Senior DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +12 more states.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available systems on AWS.

• Take ownership of CI/CD pipelines and enhance deployment automation.

• Manage and advance infrastructure as code utilizing Terraform and Ansible.

• Explore new tools and technologies, create proofs of concept, and integrate validated practices within the team.

• Enhance system reliability by refining alerting mechanisms, creating runbooks, and increasing observability across our stack (Grafana, Loki, Mimir, Tempo).

• Engage in an on-call rotation; off-hours incidents are infrequent due to extensive automation and self-healing—occasional evening work is restricted to scheduled maintenance and system upgrades.

• Maintain process documentation, operational runbooks, and infrastructure diagrams.

• Assist in the maintenance and management of systems for other teams.

• Elevate the DevOps knowledge of the engineering team by mentoring junior engineers and assisting non-infrastructure engineers in establishing best practices for deployments, observability, and reliability.

• Collaborate with engineering teams on decisions regarding infrastructure design.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in designing, implementing, and operating highly available, fault-tolerant systems in cloud environments.

• Practical experience with AWS services including EC2, ECR, CloudFront, Route 53, etc.

• Familiarity with containerization and workload orchestration (Docker, Nomad).

• Expertise in infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Ansible).

• In-depth understanding of CI/CD practices, including automated testing and deployment automation.

• Strong Linux and shell/bash scripting capabilities.

• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and messaging systems (RabbitMQ).

• Background in regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g., HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI, FedRAMP).

🏝️ Benefits

• Stock Options: Opportunity to invest in the company’s growth.

• Work-from-Home Stipend: A dedicated stipend for your first year to help set up your home office.

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Coverage: Comprehensive plans to keep you and your family healthy.

• Life Insurance: Basic life insurance to provide peace of mind.

• Paid Time Off: 20 vacation days, accrued over the year, plus 11 paid holidays.

• Parental Leave: 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents after six months of employment, and 8 weeks of bonding leave for non-birthing parents.

• Retirement Savings: Access to a 401(k) plan with a company contribution, subject to a vesting schedule.

• Commuter Benefits: Convenient options to support your commuting needs.

• Professional Development Stipend: A dedicated stipend to support your professional development and growth.