NomadDesk

DERMS Senior DevSecOps Specialist

Job Description Summary

About You:

You're not just a professional; you're a dedicated and technically savvy Implementation (DevOps) Solution Specialist with a deep passion for client success. Your role is pivotal in understanding and navigating the evolving landscape of the energy industry, ensuring that utilities and their clients stay ahead of the curve.

As a trusted advisor, you bring your wealth of technical knowledge to the table, guiding clients through every stage of the process. From the initial planning and requirements management to the intricate design, build (including custom software development), and final implementation of GE GridOS DERMS solutions, you ensure that each client's unique needs are met with precision and care.

Your commitment to excellence and client obsession drives you to deliver outstanding results, making you an invaluable asset to our team.

Job Description

What will you as our new Sr. DevOps Solution Specialist work on?

• Engage with our utility clients to understand the impacts of distributed energy resources (DERs) on the distribution system by providing our utility clients with solutions to manage and plan for the emergence of more DERs.
• Work collaboratively with a strong team of Technical Leads and Solution Specialists to provide input on solution architecture based on client needs and solution capabilities.
• Engage with our team to deploy GE GridOS DERMS solutions to client environments to support project use cases and DER planning scenarios.
• Document and design client-specific solution deployment requirements, capturing acceptance criteria and necessary features to meet client business needs.
• Deploy complex GridOS DERMS solutions to our customers both in the cloud and on premise using the latest DevOps technologies and process, and Pipeline Automation.
• Collaborate with other members of the Solutions team to expand our solution consulting and delivery practice, build standards of excellence, and continuously deliver innovative solution offerings for clients.
• Collaborate and contribute to identifying project delivery risks, recommending potential mitigation strategies, in collaboration with Project Manager

• Automation: Implement tools for automated security testing, monitoring, and incident response.
• Vulnerability Management: Identify, triage, and help remediate vulnerabilities.
• Culture & Training: Promote security awareness and training for internal and client teams.
• Collaboration: Bridge gaps between Dev, Sec, and Ops teams, ensuring shared responsibility for security.
• Compliance: Help meet regulatory and audit requirements.
• Security: Threat modeling, risk assessment, secure coding practices, incident response.
• Scripting/Programming: Python, Go, or similar for automation.
• DevOps: Strong understanding of DevOps principles, Agile, Git.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • AWS, Azure, and / or GCP Cloud Platforms and Technologies.
  • RHEL 8+ Linux OS and shell scripting.
  • Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD
• Docker, Kernel-based VM
• PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB
• Redis, Memcached
• Nginx, HA Proxy, Apache
• Python, JSON, YAML, Bash, Git
• Infrastructure as Code scripting with Terraform, Ansible or cloud native (ARM, Cloud Formation).
• GitHub, CI/CD pipeline design and scheduling with code quality stages spanning the lifecycle of continuous build & quality, continuous deploy, and continuous testing.
• Knowledge of DevOps and DevSecOps (static, dynamic, artifactory, code scanning).
• Build and deploy experience of Docker containers using Helm Charts and YAML configurations.
• Deployment and management of securely hardened technology frameworks including Kafka, and Kubernetes.
• Pipeline integration with DevOps Tools such as GIT, Docker, K8 containers, SonarQube, Nexus, Vault, test automation, Fortify, and Twistlock, Gitea, and Jenkins.
• Hands on experience in solution deployment with PDI and ArgoCD technologies.
• Agile/Lean principles such as SCRUM, Kanban, MVP, Windows and Linux Server, SQL Server, Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and Infrastructure Automation Tools
• Self-starter with the ability to work in a cross functional team-based environment.
• Excellent analytical skills and must be able to look at situations from different vantage points to make data-driven decisions and solve problems.
• GitHub, CI/CD pipeline design and scheduling with code quality stages spanning the lifecycle of Continuous Build & Quality, Continuous Deploy, and Continuous Testing.
• Experience working with Azure, Windows and Linux Server, SQL Server, Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, Systems, and Infrastructure Automation Tools
• Strong understanding of web applications and other technologies
• Excellent analytical skills and must be able to look at situations from different vantage points to make data-driven decisions and solve problems.
• Knowledge on relational and non-relational databases.
• Triage and debug any issues that arise during testing and production.
• Automate testing across CI/CD and cloud infrastructure management.
• Knowledge of secure code development.
• You have strong understanding of the utilities industry vertical and what Distributed Energy Resource Managed Solutions (DERMS) are all about.
• Hands on Python enterprise application development

• You are highly familiar with emerging energy industry trends and implications on utility clients in DER management, coupled with how to manage requirements effectively, how to message the change effectively, and overall, how to manage client expectations.
• You get things done within project deadlines, and with strong focus on quality.
• Positive attitude and a strong commitment to delivering quality work.
• You are a natural collaborator and demonstrate a "we before me" attitude.
• Self-starter with the ability to work in a cross functional team-based environment.
• You can quickly understand and analyze various approaches and processes and are able to configure solutions to client needs given existing product functionality.
• You can drill down to the details, obtaining the right level of specificity for your team.
• You can creatively solve complex problems.
• Understanding of how to triage and debug any issues that arise during testing and production.
• Possesses excellent analytical and problem resolution skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication style. Can effectively share complex technical topics with various levels of audience.
• You are deeply curious and love to ask questions. You're a lifelong learner.
• Ability and desire to learn different skills outside of their domain of expertise.
• You enjoy being in front of clients, listening to their needs. You are deeply focused on ensuring their success. You can create powerful user stories detailing the needs of your clients.
• A genuine interest in new tools and technology. You learn new software quickly without extensive documentation or hand holding.
• High enthusiasm with a sense of urgency to get things done.