Software Engineer (DevOps)

Company: Humana
Location: Boston
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

Description
At Humana, we are looking for a DevOps Engineer 2 who works with Senior DevOps Engineer and application developers to automate & accelerate the development, testing, deployment, and release of applications into a runtime environment quickly and reliably. The DevOps Engineer will have a background in development, operations, and full-stack implementations. The individual will be providing continuous delivery solutions in a cloud environment and have experience with the core suite of tools used to manage cloud providers such as Azure. The DevOps Engineer 2 work assignments are varied and frequently require interpretation and independent determination of the appropriate courses of action.
Responsibilities
The Software Engineer (DevOps) promotes continuous integration/continuous delivery practices and tools established by senior members of the team. The individual will have experience in the use of configuration & infrastructure management automation tools in creating continuous delivery systems. Software Engineer collaboratively work with other members to achieve successful continuous delivery solutions an coordinates application configuration, deployment., monitoring, optimizing and support to ensure system availability and health. Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications. Provide operational support for multiple large software development environments. Implement proper controls established by senior members and maintain over development, test systems and software source code. Makes decisions regarding own work methods, occasionally in ambiguous situations, and requires minimal direction and receives guidance where needed. Follows established guidelines/procedures. A passion for technology and learning, and the ability to grow others are vital for success in this role.
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  Involvement in the entire lifecycle of system development.
  
  
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  Maintain services in development environments by monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.
  
  
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  Ensure system scalability and sustainability using automation.
  
  
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  Evolve systems by implementing changes that improve reliability and performance.
  
  
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  Gather and analyze metrics from both operating systems and applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding.
  
  
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  Identify and implement opportunities for automation, process improvement, and architecture improvements
  
  
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  Collaborate to define best practices and standards around DevOps
  
  
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  Maintain technical documentation, workflows, and knowledge base articles
  
  
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  Help troubleshoot and identify root cause analysis on system incidents/issues/outages
  
  
  Required Qualifications
  
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    Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience
    
    
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    3-5 years of experience spanning at least two IT disciplines, including technical architecture, application development, or operations in cloud platforms
    
    
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    Background in software development, preferably with Java
    
    
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    Hands-on experience creating CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Pipelines, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc. leveraging infrastructure as code principles
    
    
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    Setup/Configure Azure operational and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk
    
    
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    Configuration Management/Orchestration utilities such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet.
    
    
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    Setup/Configure build environment using Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Greenlight API etc.
    
    
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    Automating processes using PowerShell, REST APIs, ARM Templates, Terraform or other scripting languages.
    
    
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    Maintenance application architectures on Kubernetes/Dockers/Helm
    
    
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    Manage container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Docker, AKS.
    
    
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    Source control tools such as Git, BitBucket,
    
    
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    Setup/Configure code quality/security/artifact scanning tools such as sonarQube, Checkmarx, X-Ray, Talisman
    
    
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    Knowledge of Agile Development methodologies utilizing Jira or Azure DevOps Boards
    
    
    Additional Information
    To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates' ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates must meet the following criteria:
    
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      At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested
      
      
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      Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership
      
      
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      Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.
      
      
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      Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.
      
      
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      Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information
      
      
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      This is a remote position
      Scheduled Weekly Hours
      40
      Humana complies with all applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We also provide free language interpreter services. See our https://www.humana.com/legal/accessibility-resources?source=Humana_Website.

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