Job Description

The Office of Information Technology department of System & Service Infrastructure (SSI) at Duke University is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to be part of the Automation team.  This automation effort will focus on streamlining internal processes to provide faster delivery of services for our customers while improving the efficiencies of the OIT staff.  The position will be required to utilize 3^rd party software and existing IT support tools (Ex. ServiceNow, VMWare, Splunk, etc), as well as creating custom code to link these tools and create additional functionality.  The chosen candidate will work closely and collaborate with many colleagues across OIT to deliver solutions to improve the efficiency of OIT.  In addition to creating new solutions, it will be key for these solutions to be reliable and supportable both today as well in the future.
 
Existing and emerging IT services span a broad range of technologies, and the senior developer must have significant experience in a variety of areas including databases (SQL, MySQL, Neo4J/graph databases, and other emerging database technologies), service integration and delivery technologies (REST and SOAP web service APIs, JSON, Windows, Unix/Linux) and languages (Ruby, Python, Perl, Javascript, Java, Ruby, SQL, C). A fundamental knowledge of standard networking services and operating systems is required. Beyond technical knowledge, the senior developer should have demonstrated the ability to coordinate and lead teams of developers and engineers, work as an effective team member with both technical and non-technical groups, introduce new technology to large organizations, and lead large-scale technical projects to completion.
 
A pragmatic approach to system development, systems administration, experience working with development teams, good communication skills, and broad exposure to the IT industry.
 
DUTIES & WORK PERFORMED:   

The person serving in this role will:

Team with existing OIT technical primes and existing automation developers to identify and implement automation solutions.  These solutions will spread across all areas of IT, focused on improving the customer experience and improving the efficiency of the OIT staff. Effectively use existing open source projects and services and current, proprietary systems in use at Duke. Efficiently prototype and deploy systems that automate provisioning of a broad array of IT services Possess proven design and debugging skills Write end-user documentation for non-technical staff and bridge the gap between systems engineers, network engineers, software developers and automation engineers. Interact with developers, researchers, and staff inside of OIT as well as from University and Health System departments.

SOFT SKILLS:

The role requires working well as a team member, with people who are technically and computationally astute and who are not, though have knowledge of other areas important to an infrastructure or a scholarly project. Communication skills are essential, both within the team and beyond it, into the Office of Information Technology and the University. The person serving in the role will frequently call upon written and oral communication skills in the conduct of work.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE: 

The person serving in the role should have a high level understanding of major components of a large IT enterprise, including concepts of networking, virtualization, storage, monitoring, security, identity management, application development methods, documentation, development of APIs, and workflows relating to provisioning of various IT services.  The person serving in this role will possess a deep understanding and hands-on experience with specific technologies used in integration and automating provisioning, configuration, and maintenance of whole infrastructures. Expertise in scripting and coding skills in common languages is a requirement. Familiarity with a broad range of scripting and programming languages is also required.
 
The person serving in the role will possess superior problem solving skills and be able to clarify technical issues relating to a desired outcome in automating IT services of all kinds. The person will have personal qualities that add to the depth of competence and intelligence of the development teams at the Office of Information Technology. Extensive experience as a System Administrator with a large scale enterprise-wide environments including designing, coding, and supporting internally developed scripts, software, and tools used to improve efficiencies.
 
The person serving in this role will possess the ability to not only integrate & develop automation tools, but to be able to determine where such tools can have the greatest impact to efficiencies and customer improvements.
 
EDUCATION:

Required:  BS in a quantitative field such as computer science, statistics, mathematics, data sciences.
 
Preferred: Advanced degree is desirable. Advanced training in specific areas, technical or not, are an indicator of intellectual ability and curiosity.
 
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS: 

Required:  A progressive record of accomplishment in technical and computational areas, including such areas as computational research and development, systems development, systems administration and “DevOps,” and/or web and application development.
 
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment

Location Durham

Duke Entity CENTRAL ADMIN MANAGEMENT CTR

Job Family Level D

Full Time / Part Time FULL TIME

Regular / Temporary Regular

Shift First/Day

Minimum Qualifications

Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

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