System Administrator / DevOps Specialist - Careers - Velvetech Job at VELVETECH

Velvetech is an American global software development company headquartered in Miami, FL, and with an office in Chicago, IL. Velvetech has its developers strategically distributed in 10+ global technical job markets to deliver the best in class software engineering and exceptional client services.

We have 20+ years of experience in software and hardware development for clients all around the world, especially for US clients. As an official Microsoft Gold Partner, our company is listed in the top 5 software development companies in Illinois , USA.

US clients are leading trading and financial organizations, insurance companies, large healthcare associations, pharmaceutical and energy companies, equipment manufacturers, hi-tech startups, etc.

Areas of expertise are consulting, development, implementation, and support of software solutions. We implement modern backend solutions that support microservices architecture with the following technologies: NET Core, Node.js, Java, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ. For the web UI front-end development, we opt for React, or Angular, and for mobile development — Swift, Kotlin, Java. Most of the systems are designed for cloud infrastructures like AWS, Azure, GCP, and heavily rely on Docker, Kubernetes while modern CI/CD is made using GitLab CI or TeamCity.

Principles are based on Agile Methodology, Scrum and Kanban. Various projects coded in GitLab or GitHub are built with multiple coordinated teams, collaborating via Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, and Slack. Velvetech constantly follows the Tech trends and actively cooperates with startups in such breakthrough areas as Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, FPGA, and AI.

Job Description

We are looking for a System Administrator/ DevOps Specialist to join our DevOps team.

• Administration of corporate servers: Linux and Windows, configuration, troubleshooting
• Administration of virtualization systems (Hyper-V, ESXi)
• CI/CD configuring

Requirements

Experience in the following technologies:

• Successful work experience as a system administrator from 2 years and / or DevOps
• Strong knowledge of Linux CentOS/Debian
• Strong knowledge of Windows
• Strong knowledge of network equipment (routers, firewalls, switches)
• Experience in administering Hyper-V and/or ESXi virtualization systems
• Experience in administering web servers IIS, Apache, nginx, proxy, HTTP, postman
• CI/CD – GitLab or equivalents

The following experience will be considered as an advantage:

• Administering and configuring Cisco equipment, SonicWall firewalls
• Introduction to Github, GitLab, TeamCity, CI/CD, Dockers, Kubernetes, ELK, Prometheus, Zabbix
• Automation of deployment (docker, kubernetes, etc)
• Experience with automation using Bash/CMD/Powershell/Python.
• Understanding the basic principles of information security.
• Experience with Terraform
• Experience with Ansible
• English level: Intermediate and higher
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools, such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor IDE, Tabnine, or similar, is advantageous
• Basic skills in prompt engineering to leverage AI tools effectively for DevOps workflows
• Awareness of the limitations of AI tools and the capability to apply critical thinking when integrating them into DevOps processes
• Ability to utilize AI technologies to enhance code debugging, optimize infrastructure automation, and improve documentation for increased efficiency and reliability

Offer

• Challenging and exciting projects
• Young and friendly team
• Bonuses per project results
• Velvetech is in the TOP 5 development companies in Illinois, USA
• You have FLEXIBLE working conditions and a COOPERATIVE environment
• Many CHALLENGING and exciting projects with new opportunities and learning
• GROWTH opportunities, skills and competencies improvement, and professional certification
• In-company TRAINING (English, Software / DevOps / Project management / Design / Business)