Remote Senior DevOps Engineer

Description:

• We are seeking a proactive, strategic DevOps Engineer to join us as a founding member of our team.
• This role will focus on strategic planning and design, where you will be responsible for designing scalable, cost-effective, and efficient solutions while ensuring compliance and best practices.
• You will collaborate closely with stakeholders and product teams to gather technical and non-technical requirements and translate them into well-architected solutions.
• Implementation of solutions using AWS offerings such as EC2, S3, Lambda, etc. is a key responsibility, along with configuring and deploying solutions using automated solutions such as AWS, Circle, and Terraform.
• You will ensure that the architecture and solutions are compliant with AWS best practices and mitigate any security vulnerabilities that might occur.
• The role involves focusing on optimizing performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• You will provide technical support on AWS-related issues, monitor solutions, and implement appropriate strategies to eliminate performance bottlenecks.
• Utilizing tools such as IAM, resource tagging, and cost management, you will enforce AWS governance policies and implement monitoring and alerting solutions to address issues proactively.
• Managing relationships with third-party vendors and service providers, including evaluating proposals and negotiating contracts, is part of the role, ensuring vendor compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) and quality standards.
• You will develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans for IT infrastructure and business-critical IT applications, testing and validating disaster recovery procedures to minimize downtime and data loss in the event of system failures or disasters.
• Leading the practice of container-based microservices and serverless applications using ECS, EC2, and other cloud-based environments is expected.
• You will develop code pipelines to automate application, platform, and infrastructure deployment using CI/CD solutions that leverage various technologies, such as Circle CI.
• Monitoring and developing alerting infrastructures to maintain a stable and performant system, detect anomalies, and create systems for quick recovery from production issues is essential.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to assess cloud requirements and design scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions is a key task.
• You will evaluate and recommend cloud technologies, platforms, and tools to optimize performance, cost-efficiency, and resource utilization.
• Conducting regular security audits and implementing best practices to ensure the integrity and security of the infrastructure is required.
• You may work as a project leader for projects of moderate complexity and provide technical leadership while promoting collaboration and knowledge exchange amongst the team.

Requirements:

• A BS or higher degree in computer science or equivalent experience is required.
• You must have 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong experience in setting up, maintaining, and automating continuous integration systems is necessary.
• Fluency in SCM (e.g., Github, Gitlab, Git) and build systems (e.g., Circle CI and Docker) is required.
• Experience with automation tools and pipelines like Circle CI and Terraform is essential.
• You should have experience with using, managing, and customizing New Relic and Sumo Logic for creating dashboards, alerts, and metrics displays.
• Expertise with some or all of the following technologies: Redis, Elasticsearch, AWS Aurora, Redshift, MongoDB, EC2, and ECS is needed.
• Adept programming skills in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, and Shell scripting (like bash, tcsh, sh) are required.
• A pragmatic approach to solving problems and collaboration is essential.

Benefits:

• Health care benefits include 99% of premiums for medical, vision, and dental fully paid for by Cantina, along with an annual One Medical membership.
• A monthly stipend of $500 is provided for personal use.
• Employees receive 15 PTO days per year, 9 sick days, 13 paid company holidays, and the offices are closed for winter break (Christmas Eve to New Year's Day).
• You are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan on the first day of employment.
• Parental leave and fertility support are offered.
• A competitive salary and equity are part of the compensation package.
• Lunch and snacks are provided for in-office employees.
• WFH equipment is provided for full-time hybrid/remote employees.