DevOps Technician - Remote

Overview

The DevOps Technician role at Aquent is a position in the Technology & Innovation group, focused on creating and enhancing web applications to support and provide online features and applications to the internal staffing business, our job seekers, and our clients.

In Short

• Assist with Automating Deployments: Help build and maintain tools and scripts to automate the deployment of applications and infrastructure changes.
• Support Infrastructure Management: Work with cloud infrastructure technologies, particularly within Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud, under the guidance of senior team members.
• Execute CI/CD Pipelines: Support the maintenance and execution of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Monitor Systems: Help maintain and monitor our systems using logging and monitoring solutions to ensure they are running effectively.
• Troubleshoot and Resolve Issues: Assist in troubleshooting and resolving issues in our development, testing, and production environments.
• Work with Information Security for patch management and security vulnerability management efforts on a regular basis.
• Contribute to Documentation: Help maintain documentation for our operational processes and tools.

Requirements

• Foundational Cloud Experience: Some experience with cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud.
• Automation Fundamentals: Familiarity with or experience in using automation or configuration management tools (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible) is a plus.
• Scripting Skills: Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Ruby.
• CI/CD Basics: Understanding of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery concepts and experience with build tools like Jenkins is a plus.
• Container Familiarity: Knowledge of or experience with distributed application containers like Docker.
• Problem-Solving Aptitude: A strong desire to automate tasks and a knack for identifying and solving technical problems.
• Eagerness to Learn: A strong interest in growing your DevOps skills and learning new technologies.

Benefits

• Remote first work environment - equipment provided + internet reimbursement.
• Work/life balance: we say it, we mean it.
• Generous benefits package: medical, vision and dental benefits, generous 401(k), FSA, tuition reimbursement, and more.
• An unusually generous and flexible vacation - AKA unlimited PTO.
• Free use of our Hawaii and Florida beach houses.
• Individualistic approach: we encourage a personal touch to your work; we don't believe in a "one-size-fits-all" approach.
• Industry reputation: we are the world's largest creative staffing firm.