Senior DevOps Engineer – Hub-Remote: DC or Philly Metro

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

📋 Description

• Leading the design and execution of robust, scalable, and secure cloud-native solutions utilizing AWS and Azure.

• Working alongside security specialists to convert organizational security requirements into secure and compliant cloud implementations.

• Creating and maintaining infrastructure-as-code to oversee and provision infrastructure across multiple Azure and AWS accounts, ensuring uniformity and efficiency.

• Overseeing and enhancing CI/CD automation pipelines to enable swift and dependable software deployments.

• Developing automation scripts in Python, Bash, JavaScript, and other relevant programming languages to optimize operational workflows.

• Contributing to the development and upkeep of infrastructure that supports Generative AI applications on domain-specific datasets.

• Automating the creation and management of front-end and back-end applications, pipelines, security tools, etc.

• Defining and promoting best practices and standards for DevOps success across Element 84 and our client organizations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of experience in software development, with more than 3 years specifically dedicated to Cloud Technologies.

• Strong, practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is essential, including the ability to write, maintain, and troubleshoot complex configurations for cloud environments.

• Significant experience in developing with one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, JavaScript).

• Proven experience in designing, deploying, and managing infrastructure and services on a leading cloud platform.

• Ability to effectively document and communicate complex architectural concepts at various levels, including providing presentations, creating visual architecture representations, and composing white papers.

• Demonstrated experience in negotiating tradeoffs between critical factors such as security, performance, maintainability, and cost.

• Established ability to multitask and prioritize effectively across competing demands and multiple clients.

• Extensive experience working within an Agile Development software team.

• Solid experience with Linux environments.

• Profound understanding of cloud architecture patterns and tradeoffs (e.g., serverless vs. provisioned, managed services vs. self-hosting).

• Expertise in build and deployment automation tools.

• Proficiency with infrastructure monitoring tools, such as CloudWatch, AWS Config, Kibana, Splunk, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, etc.

• Experience with data storage and data engineering tools and technologies (e.g., ElasticSearch, SQL, NoSQL, DynamoDB, Redshift, Athena, Glue, etc.).

• Familiarity with networking tools and technologies and troubleshooting issues (CloudFront, Route53, Load Balancers, API Gateway, VPCs, NACLs, etc.).

• Technical cloud certification (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert) or willingness to obtain one.

• This position mandates that applicants be a US Person (US citizen or legal permanent resident) and authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits.

• Life Insurance, Short & Long Term disability insurance.

• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Insurance.

• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) retirement plans with a fixed 3% employer contribution based on salary (paid regardless of employee participation).

• Health savings account with a company contribution.

• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, and transportation).

• Company-paid parental leave after one year of employment.

• Flexible work schedules.

• Paid employee assistance program.

• 6 paid floating holidays.

• 4 weeks + 1 day paid Vacation Time Off per calendar year (prorated in the first year).

• 40 hours of paid Sick Leave.

• Cell phone stipend.