Expert in DevSecOps - 4667

CV Submission until 28.02.2024

Service delivery: remote

We are currently collaborating with the European Commission, to recruit an Expert in DevSecOps.

Job Responsibilities:

• Operating the various components part of the “Compass Corporate” environments.
• Improve the reliability and availability of the platform.
• Monitor and proactively address the potential issues of the platform.
• Provision of expert advice and assistance on the installation, configuration and tuning of tools and platforms required for the "Compass Corporate" microservices based infrastructure. These include: Kafka, Prometheus, Camunda, Grafana, Elastic Search, Zookeeper, Rundeck , Ansible, Redis.
• Provision of expert advice on the best use of container platforms such as PKS / Tanzu / TKGI.
• Configuration of automated deployment of new versions of applications. This could be to microservice-based platforms running on the “on-prem cloud” using PKS containers.
• Configuration of automation and configuration management tools such as Rundeck and Ansible.
• Configuration of container platforms such as PKS. • Linux systems administration tasks and scripting.
• Monitor system performance and availability, identify and resolve issues that may cause service disruptions, and proactively prevent potential incidents.
• Manage backups and disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity in the event of a system failure or other major disruption.
• Identify potential security vulnerabilities or compliance issues and implement measures to mitigate those risks.
• Responde to and resolve technology-related incidents and service requests, including troubleshooting issues and escalate problems as necessary.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, such as data privacy regulations, cybersecurity frameworks, and ITIL best practices
• Apply best practices of distributed architecture to solve complex integration problems between information systems and K8s microservices.
• Configure the lifecycle of the microservices in a container-based infrastructure.
• Define and configure monitoring dashboards.
• Define and configure the alerting policies for the operation team.
• Collaborate with team members for operations support.
• Maintain performance of applications and databases.
• Document and provide training on the procedures in place.
• Enhance automation level

Desired Skills:

• Rapid self-starting capability
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Familiarity with microservices and architecture in the cloud
• Good knowledge of applications design. Good knowledge of architecture best practices and patterns
• Knowledge of interoperability technology (web services, message-oriented middleware, event architecture), applications design and Relational DBMS
• Good understanding of relevant technologies in development, integration, deployment, and operation of Information Systems
• Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application architecture, design and cloud integration
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, ease of communication
• Ability to give technical presentations. • Ability to apply high quality standards
• Capability of integration in an international/multi-cultural environment
• Knowledge of CI/CD architectures in Agile environments 

SPECIFIC EXPERTISE:

• Strong foundation in microservices and Spring Boot infrastructure.
• Proficient in container platforms, especially PKS/Kubernetes.
• Skilled in cloud-based application architecture and related concepts.
• Experienced with monitoring systems such as Dynatrace, Grafana, ELK (Kibana), Splunk, and Prometheus.
• Knowledgeable in application security tools, notably Fortify.
• Adept in application lifecycle management tools, including Github, Gitlab, BitBucket, Jenkins, Digital AI (XLRelease, XLDeploy, ArgoCD), and Nexus Container.
• Proficient in automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Python, and Shell script.
• Solid experience in software development, particularly in information system integration architecture across various platforms and architectures.
• Familiarity with the ELK stack.
• Experience with Confluence, JIRA, and Agile methodologies.
• Expertise in IT integration projects, with a focus on defining business and system integration requirements.
• Experience in designing and implementing microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Understanding of middleware integration platforms.
• Capable of monitoring and coordinating a portfolio of software reusable components, including the design, implementation, and monitoring of service KPIs and SLAs.

CERTIFICATIONS & STANDARDS:

Certificates on the following technology stacks are optional for the performance of tasks and would be considered an advantage:

• DevSecOps
•  Kubernetes

EU Nationality is a prerequisite for the majority of our job openings. However, for select positions, we may also consider CVs from candidates who hold citizenship in NATO member countries or have the required work permit for the location where the client is based or where the job is to be performed.


WHO ARE WE?

VASS (https://vasscompany.com/en/) is a leading digital solutions group of companies headquartered in Madrid, Spain, present in 26 countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia with more than 4,700 professionals

VASS helps large companies in their digital transformation process, developing and executing the most innovative and scalable projects, from strategy to operations.

All our growth comes from our talented people, passion for innovation, and a constant search for improvement, always the VASS way: “Complex made simple”.