Senior DevOps Automation Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Implement best practices for version control, ensuring that all application code, system configurations, and infrastructure code are properly stored in repositories.

• Develop automation for deployment pertaining to infrastructure, applications, and security changes using contemporary scripting tools.

• Construct and oversee Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines to guarantee prompt feedback on code modifications.

• Employ trunk-based development methodologies to uphold brief-lived branches and efficient workflows.

• Design and maintain test automation suites for infrastructure and security functionalities.

• Assist in test data management by collaborating with security, data science, and software development teams to enhance automated testing environments.

• Integrate security automation within DevOps pipelines, working alongside InfoSec teams to apply pre-approved security libraries and tools.

• Clearly convey technical concepts to both internal and external teams.

• Participate in Agile team planning and the execution of DevOps initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in DevOps, automation, or cloud engineering.

• Proficiency in contemporary programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Go, Node.js, and C#.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo, CircleCI, or TravisCI.

• Command-line proficiency with Bash or PowerShell for managing operating systems, including skills in package management, service configuration, logging, process/resource monitoring, and network configuration.

• Practical experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and Packer.

• Familiarity with deploying and securing infrastructure on AWS or Azure.

• Experience in creating, deploying, and orchestrating code changes using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Elastic Container Service.

• Relevant professional experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Azure, demonstrating skills in network and access security and the code-based deployment of modern web and data applications along with their underlying infrastructure.

• Understanding of DORA metrics and best practices for continuous delivery.

🏝️ Benefits

• We provide industry-leading medical, dental, and vision benefits with various options, including an employer-contributed health savings account, infertility coverage, and orthodontia, allowing you to select the plan that best suits your needs.

• No matter your life stage, Excella is here to support you. We offer 8 weeks of Parental Leave, discounted pet insurance, and a Care.com membership, which includes 3 back-up emergency child or elder care days annually – all accessible from your first day.

• From day one, every employee is eligible for bonuses and receives 15 days of paid vacation, 6 federal holidays, and 4 floating holidays.

• Excella’s TechEleX program offers various options to meet your technology needs. Choose from a selection of Mac or PC devices, and to keep your hardware up-to-date, at the end of a 3-year term, Excella will replace your current computer with a new model from the program. Additionally, you can keep the original device for personal use!

• With Excella’s Annual Internet Reimbursement benefit, all employees receive an extra $25 per month to help cover internet access costs, demonstrating our commitment to ensuring you remain connected and productive, regardless of your work location.

• We are dedicated to your career development, providing 3 days of paid professional development every year, which includes an allowance for registration fees for classes, conferences, or professional certifications.

• We promote mindfulness and overall well-being through employee wellness events, a HeadSpace membership, and access to TalkSpace and mental health coverage through our medical plans.