Position: Middle DevOps Engineer
Company: Forte Group
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper

Forte Group is seeking a **Junior/Middle DevOps Engineer**.

**Requirements**

● Excellent oral and written communication skills
● Ability to work independently as well as within a collaborative environment
● A technical aptitude with the desire to learn new and evolving technologies

**Responsibilities and Roles**

● Automating tasks that are currently executed manually.
● Automate and maintain the provisioning of temporary and permanent test environments.
● Install/configure 3rd party software products on both Windows and UNIX/Linux
● Secure and configure provisioned systems to integrate into automated testing environments.
● Architect a scalable software delivery pipeline (CI/CD) for SaaS genomics software and the processes, people, tooling, and infrastructure to support it
● Grow and maintain the testing network and environments.
● Maintain our internal test suite and make performance enhancements and bug fixes.
● Write and maintain documentation including compatibility matrix of 3rd party vendor software
● Resolve recurring environmental/bug issues and work with IT/3rd party vendors to remediate them.
● Ensuring all internal documentation is up to date.
● Work with IT to schedule routine updates in all test environments.
● Renew & Update system and application certificates used for authentication and trust between systems.
● Ensure all test environment system(s) are available and ready for the release team to use during preparations for product release testing.
● Maintenance and development of deployment code.
● Research new technologies and proactively improve the technology stack.
● Collaborate with colleagues to provide the highest quality of support and assistance to internal and external stakeholders.
● Work with a modern and evolving technology stack, demonstrating openness for further development and a proactive mentality.
● Work using an Agile/Lean “Kanban” process.

**Required Skills**
● **Proficient in SAP systems administration and management for both on-premise and cloud environments**
● Proficient in working/managing Jira and Bitbucket
● Proficient in Windows & Linux administration and security
● Proficient in basic IT skills like networking, firewalls, and network security for Windows & Linux.
● Proficient in PowerShell and/or Linux Shell scripting.
● Proficient in at least one of the following skills:
○ Using containerized systems (i.e. Docker)
○ Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2, Cloud Formation, S3, IAM, RDS
○ Microsoft Azure Compute, Databases, Networking, Storage
● Working Knowledge of Java/Python programming.
● Monitoring solutions

**Bonus Skills**
● Proficient in AWS EKS, ECS, and ECR
● Working Knowledge in other Cloud Technologies (Azure, GCP, OCI) is a plus
● Proficient in infrastructure as code
● Proficient in using Web Technologies APIs (REST and SOAP)
● Proficient in Database Administration (PostgreSQL/Oracle/MS SQL)
● Working Knowledge in IT automation/orchestration tools (Ansible/Chef)
● Working Knowledge of Solaris, VMS or AIX
● Basic Understanding of .Net.

**We offer**
● Experience working with colleagues locally and abroad
● Opportunities for self-realization working on challenging projects using new technologies and tools
● Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
● Social and corporate events
● Possibility for career development
● Participation in professional trainings, meetups
● Medical & family care programs
● Various sport activities coverage
● 18 days of paid vacation
● Fully paid by Forte 5 sick days during working year
● Internal English courses provided by Forte Teacher
● Comfortable and fully equipped workplace