DevOps Programmer

The successful Proponent will provide all required programmer/analyst services associated with the project. The scope of the services may include, but are not limited to:
· Monitor, maintain, configure, support and optimize web-based middleware solutions to ensure the security, stability and scalability of the Province's web API framework;

· Assist the Province of PEI in integrating the API Framework with the MuleSoft Enterprise Integration Platform; and

· Work with other team members to improve the CI Pipeline, including oversight of automated tests, review of Jenkins, etc.;

· Work with other team members to build software releases from multiple development project streams and manage multiple tier deployment environments;

· Research and apply patches and upgrades to software and;

· Implement and use monitoring software such as SolarWinds, Grafana and Prometheus

DevOps Programmer resource must have the following experience:

1. Performing software installation and configuration tasks;

2. Participating in investigations into problematic activities related to a wide variety of web services;

3. Reviewing and deploying vendor supplied patches according to best practices;

4. Developing or supporting web applications by participating in the software development life cycle; and

5. The DevOps programmer must have experience with:

- Java;

- Relational databases such as MySQL;

- Version control using Git;

- Automation servers such as Jenkins;

- OS such as Ubuntu;

- Shell scripts, such as Bash;

- Development and use of APIs and API Gateways;

- Web servers such as Apache;

- Load Balancers and reverse proxies, such as Nginx;

- Load testing, load balancing, performance test, automated testing and

- Use and support of container software.

6. Experience in the following will be considered an asset:

- Drupal Content Management System module development;

- Docker and Kubernetes container software;

- Load testing, load balancing, performance test, automated testing;

- Development of black boxes;

- DNS Services; and

- Transport layer security.