Note: We are open to non-local applicants to work permanently remote; locals
would work the 3/2 hybrid schedule that current staff have been doing since
September. The University requires all faculty, staff, and postdocs to be fully
vaccinated, except for those with medical or religious exemptions, by October
15, 2021.
Job Description Summary
The DevOps engineer has responsibility for the planning, development, and
support of a layer of infrastructure that allows the library to package,
deploy, monitor, and maintain applications that are developed from scratch at
the library or that are our local customizations of open-source software like
Samvera and Blacklight. This work requires close collaboration with developers,
digital projects staff, and sysadmins, because the DevOps Engineer will create
systems and processes to deliver software prepared by developers to hardware
managed by sysadmins, entailing responsibility for a distinct, emerging layer
of technical infrastructure.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
The DevOps Engineer will: Collaborate with developers, the core services team,
and an incumbent peer DevOps Engineer to organize and promote high-quality
releases of library applications to production. Research, plan, introduce, and
maintain processes for continuous integration, automated builds, more frequent
deployments, application monitoring, and other practices that will improve
quality and efficiency. Plan and implement robust production environments and
contribute to high uptime/availability of library applications. Serve as
administrator and point of contact for cloud services on behalf of developers,
digital projects staff, sysadmins, and stakeholders (currently primarily AWS S3
and Glacier storage, Digital Ocean). Participate in best practices such as
integration testing, tracking QA process, and coordinating UA testing.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 1-2 years of experience, or an equivalent
combination of education and experience, are required. Demonstrated experience
developing, managing, and deploying Docker images is essential. Experience with
Linux systems and a programming language like Python or Ruby is required.
Experience with Git, Ansible, and open source CI tools is preferred. Experience
in a library or higher education environment preferred.
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