Remote Senior DevOps SRE

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.

Benefits:

• 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.