Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloudbees - REMOTE

At Perficient you’ll deliver mission-critical technology and business solutions to Fortune 500 companies and some of the most recognized brands on the planet. And you’ll do it with cutting-edge technologies, thanks to our close partnerships with the world’s biggest vendors. Our network of offices across North America, as well as locations in India and China, will give you the opportunity to spread your wings, too.

We’re proud to be publicly recognized as a “Top Workplace” year after year. This is due, in no small part, to our entrepreneurial attitude and collaborative spirit that sets us apart and keeps our colleagues impassioned, driven, and fulfilled.

Perficient currently has a career opportunity for a Sr. DevOps Engineer in in our National Cloud and API Management group.

Candidates for the DevOps Sr. Engineer position typically major in computer science, or a computer related field, and have 3 to 5 years of work experience in a related IT field.  As a DevOps consultant you will work closely with technical leads and developers of various teams to implement process improvements in various domains including: source code management, continuous integration, continuous delivery automation, and infrastructure as code.  You will help implement DevOps related tools and processes within our client organizations. 

• Follow direction from project leads to implement platform requirements
• Interact and support cross-functional teams to architect, design, develop, test, and release system features via automation
• Work development teams support of CloudBees CI (aka Jenkins) using Groovy scripting.
• Understanding and practice managing a CloudBees CI enterprise installation on AWS and Kubernetes (i.e., Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS))
• Demonstrate knowledge in various DevOps domains (Agile practices, source control management, pipeline automation, Infrastructure as Code, etc.)
• Implement Proof-of-Concept projects to validate new DevOps solutions
• Build templates, workflows, first of a kind solutions for various DevOps use cases as directed
• Implement provided architectural solutions/designs in various DevOps disciplines
• Work with offshore team members as required as well as clients for resolving technical dependencies, issues, and risks
• Support common vision, practices, and capabilities across teams 
• Engage with Technical Architects and technical staff to determine the most appropriate technical strategy and designs to meet business needs.

We are looking for colleagues with engaging personalities, a passion for excellence in technology, a problem-solving nature, and these other qualifications:

• An understanding of DevOps domains including Source Code Management, Continuous Integration, Deployment Automation, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud, etc.
• Experience with DevOps tooling (Git, Atlassian Jira/Confluence, CloudBees CI, Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Specific experience with CloudBees CI, Groovy, AWS, and EKS.  The candidate will be required to demonstrate their knowledge of these specific tools.
• Multiple years of experience writing Jenkins pipeline jobs is required. Solid understanding of Groovy is required in context of Jenkins pipeline jobs. 
• Experience with Amazon Web Service (AWS) cloud resources, particularly with regard to Terraform automation of resource instantiation/configuration.
• Familiarity with Adobe Experience Manager, including build/deployment to Publisher components.
• Strong understanding of application release management within a complex environment is required
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline preferred
• Minimum of 3-5 years working in a related IT field
• Minimum of 2 years of scripting experience (Groovy required, Python preferred)
• Client facing or consulting experience highly preferred
• Ability to communicate effectively via multiple channels (verbal, written, etc.) with technical and non-technical staff
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• A drive for continual self-improvement, particularly to learn and adopt new technologies
• The ability to work well on teams and in front of clients
• Excellent communication skills