DevOps Engineer

Position Title:
DevOps Engineer

Timings:
04:00pm - 1:00am

Department:
Software Engineerin

Location:
Ikonic, Plot # 176, Korang Road, near Rahat Bakers, I-10/3, Islamabad

About Us:
IKONIC is a US-based IT company headquartered in Miami, Florida, serving clients globally for over 9 years. We're known for building scalable digital solutions and high-performing product teams. Innovation, ownership, and outcomes are core to how we work.

Position Purpose:
We are looking for a
DevOps Engineer
who will be responsible for the automation of software builds, deployment systems, and infrastructure. This role will manage various development, test, staging, and demo environments (code deployment, backups, data refreshes), as well as deploy and manage software, while leveraging as much automation as possible. He/She will be responsible for continually advancing the technology in a collaborative and creative agile environment, using many of the latest technologies and industry best practices, and finding better and more efficient ways of delivering solutions that meet business objectives. The DevOps Engineer oversees the code releases, combining an understanding of both engineering and coding. From creating and implementing systems software to analyzing data to improve existing ones, a DevOps Engineer increases productivity in the workplace. They understand the software development lifecycle and have a clear understanding of various automation tools for developing digital pipelines (CI/ CD pipelines).

Education & Professional Qualification:

• Degree(s)/Major(s): Bachelors or Masters in a relevant field from a reputed local/foreign University.
• Certification(s): Not mandatory, but certification in a relevant field is a plus.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience as a DevOps Engineer.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, maintain, document and implement complex Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Infrastructure environments.
• Maintain, extend and build automated Continuous Improvement (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines.
• Adopt engineering best practices to deliver higher quality and scalable solutions.
• Follow documented standards and best practices.
• Work in an Agile environment, collaborate with Operations, Development, and QA functions to develop solutions and systems that are predisposed to scalability, security and simplified maintenance.
• Implementing containerized workflows in customer environments using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab, Ansible, Terraform, Istio, and other open-source solutions.
• Design, develop, document and implement complex environments for our business partners, vendors and teams.
• Build innovative automated solutions to migrate legacy systems and processes to the cloud.
• Develop and document standards and best practices, and mentor junior engineers.
• Resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways, adapted to each customer's needs.
• Provision applications in virtualized or container based platforms on Linux\Windows systems.
• Integrate Systems including SQL, Messaging tools and Application code with operating systems and infrastructure.
• Interpret complex issues and clearly communicate them to others.
• Stay abreast of existing and emerging DevOps technologies and tools.
• Monitor official builds and drives infrastructure issues to resolution.
• Participate in release processes and contribute to tooling improvement.

Requirements

• Linux's administration skills, including software packaging, distribution, and configuration.
• Experienced with a range of Git-based solutions (GitHub, GitLab), Terraform, Helm Charts, as well as config management tools like Ansible.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (IP, TCP, UDP, load balancing) including Linux network configuration with major distributions, Debian, RHEL
• Experience with IaaS, PaaS, and cloud technologies.
• Experience with distributed application concepts and DevOps tools
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Demonstrable troubleshooting and debugging ability

Benefits

• EOBI
• Provident Fund
• Medical Health Insurance
• Annual Leaves
• Casual leaves
• Sick Leaves
• Bereavement Leaves
• Marriage Leaves
• Paternity Leaves
• Maternity Leaves
• Recreational area for in-house games

Why Should You Join IKONIC?
At IKONIC, we believe in providing development opportunities to all its employees which is why our job comes with a variety of challenging assessments meant to catapult your career to the next level. This is made evident with our offerings such as:

• A growth mindset through the help of experienced and helpful Mentors. Ikonic is made up of passionate individuals who aim to support each other in their training as well as day-to-day tasks.
• A Dynamic Environment where we focus on encouraging initiatives, promoting agility and creating a work/life balance. We know the value you bring in and we aim to nurture it.
• Market Competitive Compensation based upon your professional qualifications and skill set.
• As an Equal employment opportunity provider. All employment associated decisions are based on an individual's merit.

Note:
Above goals and job descriptions are indicative and subject to change.