Sys Admin/DevOps

Sparks Group
Dallas / fort worth, TX
13 Mar 2025

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Job Summary/Company:

Sparks Group has partnered with a not-for-profit organization in the education technology sector to find a

Systems Admin/DevOps/Software Developer. It is an unusual mix of experience and duties, and the selected candidate will be expected to take on myriad of duties that fall under Systems/Network administration, DevOps Engineering, light Software Development, and more. This is a job for someone who is early career (3-5 years ideally) and is a technologist at heart with a desire to learn and grow with a cool organization that is doing cool things with technology. A background in Systems Administration, DevOps, OR Software Development is required, and a willingness to work across all domains is a must. The organization is based in the Washington DC area and is considering fully remote candidates.

Responsibilities:
  • Participate and become a key person in management of the technical infrastructure supporting the organization (The technology platform for web presence is primarily AWS cloud-based but other technology systems are used to support other organization needs, such as cloud-based project management tools, WP Engine for public website, Google for files/email, etc.)
  • Write well-designed, testable, efficient code by using software development best practices; including hands-on work creating, managing, and enhancing new and legacy applications
  • Participate in code reviews and receive/recommend improvements to and from other developers
  • Provide general support to maintain applications that meet the service levels, system availability, performance, and quality levels
  • Manage relationships with specific IT vendors, serving as one of the organization's points of contacts
  • Collaborate with team members and partners together, understand, and refine business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions
  • Contribute to developing IT strategy and service management methodologies and implementation plans
  • Control the processes for code management, including source control management and code deploys
  • Meet defined scopes, target dates, and budgets
  • Utilize and participate in the full system development life cycle

Qualifications/Background Profile:

  • The ideal candidate will have some of the below bullets, but not all of the bullets, Client is willing to consider candidates from a Systems Administration, a DevOps, or a Developer background
  • 3+ years of experience managing OS and other aspects of technology systems (examples: Linux/Windows administration; understanding and at least intermediate experience with security configurations, load-balancing, cloud infrastructure, etc.; scripting for systems administration purposes, etc.)
  • 3+ years of full-stack development experience in a production environment
  • 3+ years of object-oriented PHP Development experience in a production environment
  • Experience with MVC frameworks (Laravel, Cake, CodeIgniter, Symfony)
  • Relational Database experience (MySQL or MSSQL preferred), with advanced knowledge of schema design, indexes, and triggers
  • Experience working in centralized-source-code environment
  • Exceptional planning, organization, and documentation skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • DevOps experience
  • .NET development experience desirable but not necessarily required
  • Some cloud exposure, AWS is the preferred platform
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Sparks Group!

Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.
  • ID: #49460623
  • State: Texas Dallas / fort worth 75001 Dallas / fort worth USA
  • City: Dallas / fort worth
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2023-03-13
  • Deadline: 2023-05-11
  • Category: Et cetera