Lead DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and sustain a comprehensive cloud infrastructure platform utilizing contemporary Infrastructure as Code methodologies.

• Collaborate with software development and systems integration teams to create end-to-end solutions.

• Architect and construct infrastructure using container orchestration technologies such as EKS/K8S.

• Choose managed cloud services that align with platform engineering and software development objectives.

• Develop CI/CD tools, automation, and practices for agile and secure deployments.

• Establish highly available, reliable, scalable, and efficient cloud infrastructure components.

• Deploy monitoring solutions to proactively detect and resolve potential issues.

• Set up logging solutions for effective troubleshooting and analysis.

• Work alongside security teams to adhere to industry standards and compliance requirements.

• Partner with product managers, developers, and QA engineers to ensure systems are robust and reliable.

• Lead engineers in designing, constructing, and maintaining infrastructure, site reliability, and engineering productivity systems.

• Take ownership of the developer experience by enhancing the internal developer portal.

⛳️ Requirements

• Candidates must be at least 18 years of age.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 12 years of practical experience as a DevOps engineer, system architect, or software engineer specializing in platform systems.

• Skilled in creating automation using Python, Shell, Ruby, and other programming languages.

• Extensive experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Proficient with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.

• Strong grasp of CI/CD principles and tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, Harness.io, and ArgoCD.

• Advanced knowledge of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

• In-depth expertise in Crossplane, Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK.

• Exceptional problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

• Coaching and mentoring mindset to guide engineers and teams.

• Expertise in designing and developing software solutions for platform integrations, automations, and developer experiences using Rust, GoLang, Python, or Java.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and income protection insurance plans.

• 401(k) program with employer matching and immediate vesting.

• 20 days of planned PTO, as accrued.

• 40 hours of unplanned PTO annually.

• 14 company or floating holidays each year.

• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders.

• Paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military service.

• Competitive compensation and benefits that promote physical, mental, and financial well-being.

• Opportunity to develop products and a company from the ground up.