Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Primary functions and essential responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Design cloud focused solutions leveraging modern devops tools and methodologies to modernize legacy systems and infrastructure
• Implement tools and solutions to integrate, automate and orchestrate cloud operational needs
• Develop automation processes leveraging PowerShell, python, JSON and other scripting utilities
• Engineer configuration management solutions utilizing tools such as Ansible and Jenkins
• Create CI/CD pipelines to support business applications and infrastructure systems
• Lead and execute migrations aligned with the company’s Azure cloud journey
• Establish and maintain standards, policies and content for source code repositories
• Identify technology gaps, recommend architecture/product changes to increase stability and reliability
• Translate business requirements into functional and technical details and assist in formulating solutions
• Provide infrastructure systems support and perform root cause analysis of issues
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes; recommending solutions to improve scalability, redundancy, and operational efficiency
• Maintain Jira tasks, Confluence documentation and participate in team stand-ups
• Document architectural standards and processes around those standards

qualifications

Experience Required:  

• 4+ years of total experience as an infrastructure engineer  
• Scripting languages: PowerShell and Python
• Experience with Identity Solutions such as Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, OKTA, etc.
• Experience with Windows Server and Linux operating systems
• Experience with Azure DevOps or equivalent CI/CD / Code Repositories
• GIT basics and branching strategies
• Experience with Jenkins / Ansible
• Experience working in Private/Public/Hybrid Clouds
• Network Security & knowledge of WAN and LAN technologies
• Extensive practical knowledge of all layers of the OSI network model
• Strong business analysis skills - capturing and documenting requirements
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications

General Requirements:

• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and time management skills with an ability to multitask, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Strong organization and documentation skills
• A self-directed individual with a can-do attitude, willing to work in an energetic, fast paced team environment
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Exceptional critical thinker and strong business judgment; Inquisitive and committed to continual improvement/learning
• Ability to be flexible in terms of hours to coordinate with team members across time zones
• Comfortable in dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty in a dynamic environment

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent technical proficiency and professional work experience
• Microsoft / Azure certifications

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There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.