Sr. DevOps Administrator

Saxon Global Inc. is a IT Consulting & Staffing Company located at Irving, TX

The Senior Dev Ops Engineer will lead process and tool set implementation and improvement to enable Continuous Integration/Deployment environments and workflows. The ideal candidate is innovative, energetic, and driven to provide superior customer experiences.

The role requires coordination with internal customers in a Dev Op’s fashion with Developers, QA, Operations, and Release Managers, as well as leaders across the enterprise. The ideal candidate would have experience spanning multiple IT disciplines, including application development, Infrastructure engineering, and operations.

• Establish enterprise-grade continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) toolchain service including Git Hub Enterprise, Cloud Bees Jenkins, and Sona Type Nexus Repository Manager.
• Integrate upstream and downstream development/QA/Security testing tools into the enterprise toolchain.
• Upgrade, maintain, and improve the Dev Ops toolchain service infrastructure.
• Automate application build and deployment pipeline utilizing the Dev Ops toolchain.
• Support traditional release management model while adopting Dev Ops release principles and best practices.
• Responsible for services availability, integrity, and stability.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 2 or more years of experience working in Agile software development or a related field using Java or .NET.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with installation, configuration, and administration of continuous integration tool Jenkins.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with source code management system configuration and administration, such as Git, SVN, or Accu Rev.
• Ability to integrate Quality testing and Security testing tools into CI process.
• Experience with build tools Ant and Maven is desired.
• Systems Administration experience in Linux and/or UNIX environment with Shell, Python, or Ruby.
• Working knowledge of common networking protocols.
• Capable of writing comprehensive technical documentation and diagrams.
• Can communicate technology effectively with different levels of audience.

• Understanding of service-oriented architecture and ability to develop code to make API calls.
• Large-scale application deployment experience.
• Knowledge of Cloud-native platform such as Cloud Foundry.
• Experience with creating infrastructure as code.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.