DevOps Engineer - Release and Environment Management

Nelnet is a diversified and innovative company committed to enriching lives through the power of service as a student loan servicer, professional services company, consumer loan originator and servicer, payments processor, renewable energy solutions, and K-12 and higher education expert. For over 40 years, Nelnet has been serving its customers, associates, and communities. The perks of working at Nelnet go beyond our benefits package. When you join the Nelnet team, you're part of a community invested in the success of each individual. That support comes through in our work, as we are united by our mission of creating opportunities for people where they live, learn, and work. We are looking for a DevSecOps Engineer that is responsible for provisioning, configuring, and monitoring the infrastructure resources for systems hosted in our Azure cloud environment. The member works with a broad set of team members focusing on DevOps release management, Deployments, Azure Pipeline management, ENV management and Configuration management. This is a full time remote role in Bucharest. An ideal team member will be a DevSecOps engineer that has working experience with Release and Environment management skills as expected below - Overseeing the DevOps Release process and frameworks, which are used as part of release package promotion from lower environments to production.Developing release implementation plans by working with various project teams to deploy the release packages to test environments and production.Deploy the release packages to QA and production environments as requested by developers/QA teams.Maintain automated CI/CD pipelines and Environments used to build and deploy to target environments.Need to provide support to ensure the availability of all lower environments to developers and QA teams for testing activities.Need to ensure that the test environment is regularly maintained, upgraded, and configured to reflect the latest software and hardware releases.Responsible for checking and resolving any problems or issues with the test environment. This includes diagnosing and fixing hardware and software problems, as well as managing resource constraints and ensuring that the test environment is available for testing when needed.Enhance and support existing automation scripts and Plan and upgrade all automation related tools as required.Ensure that CMDB is updated with all details of App/Service and database details along with infrastructure details (server/URLs/application/services/database etc.)Research and implement new tools for automating various tasks that adds value in terms of cost, time and effort at DevOps, development/QA communities.Involve and establish monitoring solution to check health and performance of Development, QA and Performance environments and execute relevant maintenance tasks or fixes.Enforce and maintain Environment and Application Security based on established policies and procedures.Document all procedures related to the processes and tools developed.Identify, establish, and manage Proof of Concept (POC) environments and report on design outcomes Compensation for this role starts at 245,000 ROM EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or a related field and 6+ years of experience in software development, DevOps frameworks and methodologyMinimum 4+ years of practical experience in DevOps release management, Azure environment management and deploymentsNeed to have a deep understanding of hardware, software, network, and data configurations, and can use this knowledge to design, implement, and maintain the test environments.Strong understanding of Microsoft's Azure, Azure ARM Templating, Azure DevOps Pipeline implementation of “infrastructure as code” deliveries, and templating/delivery of Firewalls, Azure ExpressRoute & IPSec Tunnels, Azure Virtual WAN, WAF and other network and security components of AzureUnderstand technology concepts - virtualization, operating systems (Linux, Windows), cloud (Azure), networking (IP, routing, firewall), source code management platforms (GitLab, GitHub), container systems (Docker, Kubernetes), scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)Experience with establishing engineering standards, frameworks, best practices, and tools aligned with the ALM and SDLC.Extensive experience with scripting languages, PowerShell, Batch, ShellExperience supporting both Windows and Linux environments.Understanding of fundamental technologies like DNS, Load Balancing, SSL, TCP/IP, networking, and security.Experience with Cloud Delivery Methodologies using Microsoft Azure Products and Technologies.Experience with a variety of relevant technologies, including Microsoft, .Net, .Net Core, HTML5, PowerShell, JavaScript, CSS, Java, C#, XML, REST, SQL/NoSQL, Angular, NodeJS, Redis.Experience in providing support for Production Releases and Environments.Experience with Agile development methodologies. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, generous earned time off, 401K/student loan repayment, life insurance & AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, short- and long-term disability, and a robust wellness program. Click here to learn more about our benefits: Benefits & Perks - Nelnet Inc. Nelnet is committed to providing a welcoming and respectful workplace where all associates have the opportunity to succeed. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we ensure that all qualified applicants are considered for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion/creed, national origin, gender, sex, marital status, age, disability, use of a guide dog or service animal, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. 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