Staff DevOps Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Design and enhance CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitHub Actions to facilitate secure and automated deployments.

• Execute, sustain, and oversee containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS).

• Automate the provisioning, scaling, and governance of cloud resources through reusable modules and policy-as-code.

• Oversee and monitor infrastructure to ensure performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

• Promote and uphold secure DevOps best practices (least privilege, secrets management, audit logging, vulnerability scanning).

• Assist with platform integration for AI/ML workloads, container orchestration, and environmental isolation.

• Proactively seeks and implements emerging practices in cloud infrastructure, security, and AI/ML tools; adjusts strategies in response to changes in compliance requirements, platform demands, or organizational priorities.

• Provide mentorship to peers on DevOps best practices and contribute to team-wide standards.

• Work collaboratively with engineering and security teams to ensure adherence to frameworks such as SOC 2, HIPAA, and NIST 800-53.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of pertinent software engineering experience.

• 3 to 5+ years of practical experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering.

• Proven experience in creating and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules for provisioning and managing cloud-based deployments.

• Extensive experience with AWS (CloudFormation, IAM, ECS/EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, S3, VPC, RDS).

• Excellent communication, documentation, and collaboration skills within matrixed organizations.

• Familiarity with Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is advantageous.

• Proficient in GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Experience in regulated or compliance-focused environments (SOC 2, HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST).

🏝️ Benefits

• Laptop provided.

• A one-time payment of $700 for remote environment setup; $200 stipend (included in first paycheck) and up to $500 reimbursement, according to our equipment policy.

• Monthly reimbursement of $50 for cell phone and/or internet expenses.

• Annual stipend of $500 (per calendar year) for professional development, prorated at the time of hire.

• Up to $500 of professional development funds can be carried over each year, up to a maximum of $1000.

• Training and support for staff required to use AI as part of their job, along with opportunities for employees to acquire AI-related skills for career advancement.

• Employees enjoy a 100% employer match on the first 3% of contributions.

• Employees with 3+ years of service receive an additional 50% match on contributions between 3% and 5%, yielding a maximum employer contribution of 5%.

• At least one no-cost health insurance option for full-time employees covering employee-only needs.

• A minimum of 80% coverage of dependent insurance costs.

• Open personal time off (subject to manager approval), at least 14 paid holidays, and an organization-wide closure from Christmas Day through New Year's Day.

• Paid sick time of up to 96 hours annually.

• 17 weeks of paid parental and family leave.

• 3 weeks of paid sabbatical after 5 years of service.