DevOps Chef Engineer

Responsibilities: Infrastructure Automation:

• Chef Cookbook creation
• Previous experience in creating new cookbooks for new operating systems
• Previous experience in creating cookbooks for both Windows and Linux
• Previous experience in creating cookbooks for application deployment such as MS SQL, MongoDB.
• Previous experience with automated cookbook testing.
• Maintain existing Chef Recipes
• For all existing Chef recipes the team should maintain them in a working state. Update them as necessary to keep up with latest software releases and patches
• Monitor ticketing queue for Chef related trouble tickets that come in and remediate the issues
• If the Chef dashboard is reporting any issues, the team should create a trouble ticket for it and remediate it on their own
• Maintain Chef Automate software running on Paramount Cloud infrastructure
• We installed Chef on AWS EC2 and we maintain that software and upgrades to it. The team should be able to maintain this and upgrade when necessary
• There is also DR configured for Chef and the team should be able to initiate DR and support our configuration
• Make sure cookbooks are promoted across environments when deployed.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and efficient code deployments. System Monitoring and Maintenance: Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure high availability and reliability of infrastructure. Collaboration: Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to streamline processes and improve collaboration. Security and Compliance: Ensure that infrastructure complies with security standards and best practices. Skills and Qualifications: Technical Proficiency: Strong knowledge of Chef, as well as other DevOps tools like Jenkins, Env0, GitHub actions. Scripting and Programming: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Ruby, Python, or Bash. Problem-Solving: Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to address infrastructure issues. Communication: Good communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.