Automation, continuous delivery, monitoring and alerting. CI tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and AzureDevOps. Cloud services such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, and Heroku. Infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform and Cloud Formation. DevOps tools, practices, and philosophies. Container experience such as building via Dockerfile and Docker Compose. Container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Rancher. Version control systems such as Git and Mercurial. Configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or SaltStack. Build tools such as Gradle, Ant, and Maven. Service discovery tools such as Consul, etcd and ZooKeeper. Log aggregation tools such as Splunk, ELK stack, SumoLogic, and DataDog. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, InfluxDB, and Nagios. Linux scripting languages. Linux-based operating systems such as Ubuntu and CentOS Passion for software development. Someone who loves what they do, who isn’t just in it for a paycheck. Do you have dev projects going on at home at all times? Aptitude for learning. New projects, new teams, new technologies means having to adjust and learn all the time. You might get thrown on a Spring or mobile project as well, so having the ability to jump in and get your feet wet without hesitation is important. If you don’t want to grow and learn, we’re not a fit. Positive, can-do attitude. We can teach the technology, but we can’t teach how to approach client challenges with a positive, helpful demeanor. The best consultants aren’t the most technical (although that sure helps), it’s the consultant that will do whatever it takes to see a client be successful, no matter what they throw at you.Improving is a modern digital services company dedicated to positively changing the perception of the IT professional. We offer innovative solutions through consulting, software development, and training to help thousands of our clients achieve new heights in a competitive and ever-changing market.