Description:

Ascend is a fast-growing SaaS company that automates accounts payable processing for mid-market and large enterprise customers through text extraction, machine learning, and integration into financial systems.
The Senior DevOps SRE will design, architect, deploy, and maintain enterprise-class SaaS infrastructure, monitoring, observability, traceability, tooling, and automation.
This role requires proactive problem-solving to enhance and create solutions to complex issues.
Daily responsibilities include debugging production issues, planning infrastructure growth, delivering on system SLAs, monitoring systems, addressing security issues, conducting research for new software, and managing log analysis systems.
The position is fully remote, offering competitive pay and unlimited time off, with a salary range of $140,000 - $150,000.

Requirements:

A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience is required.
Candidates must have at least 7 years of experience in infrastructure roles such as DevOps, TechOps, SRE, or ITOps.
A minimum of 2 years in a senior-level role with proven success is necessary.
Strong soft skills are essential, including great people skills, a strong sense of urgency, attention to detail, and leadership abilities.
Hard skills required include deep experience with Amazon Web Services, expertise in Linux system administration, and experience with configuration management tools like Ansible and Terraform.
Candidates should also have experience with observability and monitoring tools, as well as CI/CD processes.

Comprehensive health care benefits are provided, covering 100% for employees and 50% for dependents.
An annual Lifelong Learning Allowance is available for personal development opportunities.
Flexible time off policies include 10 paid holidays, Flex Fridays during the summer, and a week off between Christmas and New Year’s.
The company promotes a culture of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, offering charity matching and volunteer days.
A remote-first culture ensures team connectivity regardless of location.
Flexible schedules and generous parental leave programs are offered to support family needs.
Employees are provided with the necessary tools and technology to perform their best work, including hardware, software, and home office setups.