Senior DevOps Engineer

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

WHO WE ARE:

We are RAPP – world leaders in activating growth with precision and empathy at scale.

As a global, next-generation precision marketing agency we leverage data, creativity, technology, and empathy to foster client growth. We champion individuality in the marketing solutions we create, and in our workplace. We fight for solutions that adapt to the individual’s needs, beliefs, behaviors, and aspirations.

We foster an inclusive workplace that emphasizes personal well-being.

HOW WE DO IT:

At RAPP, our fearless superconnectors help to create value from personal brand experiences by focusing on three key areas: connected data, connected content and connected decisioning.


Our data analysts identify who that person is, our strategists understand what they want, and our award-winning technologists and creatives know how to deliver it – ensuring we’re able to activate authentic customer connections for our clients.


Part of Omnicom’s Precision Marketing Group, RAPP is comprised of 2,000+ creatives, technologists, strategists, and data and marketing scientists across 15+ 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 Infrastructure Automation and Tools team (IAT) 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 communicating the DevOps best practices with other development teams and helping them in the implementation thereof.
• Dedicate at least 50% of time automating systems and processes.
• Work with IAT Engineers in the implementation of infrastructure, security and tools that are needed for delivery of software applications and services.
• Work with IAT 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, 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:

• 7+ 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 experience deploying infrastructure with IaC such as Cloudwatch or Terraform.
• Hands on implementation of a Cloud Native environment using AWS; familiarity with GovCloud would be a bonus.
• Strong experience with deploying services through IaC 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.).
• Strong development experience with Python or similar shell scripting language
• Experience with networking and CIDR management and troubleshooting.
• 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.

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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 $135,000 - $162,000. 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.