The client is seeking a Drupal DevOps Engineer contractor for Web Services who will be responsible for development, maintenance and execution of tools and processes that build and deploy applications. They will also develop, improve, and document build processes and procedures. They will be responsible for software source code, change control, configuration, build and deployment process for Drupal based applications.

The DevOps engineer will be responsible for working with Development team, Linux to lead patch efforts and removing any impediments for the development team on Linux and Kubernetes platform.
The DevOps engineer will be responsible for working with the Solution Architecture, VMWare, and Development teams to manage the Web Services client images and ensure timely patches and updates are provided.
Provide expert support in analysis and reporting of web-related activities and projects throughout the Software Development Life Cycle. Communicate complex and/or technical information to a broad range of audiences.
The DevOps engineer will be responsible for ensuring critical patches are coordinated, tested and applied to the client Drupal platform within reasonable time.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Work effectively and collaboratively with Web Services colleagues on assigned projects and activities.
Maintain professional relationships with customers, management, colleagues and deliver high-quality customer service.
Enable automation of triggers and alerts when deploying applications through environments
Configure automated testing and deployment processes
Design and document the DevOps process
Automate Developer’s everyday operations with scripts or templates
Recommend to management development approaches and strategies for applications and services provided to the client customers.
Work closely with management, project managers and members of the Development Team to develop detailed specification documents

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop scripts to do Continuous Integration and Development using Gitlab CI/CD or other similar tools;
Configure and Setup systems built in Drupal and PHP based framework across environments;
Collaborate with development, QA, release engineering, site support, and infrastructure teams to maintain high-quality deployment artifacts as it moves through deployment pipeline;
Document all DevOps and Continuous Integration processes on Sharepoint;
Develop and fix monitoring systems to ensure availability of production systems;
Develop and implement centralized logging and monitoring tool;
Install application patches on applications built on Drupal;
Lead production deployment efforts with Development Team by creating change requests, deployment and rollback strategy and testing to ensure successful deployments to production environments;
Work with Linux team and Drupal vendors to coordinate patch deployments and remove any impediments for development team and requests made by Development team.
Work with the Solution Architecture team, VM Tanzu team and Development team to ensure patching and updates are applied to the Container images.
Debug application performance issues and provide recommendation on optimizing the performance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent technical degree.
3-5 years of experience managing diverse DevOps workloads, across infrastructure, administration, deployment, development support and monitoring.
3 years of experience with automation and configuration management using Ansible
1-3 years of Linux administration experience.
3+ years of experience working with containerization, orchestration, and service discovery experience on Linux hosts, using docker, ECS or EKS.
1-3 years of experience with Gitlab or similar version control systems, including branching, tagging, merging, and release management.
At least three (3) years of experience building CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or Gitlab Pipelines
Experience with Docker, deploying containers, automated build deployments.

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS
Understanding of the Agile/Scrum software development lifecycle;
Hands on experience in building and maintaining websites using Drupal CMS and supporting tools like Memcached, Varnish, Load Balancers, SOLR, CDNs;
Demonstrated experience in deploying and configuring applications on Kubernetes and Linux environments;
Experience with automation tools like Ansible or equivalent;
Strong understanding and familiarity with the fundamentals of Linux systems administration;
Experience with application containerization (Docker) and infrastructure as code solutions;
Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
Equally comfortable working on a project team as well as independently;
Excellent organization, planning, prioritizing skills and attention to detail;
Experience in setting up and deploying applications on PaaS or IaaS cloud offerings;
Experience in administration of source code management tools like Git.

Notes:

The contractor personnel will be required to work 40 hours per week. The normal work hours are 9 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday, with a half hour for lunch.