DevOps Specialist

**DevOps Specialist - MTS - BR**:
**Location**: Belo Horizonte, BR
**Req ID**: 29526
**Onsite or Remote**:
Komatsu is an indispensable partner to the construction, mining, forestry, forklift, and industrial machinery markets, maximizing value for customers through innovative solutions. With a diverse line of products supported by our advanced IoT technologies, regional distribution channels, and a global service network, we tap into the power of data and technology to enhance safety and productivity while optimizing performance. Komatsu supports a myriad of markets, including housing, infrastructure, water, pipeline, minerals, automobile, aerospace, electronics, and medical, through its many brands and subsidiaries, including Joy, P&H, Montabert, Modular Mining Systems, Hensley Industries, NTC, and Gigaphoton.

We’re more than a company, and we’re a community of passionate, creative professionals striving toward a shared vision: revolutionizing the way the mining industry operates. With a presence stretching from Johannesburg to Vancouver, Sydney to Lima, you are part of a global brand that supports creativity, fosters innovation, and encourages you to think big, share ideas and be yourself.

**The Company**:
Modular Mining Systems is the global leader in mine management technology and a wholly owned subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. Our innovative technology powers mine operations in every corner of the globe. The products we cultivate, the solutions we engineer and the service we deliver set us apart in the Mining Technology industry. We’re more than a company, we’re a community of passionate, creative professionals striving toward a shared vision: to revolutionize the way the mining industry operates. With a presence stretching from Johannesburg to Vancouver, Sydney to Lima, you are part of a global brand that supports creativity, fosters innovation and encourages you to think big, share ideas and be yourself.

**Job Purpose**:
**Job Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Assist in automating and streamlining software development and deployment processes using CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred).
- Perform configuration and management tasks for Azure infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage, networking, and security services.
- Collaborate with developers and operations teams to resolve incidents and implement solutions.
- Participate in ongoing learning and development opportunities to stay up-to-date with the latest DevOps technologies and best practices.
- Maintain a strong understanding of security principles and implement them throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
- Continuously strive to improve efficiency and automate processes to reduce manual effort and increase agility.

**Required Skills**:

- Degree Computer Science or other related field or equivalent prior work experience.
- Experience and comfort working in a Linux environment, including environments which are purely command line based.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt to new technologies quickly.
- Experience working with end users and providing direct support.
- Basic knowledge of and experience with containers and orchestration platforms (Docker and Kubernetes are preferred);
- Solid knowledge of and experience with observability/monitoring (Grafana and Prometheus are preferred);
- Basic experience working with cloud service providers (Azure is preferred);
- Experience with computer networking, including TCP/IP stack protocol inspection.
- Understanding of and basic experience with DevOps and GitOps practices in production environments.
- Basic knowledge of and experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure devops is preferred);
- Basic understanding of microservices architecture.
- Strong analytical, debugging, problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.

**Desired Skills**:

- Basic knowledge of and deployment experience with Kafka and Postgres.
- Linux command-line proficiency, package management, understanding of filesystems and file permissions, shell scripting, system and service management, networking, security, system performance monitoring.
- Experience with Microsoft IoT Edge and IoT Hub.
- Experience with production-grade storage solutions for Kubernetes.

Komatsu is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.