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DIRECTV is one of the world's leading providers of digital television entertainment services delivering a premium video experience through state-of-the-art technology, unmatched programming, and industry leading customer service to more than 32 million customers in the U.S. and Latin America. Job Description Assisting in automation and orchestration of application deployments for multiple development and application support teams Develop reusable puppet code for installation and configuration of common application components Support and maintain the department’s Puppet Enterprise environment Provide training and on boarding of developers and application support teams into the cloud environment Mentor teams in the development and use of Puppet modules for application automation Implementation of configuration changes, as well as backing out an unsuccessful change. Document and maintain knowledge of supported applications and platforms Qualifications 1+ years of working experience with Puppet for configuration management and automation 3+ years of system administration experience with either RedHat Linux or Windows Server operating systems Proficiency with use of source code management and software development workflow using Git Have a thorough understanding of SDLC best practices including CI/CD Demonstrated leadership capability; able to help guide, motivate and collaborate across IT operations, development and architecture teams Scripting or programming proficiency (Ruby, bash, PowerShell, etc.) Experience working in an environment with automated deployments and automated testing Experience in advanced application configuration, troubleshooting and performance tuning Additional Information Experience extending Puppet with Ruby (Custom types and providers, custom functions, etc) Familiarity with application architecture and deployments in cloud environments (Microservices, service discovery, A/B code deployments, etc) Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMWare, OpenStack, AWS Experience with Java containers (Weblogic, Tomcat, Jboss, etc) Experience with webservers (Apache, IIS, nginx, hapxory, etc) Experience with .NET application stack RedHat or Microsoft certification BS degree and/or the equivalent in training and experience preferred Experience with using and maintaining Atlassian suite of products (Stash, Jira, Hipchat, etc) Load balancing concepts, features and applicability to application/service deployments 5+ years of relevant work experience developing services, automation tools/scripts Knowledge of SQL and NOSQL databases Experience with software packaging (e.g. RPM, MSI, etc.) and software distribution Take ownership of assigned tasks and drive to completion; provide status and follow-up as needed Excellent personal and communication skills. Highly tuned problem solving and analytical skills Experience porting puppet code to future parser #J-18808-Ljbffr Prosum

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