Cloud/ Dev Ops Engineer

Job Title: Cloud/ Dev Ops Engineer

Duration: 12 months with possible extensions

Work Mode: Onsite

Location: Sacramento, CA 95811

Interview: In-person

Job Description

The consultant will undertake duties as a Dev OPS Engineer and Solution architect and support several critical applications that are part of the myCalPERS system. The consultant will upgrade on-prem applications that the ARTS team supports.

Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture, Development and Test Support
  
  

Evaluate existing applications and provide roadmap for architectural upgrades and enhancements.

Evaluate unit tests and collaborate with the Regression Automation team to ensure adequate testing suites.

Provide input into design alternatives and provide alternative solutions based on the requirements and performance of the applications.

• Dev Ops Discovery and Assessment
  
  

Provide a thorough assessment of the existing CI/CD infrastructure, monitoring, security and compliance, and identify bottlenecks, risks and technical debt.

Provide a gap analysis between current state vs. industry standard.

• Roadmap & Strategy
  
  

Prioritized list of improvements (short, medium, long term).

Recommend upgrades and refactoring based on new technologies

Identify automation opportunities.

Security and compliance upgrade plan.

• Implementation of Approved Changes
  
  

CI/CD Pipeline Enhancements such as automated build, test, and deployment pipelines.

Monitoring and Logging Improvements to observability stack

Implementation of secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and access controls.

For cloud applications, optimize scaling policies, cost optimizations, and backup/recovery improvements.

Minimum Qualifications & Evaluation Criteria

• Minimum of ten (10) years of expert-level experience as a DevOps Architect and System Integrator, with a proven track record of implementing solutions using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.
• At least ten (10) years of experience serving as a Solution Architect for complex enterprise-scale applications, demonstrating the ability to design, integrate, and optimize large systems.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in the infrastructure and architecture of public pension systems, including system integration, scalability, performance optimization, and modernization of legacy platforms.
• Five (5) years of experience in developing technical documentation (standards, best practices, procedures) and delivering training or knowledge transfer sessions to team members.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting applications on cloud platforms, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, with expertise in deployment, monitoring, and operational support.