Cloud/DevOps Engineer - Pinnacle Consulting & Recruitment

Applicants will NOT be considered for this role if any of the following apply:

• Not currently in a 50 mile radius of Pittsburgh PA
• Not currently a US Citizen or Green Card Holder

Responsibilities:

• Implement, maintain, and evolve public cloud-hosted software products and services
• Set up, plan, and configure cloud solution environments
• Deploy, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, secure, and fault-tolerant systems
• Migrate existing on-premise applications to public cloud infrastructure
• Identify and implement appropriate use of cloud deployment and operational best practices
• Estimate cloud usage costs and implement operational cost control mechanisms
• Write automation code/unit tests/documentation and perform code reviews
• Configure, manage and monitor application access, security, and performance
• Integrate cloud-hosted applications with external customer and 3rd-party systems
• Perform extensive research and analysis to make optimal architecture and design decisions

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or similar technical field from reputed educational institutions
• Solid understanding of software architecture, development processes, and SDLC
• 5+ years of software application deployment experience on cloud or on-premise infrastructure
• 5+ years of experience in setting up and/or maintaining automated build/deployment systems
• 5+ years of experience with CICD tools (Jenkins/Bamboo) and frameworks (ant, maven)
• Expert level programming experience (.NET, C#, shell scripting, Bash, Python, Java, etc.)
• Deep knowledge of SQL, Web Technologies, .NET, scripting

Required Skills:

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and technical judgment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Team player mentality with a positive, collaborative attitude and quality-first approach
• Solid understanding of contrasts between public cloud providers and their service offerings
• Proven experience with CI/CD process on cloud
• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and API services
• Hands-on experience with cloud monitoring and alerting tools
• Hands-on experience in automating the infrastructure (IaC)
• Experience with CICD pipelines