Remote Sr. DevOps Engineer

Description:

• Datassential is a global food and beverage intelligence platform that utilizes billions of data points and AI to empower major brands in the food and beverage ecosystem.
• The company is headquartered in Chicago, USA, and has expanded globally through the acquisition of CHD Expert in 2022.
• The DevOps team is responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure that supports Datassential’s applications and data platforms, focusing on automation, reliability, and scalability.
• The role involves building, managing, and enhancing automated CI/CD pipelines and AWS-based infrastructure for efficient application deployment.
• Responsibilities include implementing and managing cloud infrastructure using Terraform, collaborating with development teams, monitoring system performance and security, and mentoring other team members.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 7-10 years of experience in DevOps, with extensive hands-on experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Expert-level proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) is required.
• Strong experience with Jenkins pipelines, including Jenkins Templating Engine (JTE) and Groovy scripting is necessary.
• Candidates should be comfortable deploying, managing, and migrating containerized workloads on AWS ECS and Kubernetes (EKS), including building EKS clusters from scratch.
• Solid Linux administration skills, including troubleshooting via CLI and scripting (Bash, Python) are essential.
• Experience with secure networking concepts, including AWS networking services and network security best practices is required.
• Nice to have skills include experience with security and compliance tools, familiarity with monitoring solutions, and experience integrating Atlassian tools into CI/CD workflows.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive salary and eligibility for an annual bonus.
• Employees receive affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance, including a no-cost employee-only plan.
• A 401K plan with a dollar-for-dollar company match up to 5% is provided.
• Unlimited PTO, recharge days, and a break from Christmas through New Year are included.
• A remote stipend is available for non-Chicago residents.
• Employees can access wellness reimbursement or HQ gym facilities.