Senior DevOps Engineer

RAPP Chicago is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our award-winning Technology team.

WHO WE ARE:

We think too much marketing isn’t us. It’s mass markets not audiences of one. Homogenous groups to be targeted, not individuals to be inspired. Segments to reach, not people with their own ideas and ambitions. It’s one size fits all and it’s dull.

When it comes to individuals, we’re fierce. We stand up for individuality. We speak up against bland, broad-brush generalizations. We fight for solutions that adapt to the individual’s needs, beliefs, behaviors, and aspirations. And we commit to doing this in every aspect of our work for clients and their consumers.

We actively foster an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual difference are valued and leveraged to achieve the agency’s vision. And most importantly we value every individual’s well-being.

We are Fiercely Individual.

HOW WE DO IT:

At RAPP we are fiercely focused on the individual and how we can create value from every individual’s experience with a brand. We do this across three capability areas: customer centric consulting, creativity that inspires action and customer experience management.

Our data analysts know who that person is. Our strategists understand what they want. And our award-winning Technologists and Creatives know how to get it to them.

RAPP is an integral part of Omnicom’s Precision Marketing Group, comprising 4,000 creatives, technologists, strategists, and data and marketing scientists across 40 global markets.

YOUR ROLE:

As a Sr. DevOps Engineer, you serve as a key player in Technology solutions for our clients and within the agency. You work with the delivery DevOps team in implementing tools and infrastructure that facilitates efficient software development/ process and operations.  From setting up a continuous integration/delivery environment to speeding up software deployment and release process, to maintenance of the cloud infrastructure.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accountable for ensuring the Service Level Objectives (SLOs) are defined, measured and enforced for the DevOps services.
• Accountable for communicating the DevOps best practices with other development teams and helping them in the implementation thereof.
• Dedicate at least 30% of time automating the DevOps systems and processes.
• Work with a team of DevOps/DevSecOps Engineers in the implementation of infrastructure, security and tools that are needed for delivery of software applications and services.
• Work with DevOps Lead in analyzing, executing, and streamlining DevOps practices.
• Introduce new tech stacks for experimentation while maintaining a controlled delivery process.
• Research and investigate technology solutions that could help to resolve operational or business challenges and demonstrate their efficiency by putting together proofs of concept and sharing these with the team.
• Thoroughly research and troubleshoot technical issues. Derive pragmatic, effective solutions, resolve issues, and document the resolutions.
• Implement infrastructure and security solutions on the cloud, and help service them long-term

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• 5+ years of experience in an infrastructure, development, architecture, and operations role.
• Demonstrated experience implementing DevOps solutions for a complex cloud native environment.
• Hands on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy or equivalent.
• Hands on implementation of a Cloud Native environment using AWS; familiarity with GovCloud would be a bonus.
• Hands on experience with container based (Docker) micro service development environments on Kubernetes, preferably on AWS.
• Strong experience with services such as AWS RDS, EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, API Gateway, Bastion Hosts, messaging (Kafka), identity and security management (IAM, Cognito, Okta etc.), Configuration and Secret Management (Secrets Manager, Config, SSM, KMS etc.).
• Experience with networking and CIDR management.
• Experience with administration, set-up, and maintenance of EC2 instances.
• Experience with declarative configuration management tool(s) like Chef, Salt, Puppet, etc.
• Experience with infrastructure automation using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.
• Experience with and belief in SCRUM/Agile methodology.
• Ability to work collaboratively with developers, project managers, and a QA team to enable them in the development process.
• Able to thrive independently given direction and objectives.
• Strong requirements gathering skills and creative problem solving.
• Personal drive to meet deadlines and deliverables is a must.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Effective team leadership skills to inspire them to achieve goals through innovation, quality and excellence.
• Recognizes the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization and seeks to understand those different perspectives and cultures.
• Contributes to a work culture where differences are valued and supported.
• Is sensitive to cultural norms, expectations, and ways of communicating.

Our hybrid work model:

RAPP's current hybrid model is designed to enable in-person connections and collaboration that is core to our culture, while also supporting flexibility for all employees. As such, we have the option to work from home two days per week, if we'd like. 

RAPP provides a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits plan. Benefits for this role include health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), stock options, Healthcare & Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts, vacation, sick, and personal days and positive activism days, paid parental leave and disability benefits. For more information regarding Omnicom benefits, please visit www.omnicombenefits.com. A reasonable estimate of the salary for this role, at the time of posting, is $100,000 - $135,000. This range is specific to Chicago and multiple factors are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to: skill set, experience and training, certifications; etc. This is an exempt position. If your requirements fall outside of this range, you are still welcome to apply.

“As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status.”

NOTE:  This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.