Remote DevOps engineer jobs

At Turing, top-tier clients are on the hunt for remote DevOps engineers who can facilitate the integration of IT operations and development teams across the organization. This position involves implementing DevOps best practices, testing procedures and speeding up project delivery.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Work across teams to ensure high productivity, reliability, and scalability of applications
  • Develop metrics and KPIs to quantify product quality and engineering efficiency
  • Design and develop CI/CD pipelines and ensure source code control management
  • Perform architectural/code review and validation, code deployment, etc., in phased releases
  • Monitor system performance and implement performance tuning
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, test, and production environments
  • Provide suggestions for potential projects that can bring impactful results
  • Collaborate with software development teams to deploy and operate systems

Minimum requirements

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
  • 3+ years of experience in software development (exceptions made based on skill level)
  • Proficiency in languages like Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, Perl, and C#
  • Expert understanding of CI tools, such as Jenkins, Travis, Azure, etc.
  • Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, or other containerization technologies
  • Knowledge of source control systems such as Git and Subversion
  • Fluency in English to interact with engineering managers at U.S. software companies
  • The ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) and a 4-hour overlap with U.S. time zones

Preferred skills

  • Experience with Node.js ecosystem (API development, TypeScript, etc.)
  • Knowledge of database technologies, release management, REST, SRE - Site Reliability Engineering, etc.
  • Experience with any cloud platform like AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure
  • Attention to detail, abstract thinking, and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision

How to become a DevOps engineer?

DevOps is a qualified practice that combines development and information technology to optimize the software development lifecycle. It encourages continuous delivery and feedback while ensuring cohesion among different teams involved in a project.

Software development is a long process with multiple phases: development, deployment, testing, and design. The process facilitates continuous development, testing, and integration, thus ensuring high-quality and on-time delivery.

DevOps engineers apply their expertise to ensure that all stages of development are well-optimized and free of errors.

Skills required to become a DevOps engineer

1. Scripting skills

JavaScript, Python, Perl, Ruby, PHP, Bash - DevOps engineers should be familiar with as many languages as possible. They should also be comfortable with OS environments. While Linux is the preferred operating system, it pays to be able to work on different OS environments.

2. Network and Storage

As DevOps involves dealing with servers, storage, and data, strong networking knowledge is essential for a DevOps engineer. Familiarity with APIs, protocols, and other infrastructures is also important.

3. Writing secure code

Building defense mechanisms to avoid unwanted attacks is a follow-up strategy to ensure high security. One of the best practices is to introduce security early in the development cycle.

4. Infrastructure knowledge

A DevOps engineer must know the ins and outs of the infrastructure available. A firm grasp of networking is handy as you must run the software's virtual networks.

5. Decision-making and soft skills

DevOps engineers require good communication skills for better collaboration and cohesion within teams.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is DevOps a good career?

Yes, practical applications of DevOps are increasing every day, so it’s easy to say that DevOps has a promising future.

What skills are required for a DevOps engineer?

As a DevOps engineer, you should have a good understanding of Ruby, Python, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Bash, Shell, and Node.js. In addition, good communication skills and proficiency in DevOps tools are also required.