Job Title: CF Engine Expert with Configuration Management
Location: Chicago , IL (Hybrid)
Duration: / Term: 6+ months / Contract
Job Description:
Experience Desired: 10+ Years.
Qualification:
- 10 years of experience working with CF Engine
- Excellent communication skills
Responsibilities:
- Document CFEngine policies in a clear and organized manner, ensuring that all configurations and settings are thoroughly explained.
- Maintain up-to-date documentation for new policies and changes to existing policies.
- Policy Review and Optimization:
- Regularly review existing CFEngine policies to identify areas for improvement, optimization, and simplification.
- Analyze policy effectiveness, performance, and impact on system resources.
- Identify and resolve policy conflicts, redundancies, and inefficiencies.
- Suggest and implement improvements to enhance policy effectiveness and efficiency.
- CFEngine Server and Component Upgrades:
- Plan and execute upgrades of the CFEngine server and related components (e.g., hub, mission portal) to the latest stable versions.
- Perform thorough testing and validation of upgrades in a non-production environment before deployment.
- Ensure smooth transition and minimal disruption to production systems during upgrades.
- Document upgrade procedures and maintain version control.
- Plan and coordinate the upgrade of CFEngine clients across the organization's infrastructure.
- Develop and implement a rolling upgrade strategy to minimize downtime and service disruptions.
- Test and validate client upgrades in a non-production environment before deployment.
- Provide guidance and support to system administrators during the client upgrade process.
- Monitor and troubleshoot any issues arising from client upgrades.
- Work closely with system administrators, developers, and other stakeholders to understand their configuration management needs and requirements.
- Provide training and knowledge transfer sessions on CFEngine policies, best practices, and configuration management concepts.
- Participate in knowledge-sharing sessions and contribute to the organization's configuration management best practices.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest developments, features, and best practices in configuration management and CFEngine.
- Continuously explore and evaluate new technologies and tools that can enhance the organization's configuration management capabilities.
- Implement processes for continuous improvement, including regular policy reviews, automation, and performance monitoring
Requirements:
- (Team size, direct reports, key deliverables, unique selling points, additional qualifications, team culture etc.)
- Individual contributor role but critical.
- Client is on tight deadlines and resource needs to ensure that you can understand the requirements, come up with options & suggestions, create Design, Create Plan & deliver to plan to agreed timelines
Key Skills:
Configuration Management , CF Engine , CFEngine Server , CFEngine Policies
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