Senior DevOps Engineer OR DevOps Engineer

Qualifications:

Senior DevOps Engineer:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience
• Typically 6 years or more of combined experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, software development, or infrastructure administration.
• Experience mentoring or supervising junior staff.
• Expertise in cloud architecture principles and container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as well as experience with interpersonal conflict resolution.
• Expertise in an object-oriented programming language.
• Professional experience working effectively with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience with log management and log aggregation tools such as Logstash, Filebeat, Elasticsearch, Kibana, etc.
• Experience with web server configuration, monitoring, and network design.
• Experience with communicating and building good testing practices.
• Demonstrated success with high availability, fail over, or clustered environment setups.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline design/architecture enhancements.
• Expertise with cloud provisioning, design, security, and networking configuration.
• Demonstrated design experience using build, automation, and configuration tools such as Jenkins, Terraform/OpenTofu, CloudFormation, Ansible/Puppet/Chef, or Git/GitLab.
• Strong information security focus and knowledge of how to add security and compliance to infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.

DevOps Engineer:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience
• Typically 3-5 years or more of combined experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, software development, or infrastructure administration.
• Expertise in cloud architecture principles and container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as well as experience with interpersonal conflict resolution.
• Expertise in an object-oriented programming language.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience with log management and log aggregation tools such as Logstash, Filebeat, Elasticsearch, Kibana, etc.
• Experience with web server configuration, monitoring, and network design.
• Experience with communicating and building good testing practices.
• Demonstrated success with high availability, fail over, or clustered environment setups.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline design/architecture enhancements.
• Expertise with cloud provisioning, design, security, and networking configuration.
• Demonstrated design experience using build, automation, and configuration tools such as Jenkins, Terraform/OpenTofu, CloudFormation, Ansible/Puppet/Chef, or Git/GitLab.
• Strong information security focus and knowledge of how to add security and compliance to infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.

Position and Application details: 

In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:

• Resume
• Cover Letter (indicating preference of position)

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. 

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.  Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process. 

For additional questions, please contact Melanie Bell at melanie-bell@uiowa.edu. 

There is an expectation that the person in this position will maintain effective, civil, and respectful working relationships with the University of Iowa campus community and uphold a high standard of cultural competency and respect for difference that represents our commitment to a welcoming and respectful work environment.