Dimensional Fund Advisors · 21 hours ago
DevOps Engineer (Contractor)
Austin, TX
Full-time, Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expDimensional Fund Advisors is a company that leverages technology to engineer scalable solutions for improving clients' financial lives. They are seeking a hands-on DevOps engineer to take ownership of the DevOps process, collaborating with developers and platform engineers to implement CI/CD pipelines and enhance the overall DevOps culture.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and optimize modern DevOps processes and CI/CD pipelines to manage an on-prem environment
Write software for automation at each stage of the dev cycle including build, test, release, and deployment
Apply DevSecOps thinking to designing automated security and compliance controls into the CI/CD pipeline
Develop automation solutions using everything-as-code practices and tools
Collaborate across multiple technology and scrum teams to develop and drive the implementation of an effective DevOps strategy
Maintain, support and monitor application environments. Establish, track, adjust and report on DevOps and SRE metrics
Optimize systems and processes to improve the key metrics over time
Create telemetry and dashboards to monitor infrastructure & application health
Partner with test engineers to build automation and quality checks into the build pipeline in addition to writing test automation scripts
Stay abreast of emerging technologies and thought processes and drive changes to the DevOps and SRE philosophy, culture and tools
Contribute to community of practice discussions with broader IT and help with transition of platform responsibilities when needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience
7+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting CI/CD systems and services as part of SRE or DevOps teams
Experience developing in Python and Ansible (or equivalents)
Expert with git commands, branching strategies, and developer workflows
Ability to configure, manage, and operate dev-ops, application, and data platforms such as: Jenkins, Dependency Track, Redis, Elastic Search, SonarQube, Airflow, Rabbit MQ etc
Experience with setting up and managing HA/DR clusters/environments
Experience with security and monitoring tools
Experience with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
Comfort with troubleshooting third party and open-source software systems
Deep familiarity with Linux/Bash (or equivalent) and/or Windows/Powershell
Strong Linux administration skills especially using RedHat
A good understanding of DevSecOps and SRE philosophies
Experience with agile/scrum methodologies and the tools that support them
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate complex concepts to various audiences helping them to understand the benefits of technologies and recommended course of action
Ability to work with incomplete picture and to seek out information as needed to get the job done
Preferred
Working knowledge of security best practices for SDLC (e.g., the Secure Software Development Framework)
Experience with Github (or equivalent) and CI/CD tools including Github, Github Actions, Teamcity, Jenkins, CodeDeploy, and Octopus Container orchestration and management experience is a plus
Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification or equivalent
Financial services industry experience
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits
Educational initiatives
Special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth
Company
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Dimensional Fund Advisors is a company that provides asset management services.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Dave Butler
Co-CEO
Bernard Grzelak
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President
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