Senior DevOps Engineer (can be Remote but prefer DFW area)

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid Work Options

• Award-Winning Culture

• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits

• 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)

• Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement

• Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One

• 401K with Employer Match

• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service

• Fertility Assistance Program

• Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service

As a member of the Ryan Application Development Team, this position will be a critical contributor to an ambitious strategic initiative with the goal of re-envisioning a broad suite of enterprise level applications. Aiming to create simple and compelling developer and client experiences, the Senior DevOps Engineer will be required to design, maintain, and manage infrastructure configuration with the goal of achieving a continuous deployable system while maintaining an exceptional level of service delivery for all our clients. We are looking for someone that will grow the DevOps practice by building scalable and efficient cloud infrastructure with built-in monitoring for automated system health checks. Candidates will be required to interface directly with technical leads, software architects, other business groups, and key stakeholders demanding exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

The Ryan Application Development Team promotes an open-minded atmosphere of learning and growth and expects the same from candidates. We want to foster a positive and enthusiastic can-do attitude with our work. Candidates should have a sense of where things are going and have experience using best of breed tools, technologies, and practices. This role is a formative one for the future of application development within Ryan, LLC and will be best filled by candidates hungry to have a huge impact.

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

• Support and assist development teams as needed.
• Lead and guide the team in identifying new technologies.
• Cross train other members of the DevOps group.
• Act as a technical reference for staff on existing and upcoming technologies.

Client:

• Proactively provide updates to CI/CD pipelines and tooling around them.
• Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems.
• Build and maintain production systems ensuring high availability and scalability.

Value:

• Oversee routine maintenance procedures and perform diagnostic tests.
• Submit recommendations to application development teams for upgrades and enhancements.
• Contribute to efficiency improvements through process automation
• Document and maintain system design and functions
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent related work experience. Six or more years of practical applications development experience in a DevOps or System Engineer capacity.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have strong knowledge of Azure, AWS, Azure DevOps, Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Linux operating systems, scripting (Python, PowerShell), automation (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.), and containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.
• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the firm as well as interaction with external vendors and clients as necessary.
• Independent travel requirement: up to 10%.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran