, Jboss, etc)
Experience with webservers (Apache, IIS, nginx, hapxory, etc)
Experience with .NET application stack
RedHat or Microsoft certification
BS degree and/or the equivalent in training and experience preferred
Experience with using and maintaining Atlassian suite of products (Stash, Jira, Hipchat, etc)
Load balancing concepts, features and applicability to application/service deployments
5+ years of relevant work experience developing services, automation tools/scripts
Knowledge of SQL and NOSQL databases
Experience with software packaging (e.g. RPM, MSI, etc.) and software distribution
Take ownership of assigned tasks and drive to completion; provide status and follow-up as needed
Excellent personal and communication skills.
Highly tuned problem solving and analytical skills
Experience porting puppet code to future parser

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