DevOps Engineer

ABOUT VIAPLUS :
ViaPlus is a global mobility company in the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) market, specializing in revenue and services management solutions for the transportation industry. Our customer operations, data analytics, and full-featured, single-account back-office technology facilitate the high-volume transactions required for seamless multimodal mobility. As a VINCI Highways subsidiary, we are committed to technical innovation and to promoting a positive mobility experience for all.

We are pioneers in the transportation transaction and mobility industry, with a decade of proven global experience in providing solutions focused on the tolling and transit industries. ViaPlus is headquartered near Dallas, Texas, and maintains offices across the United States, France, India, and Ireland. We are part of the global network of VINCI Concessions, an international player in transport infrastructure with projects in 23 countries. Our vision has evolved to provide a fully automated, end-to-end transportation solution that significantly improves revenue collection and efficiency while effectively lowering costs for our agency clients.

We serve enterprises that require high-volume, real-time transaction processing with the highest levels of accuracy, especially where revenue reconciliation and customer account management are key deliverables to the customer experience. Our flagship back-office system (BOS) enables Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) with a “one account” feature that supports multimodal transportation solutions. In a rapidly changing environment, ViaPlus maintains a strong focus on technology and continuous R&D to improve agency efficiencies, reduce operating expenses, and maximize revenue – all while providing exceptional customer service.

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ABOUT VINCI HIGHWAYS
VINCI Highways, a VINCI Concessions subsidiary, is a leader in road concessions, operations and mobility services. We design, finance, build and operate highways, bridges, tunnels, urban roads and mobility services on a network of more than 3,360 km in 15 countries. VINCI Highways leverages its expertise to deliver the highest performance and safety standards and provide drivers with a positive experience.

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JOB PROFILE : DevOps Engineer

JOB LOCATION: Plano, TX

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement strategies for zero-downtime deployments to achieve optimal application reliability and availability.
• Develop and configure DevOps solutions on the Azure platform utilizing native Azure services.
• Implement and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Azure platform.
• Application containerization with Kubernetes (AKS).
• Manage source control repositories, branching strategies, and release workflows.
• Contributing to technical decisions and direction in a collaborative team environment, including architecture, estimation, product planning, and user story/requirement creation.
• Performing system changes, including upgrades, on internal and customer-facing systems at an agreed Request for Change window.
• Practical experience with the implementation of automation practices in virtualized environments, including building templates and enhancements.
• Research and improvise current implementations of DevOps platforms for continual improvement
• Apply industry best practices and patterns across infrastructure and application components, e.g., security, elasticity, and performance.
• Design, enhance, build, and maintain automated deployment (CI/CD) for .NET and Java applications
• Introduce/suggest new processes and techniques.
• Work within a project management/agile delivery methodology in a leading role as part of a wider team.
• Maintain, test, and optimize disaster recovery services to ensure we have a contingency plan to failover our highly available platform.
• Work closely with team members to identify and automate manual and repetitive processes, ensuring efficiency, quality, and scalability.
• Develop scripts (Shell scripts and PowerShell) to automate visualization.
• Participate in after-hours support or on-call rotation as required.
• Handle the operations of the internal systems supporting the R&D department: maintaining systems and keeping them up to date.
• Support cost optimization initiatives, including right-sizing and resource lifecycle management.
• Ensure compliance and security best practices with enterprise environment and governance standards.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Should have a minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in CI/CD and DevOps environments.
• Experience in automated Build Systems (e.g., Jenkins, Maven, MSBuild, Azure DevOps).
• “Everything as code”: infrastructure (e.g., Packer, Vagrant, Terraform) and configuration management (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible) – scripting is second nature.
• You have a working knowledge of tools like Git, GitHub, JSON, and scripting languages, e.g., bash and PowerShell.
• Experience in network, server, application gateways, load balancers, and application-status monitoring.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes (AKS) and DevOps tools like TeamCity, TFS, Azure DevOps, Git, SVN, Veracode, and SonarQube.
• Extensive experience in container ecosystems (e.g., Docker, LXC, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of monitoring systems (e.g., ELK, Prometheus, Kibana)
• High level of proficiency in Linux distributions, specifically Debian and CentOS
• Practical experience in Windows Server with IIS
• Practical experience in Linux distributions utilizing Apache and Nginx.
• Azure DevOps CI/CD for .NET and Java applications.
• Strong motivation/curiosity to learn new things and discover new technologies,
• Be able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Azure/AWS DevOps Certifications.
• Hands-on experience in Azure DevOps Administration
• Must be a team player, self-motivated, and able to work independently and proactively.
• Should be creative and able to think outside the box while defining a sound and practical solution.
• Should strive to take the initiative, moving ideas forward with clarity.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Any Graduate with a B.E. / B.Tech, MCA, or equivalent degree with more than three (3) years of relevant work experience.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
N/A

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and reach with hands and arms, hear, and talk. The employee will be working and navigating on a computer. The employee occasionally is required to stand, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, and walk. The employee may occasionally be required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. The work environment is usually moderate to loud.