Principal DevOps Engineer, KMS Healthcare

KMS Technology was established in 2009 as a U.S.-based software services company. With development centers in Vietnam and Mexico, we have been trusted globally for the superlative quality of our software consulting & development services, technology solutions, and engineers' expertise. We pride ourselves on creating brilliant solutions for our clients by leveraging deep expertise, advanced technologies, and delivery excellence for a shared success where everyone can reach their fullest potential. With three Business Lines:

• KMS Software: Leverage software domain expertise to help clients make better business decisions in technology platforms, increase speed-to-market, and gain critical development support through innovative technology solutions.

• KMS Solutions: Empower BFSI businesses to embrace the digital finance revolution and expedite clients’ journey towards complete digitalization, technology consulting, data analytics, software development, and software quality.

• KMS Healthcare: Build transformative next-gen technologies to solve healthcare’s most challenging problems, providing innovative tools and expertise to providers, payers, life sciences, and medical technology vendors.

• Work with US-based clients and Vietnam development to understand business needs and develop technical solutions to support DevOps requirements across both teams.

• Deliver cloud-based products and underlying informatics platform with high availability, scalability, fault tolerance, quality, and security.

• Design, promote, and support the utilization of containers, microservices, and cloud deployment across various cloud platforms, ensuring friction-less integration and continuous deployment practices.

• Maintain/monitor/troubleshoot issues of cloud environments, ensure their optimal performance and promptly address any issues that may arise.

• Conduct DevOps tools research, evaluation, proof of concept, installation, configuration, and training.

General requirements:

• Upper-Intermediate level of English.

• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies.

• 5+ years of experience in a similar DevOps Engineer role.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• Strong leadership and project management skills.

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities, communication and collaboration skills.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Technical requirements: 

1. Containerization & Orchestration

• Proficient in creating, deploying, and managing containerized applications using Docker and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Amazon ECS.

• Experienced in service discovery, load balancing, and networking within container orchestration frameworks.

• Nice to have: Experienced in container security best practices, including image scanning and runtime protection

2. CI/CD

• Proficient in designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with modern CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Circle CI, or Azure DevOps.

• Familiarity with best practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment, including rollback strategies and blue-green deployments.

• Nice to have: Experience with CI/CD for .NET and Java applications.

 3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)/Configuration as Code (CaC)

• Proficient in writing and maintaining infrastructure as code using Terraform/Cloud Formation or similar tools.

• Skilled in writing and managing configuration scripts using Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.

4. Architecture

• Proficient in designing and implementing enterprise system architecture that aligns with business objectives.

• Experienced in enterprise system integration, including middleware, APIs, and microservices architectures.

• Knowledgeable in designing disaster recovery and high availability strategies.

• Familiar with cloud architecture principles and best practices for AWS and/or Azure.

5. Networking & Protocols

• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and other core networking protocols.

• Knowledge of network security practices, including VPNs, SSL/TLS, and firewalls.

• Familiarity with cloud networking concepts and services (VPC, subnets, security groups and load balancers).

6. Scripting & Automation

• Proficient in writing scripts using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or Perl to automate tasks.

• Experienced in leveraging APIs and SDKs for cloud platforms and third-party services.

• Familiar with best practices for writing clean and maintainable automation scripts.

7. Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting

• Experienced in identifying and diagnosing system performance issues.

• Nice to have:

  • Knowledge in optimizing database performance, including indexing, query optimization, and database configuration. Familiar with load and stress testing methodologies.

 8. Observability

• Experience setting up and configuring monitoring, logging, and tracing systems using ELK (Elasticsearch, Log stash, Kibana) or commercial tools like Data dog and New Relic.

Perks You'll Enjoy 

• Working in one of the Best Places to Work in Vietnam
• Building large-scale & global software products
• Working & growing with Passionate & Talented Team
• Diverse careers opportunities with Software Outsourcing, Software Product Development, IT Solutions & Consulting
• Attractive Salary and Benefits
• Performance appraisal twice a year and performance bonus
• Onsite opportunities: short-term and long-term assignments in North American (U.S, Canada), Europe, Asia.
• Flexible working time
• Various training on hot-trend technologies, best practices and soft skills
• Premium healthcare insurance for you and your loved ones
• Company trip, big annual year-end party every year, team building, etc.
• Fitness & sport activities: football, tennis, table-tennis, badminton, yoga, swimming…
• Joining community development activities: 1% Pledge, charity every quarter, blood donation, public seminars, career orientation talks,…
• Free in-house entertainment facilities (foosball, ping pong, gym…), coffee, and snack (instant noodles, cookies, candies…)
• And much more, join us and let yourself explore other fantastic things!