Title: Sr Python/Devops Engineer
Location
Preferably Boston MA, Dallas TX, Richmond or Mclean VA.
Duration
6 month C2h
Candidates Requirements
- Strong in Python
- Experience with basic devops
- AWS experience
Project Scope / Components
Modernizing application Windows COTS. Infra and services to support the application need to be modernized, including the whole data pipelines. A lot of things were written in legacy and they need to be modernized. Conversion from Perl to Python.
Must-Haves (Concepts & Tools)
- Basic understanding of Windows
- DevOps
- Python
- Perl basic understanding
- AWS concepts
- Taking lead to modernize
- Unit testing experience
What Will Get the Win?
Hands on Perl experience. Prior Capital One experience.
Position Description
Our leading U.S financial services client is looking to bring on a Sr. Python / DevOps Engineer to aid in their legacy product migration. In this role you will be responsible for modernizing their Windows COTS platform in addition to evaluating the legacy monolithic architecture, breaking out rules engine, and provided customized data structures as the team moves to a microservices model.
Overview
You yearn to be part of cutting-edge, high-profile projects and are motivated by delivering world-class solutions on an aggressive schedule. You have built full stack systems (preferably architected for speed and distributed computing), with demonstrated experience in software engineering. You embrace DevOps principles, including continuous delivery and ongoing support of production applications. You love to learn new technologies, keep abreast of the latest technologies within cloud architecture, and drive your organization to adapt to emerging best practices. It would be awesome if you have a robust portfolio on GitHub and/or open-source contributions you are proud to share.
Required Skills
- At least 5 years of experience delivering applications from architectural design to production implementation.
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience in deploying scalable, distributed systems or multi-node database paradigms via Docker/Kubernetes.
- At least 3 years of experience with cloud software design, containerized micro-services & distributed caching with Spring Boot and AWS (highly preferred).
- Sr. Level Python coding and concept knowledge.
- Experience in End-to-End Development You build it, you own it mentality and practices (Design, Develop, Test, and Deploy).
- Experience in Unit Testing your own applications and code to deployments.
- Working knowledge of Window COTS products & applications.
- Experience in Agile Software Development.
- Strong Communication and Interpersonal skills.
- Passion for software development, the latest trends, and innovation.
Desired Skills
Hands on experience with Perl. Application Modernization experience with COTS applications. Prior experience working in financial services industry. Recent exp working in an AWS environment (with tools and services such as: EMR, Lambda, EC2, Kinesis, S3, ElastiCache/Redis, FSx).