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Role Purpose 

The Senior DevOps Engineer provides key expertise to projects, designs, evaluations, and roadmap development. This role supports the Development and Engineering teams by designing, building, and maintaining the systems and processes that drive product innovation at Craftsy. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will oversee the technical health of the cloud infrastructure and release management systems 

Responsibilities 

〈 Architect systems and automation to support Engineering initiatives across the organization. 
〈 Participate in code reviews and system audits 
〈 Lead research and development efforts to drive innovation in designing efficient systems 
〈 Deliver proposals for new projects and initiatives for the DevOps roadmap 
〈 Participate in 24/7 incident response rotations 
〈 Serve as a SME in DevOps principles and frameworks 
〈 Participate in evaluations of vendor software, open-source tools, and internally developed systems – taking consideration of best practices in Security, Monitoring, Maintainability, and SRE principles

Basic Qualifications 

〈 5+ years experience in System Administration, DevOps Engineering, SRE, or equivalent IT Operations role 
〈 3+ years experience in Application, System, or Website development 
〈 3+ in administrating Linux systems 
〈 Minimum 3 years experience working in cloud-based infrastructures. AWS preferred. 
〈 Prior experience participating incident response and on-call rotations 
〈 Understands and adapts DevOps principles 
〈 Prior experience in a technical leadership role 
〈 Good technical writing skills 

Eligibility Requirements 

〈 Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered 
〈 Willingness to travel and work overtime, and on weekends with short notice as needed 
〈 Must be willing to work in Denver, CO 
〈 Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States

Desired Characteristics

〈 Hands-on experience in Linux system administration including resource management, network operations, and process management 
〈 Illustrates deep understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle 
〈 Hands-on experience developing software, libraries, tools, or web applications 
〈 Understands Change Management strategies and implementations 
〈 Understands different monitoring systems and strategies for tracking health for different kinds of systems or processes 
〈 Experienced in architecting, building, and maintaining CI/CD automation systems 
〈 Experienced in PCI compliance standards 
〈 Understands web application security concepts such as XSS, CSRF, Session Hijacking, and SQLi 
〈 Understands administrative security concepts such as Firewalls, IPS, IDS, User Directories, ACL, VPN, MFA 
〈 Experienced in container concepts and container runtimes such as Docker 
〈 Experienced in operating containerized applications and job tasks 
〈 Skilled at explaining difficult technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders