Senior DevOps & Python Platform Engineering Specialist

Job Summary

The Senior DevOps & Python Platform Engineer designs, builds, and operates highly available enterprise content management platforms supporting both Application Enterprise Content Management (AECM) and End-User Content Management(EUCM) use cases. The team owns and engineers platforms including Alfresco, SharePoint Embedded, Box, Google Workspace, and several supporting services.

This role blends hands-on Python engineering, platform integration, DevOps practices, and production support. The successful candidate brings a strong sense of ownership, excels at solving complex distributed-system problems, and communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You will play a key role in shaping platform reliability, scalability, and customer experience while contributing to ongoing modernization initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, or DevOps roles.
• 3+ years of hands-on development experience with Python, with working knowledge of Java.
• 3+ years of experience supporting Linux and/or Windows systems, including troubleshooting, shell scripting, and automation.
• Strong proficiency with relational databases, preferably Microsoft SQL Server, and writing SQL queries.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and experience working with load-balancing technologies.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues in complex, distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating enterprise applications using Tomcat and Apache web servers.
• Familiarity with modern application security concepts and authentication mechanisms (e.g., Kerberos, Mutual TLS, OAuth/OIDC, SAML).
• Experience with build and dependency management tools such as Maven or Gradle.
• Exposure to containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Podman, Kubernetes).
• Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines, including tools such as Jenkins.
• Comfort working in an Agile/Scrum environment using tools such as Jira.
• Experience with Ansible or similar automation and configuration-management tools.
• Knowledge of message-queue or event-driven technologies.
• Familiar with Github/Copilot environment, proficient with Git-based version control and DevOps best practices.
• Exposure to containerization technologies (e.g., Podman, Kubernetes).