IT Technical Associate (DevOps Engineer)

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The Technology Solutions department, at the Univ of IL Chicago, located in a large metro area, is seeking full-time IT Technical Associate (DevOps Engineer) to assist the department with the following responsibilities: Under direction and supervision, select and implement appropriate CI/CD tools for containerization, testing, and automation to improve the current infrastructure landscape. Define and establish development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operations. Coordinate and collaborate with infrastructure and development teams.

  • Help with containerization roadmapping, prototype new concepts to improve and innovate within the team, and keep the team up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies.
  • Implement and improve logging/monitoring and alerting during the entire lifecycle of a platform and applications the team builds; update and create new processes for improvement and minimize wastage on systems; identify and deploy cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management; and help identify root causes of application or platform failures.
  • Develop technical documentation and guides for fallback revert plan; mentor and guide junior developers and students; and perform other duties as assigned.
  • No travel required.

This position minimally requires a Bachelor’s degree or its foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a related field, and 1 year of professional IT DevOps experience.

For fullest consideration, please submit CV, cvr ltr, & 3 prof references by 1/19/25 to Vicki Bennett, Univ of IL Chicago, Tech. Sol., 200 RRB, MC 010, 728 Roosevelt Rd, Chicago IL 60607 or via email at bennettv@uic.edu.

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