Senior DevOps Engineer

Job ID: 20227

Location: Kingwood Texas 77339

Insperity provides the most comprehensive suite of scalable HR solutions available in the marketplace with an optimal blend of premium HR service and technology. With more than 90 locations throughout the U.S., Insperity is currently making a difference for thousands of businesses and communities nationwide.

Behind our success is the unshakeable belief in the value of our people. We value diversity, inclusivity and a sense of belonging. We celebrate work and life events, and we partner with our clients and communities to make great things happen.

We have received recognition numerous times as a top place to work, most recently ranking on Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work in the U.S. 2024” list, and U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Companies to Work for 2024” list. In addition, we have been recognized for having one of the country’s Top 50 Midsize Early Talent Programs by RippleMatch’s 2024 Campus Forward Awards. There is no better time to be a part of Insperity, and our best work is yet to come. Learn more at Insperity.com.

Why Insperity?

Flexibility: Over 80% of Insperity’s jobs have flexibility. We want your time to have balance, whether it’s spent with coworkers, clients, family or your community. 

Career Growth: Insperity provides many ways to grow with the company. We offer continuous learning programs, mentorship opportunities and ongoing training.

Well-Being: Our total rewards package includes generous paid time off, top-tier medical, dental and vision benefits, health & wellness support, paid volunteer hours and much more. We take care of our people so that you can do your best work.

 Senior DevOps Engineer

We are currently seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team.

 This position is responsible for executing in a technical capacity on strategic direction on software development toolchain maintenance, application performance management, shared infrastructure services/frameworks, environment configuration management and support progressive change control & release management processes.  Serves in the capacity as Team Lead and provides solutions on DevOps toolchain

Responsibilities: 

    Works / implements Insperity Continuous delivery automation platform.

    Plays an active role in selection of DevOps tools.

    Ensures critical systems applications are online and accepting requests.

    Plays a lead role in delivering technical solutions to evolving change control & release management requirements through implementation and roll out of best of breed DevOps tools.

    Strives to automate everything; possesses a passion for configuration management & process improvement.

    Considers consistency and process ease while configuring DevOps tools effectively for development, QA & Ops staff.

    Executes on DevOps Engineering roadmap.

    Participates in defining best practices and processes for DevOps Engineering group. 

    Collaborates with other groups as necessary to gather input for any DevOps considerations. 

    Analyzes plans, processes, policies and tools to identify and make recommendations for improvement.

    Produces, delivers and maintains appropriate documentation in accordance with Insperity DevOps defined templates and standards.

    Provides detailed written specification for proposed solutions including materials, manpower and time necessary.

    Evangelizes DevOps practice and adoption of best practices to other teams.

    Mentors and coaches’ other engineers on the team.

Qualifications: 

    Ability to script and automate tasks. 

    Experience with Windows environments and scripting languages interpreted and compiled.

    Good understanding of software development life cycles.

    Extensive knowledge and experience with DevOps practices (continuous integration, continuous delivery, APM and configuration management).

    Good understanding of commercial and Open Source, products for DevOps execution.

    Good understanding of architectural concepts and the fundamentals of good software design.

    Good understanding of core application performance metrics. Experience with at least one commercial application performance monitoring tool for Microsoft stack.

    Extensive knowledge in supporting software build tools and continuous integration tools.

    Good understanding of change control processes and its impact to deploying code to production.

    Strong working experience with release management processes and its impact to deploying code to production.

    Working experience of managing SOX controls.

    In-depth knowledge of standard web servers (IIS, Apache).

    In-depth knowledge of version control systems (specifically Team Foundation Server and Git), including branching and merging strategies.

    Extensive knowledge with Microsoft development technologies, particularly PowerShell/Shell scripting, .NET Framework, C# and Visual Studio Team System.

    Experience in application development, infrastructure development and working ability in designing new system architecture.

    Familiarity with TCP/IP networking.

    Good working experience with Configuration Management Systems.

    Excellent understanding of platform operating systems, including Microsoft Windows or Linux.

    Strong teamwork and collaborative skills, ability and willingness to accept a team decision.

    Maintains positive and effective work relations with those encountered in the course of employment.

    Possesses a strong customer service attitude.

    Exhibits a passion for learning and continuous improvement. Takes responsibility for acquiring new skills and broadening knowledge. 

    Exhibits a commitment to the utilization of defined standards and processes.

    Exhibits an understanding of the utilization of patterns for repetitive problem solving. 

    Good verbal and written communication skills. 

    Proactive in identifying ways to improve things and to make them more reliable.

Insperity provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. The range of pay for this role is $93000.00 to $117200.00.

At Insperity, we celebrate the diversity of our employees and our leadership. Insperity is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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