Automated Deployment Engineer

Company: Kforce Technology ( Learn More )

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Job Description Responsibilities: Our client is seeking an Automated Deployment Engineer in American Fork, UtahDescription:Our client is looking for an individual who has hands experience in implementing automation deployment framework using Chef, Puppet and also has strong Ruby programming experience.Education and Experience Required:Technical Diploma in Information Technology (System Admin) / Computer Science or equivalent and a minimum of 5 years of IT industry experience are required.Kforce Inc. (Nasdaq:KFRC) is a professional staffing and solutions firm providing flexible and permanent staffing solutions in the skill areas of technology, finance & accounting, clinical research and healthcare. Backed by approximately our associates and consultants on assignment, Kforce is committed to "Great People = Great Results" for our valued clients and candidates. Kforce operates with 65 offices located throughout the United States and two offices in the Philippines.Job Ref#: 2312~WQG~1206115T1~99
Job RequirementsKnowledge and Skills Required:
  • Expertise with various flavors of Linux (preferably RedHat Enterprise and CentOS)
  • Experience in modern automated deployment and configuration management tools preferably using Opscode Chef or Puppet, able to translate deployment requirements into automation code and identify best practices
  • Hands on and proficient in scripting, automation and troubleshooting of processes and systems, scripting in the shell (Ruby, Perl, Bash)
  • Experience in implementation of application availability, monitoring and operation tools for enterprise Web applications preferably using Nagios, Zabbix, Splunk, etc.
  • Hands on experience in setting up monitors and alerts for servers, applications, databases, web services , virtualization and generating availability reports
  • Good understanding of relational databases preferably in MySQL for proactive database monitoring and troubleshooting
  • Hands on experience of open source software including Apache, Tomcat, My SQL, Squid proxy and Nginx
  • Experience in deploying and maintaining cloud based systems (e.g. Amazon EC2, Rackspace Cloud, etc.)
  • Collaborate with DevOps and development teams to define and automate deployment process