Genesis10 is currently seeking an IT Security Specialist with our client in the financial industry located in Pennington, NJ, Charlotte, NC, and Plano, TX. This is a 12 + month contract position.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Developers to build a world-class infrastructure that can meet our customer's security and uptime requirements
- Act as a key contributor to the development of our developer and CI/CD processes to improve our developer agility and code quality
- Manage mission-critical cloud-based production systems; proactively take action if/when systems are down or there are interruptions in service; root cause and implement corrective actions to build long-term customer loyalty
- Help create and evolve our operational processes
- Help to identify emerging technologies that can enhance our offering to our customers
- Test new releases of products to ensure compatibility and minimize user impact
- Develop and document technical processes and procedures as needed
- Provide technical assistance
Requirements:
- 3+ years in Cloud Technologies preferably AWS
- 3+ years of experience with deployment orchestration systems such as Kubernetes, ECS, and Elastic Beanstalk
- 2+ years of experience working with CI/CD tools such as CircleCI or Jenkins
- 2+ years of experience with Docker and Docker-Compose
- 4+ years with configuration management and automation tools (e.g., Puppet, Ansible, Chef,
- Knowledge of AWS and its associated technologies, both from DevOps and CloudOps perspective
- Knowledge of Amazon ECS Cloud instances and configuration
- Creating S3 buckets and manage IAM rule-based policies
- Design and manage highly scalable/available Cloud Infrastructure
- Extensive knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure as code
- Knowledge of CI/CD tools and configuration of build and release pipelines
- Working with version control tools such as Bitbucket or Github
- Perform Patch management tasks include: maintaining current knowledge of available patches, deciding what patches are appropriate for particular systems, ensuring that patches are installed properly, testing systems after installation, and documenting all associated procedures
- Recommend and implement system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management
- and support for incoming queries and issues related to computer systems, software, and hardware
- CloudFormation, SaltStack, Terraform)
- Strong Linux system administration experience
- Strong programming experience in at least one language (python, node, java, go, c/c++, ruby)
- Experience with logging and monitoring tools such as ELK, DataDog or NewRelic, LogEntries, SumoLogic, etc.
- Experience with Incident Management and crisis management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!
About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
- Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)
- Remote opportunities available
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
