DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Athennian's Cloud Security and Infrastructure team as a motivated DevOps Engineer. You will build and maintain cloud-based infrastructure, collaborate with engineering teams to solve operational problems, and design solutions to increase operational productivity. This vital role promotes collaboration and efficient service delivery. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining a reliable platform, optimizing deployment tooling and infrastructure, identifying areas for improvement, and providing DevOps expertise. The ideal candidate possesses 3+ years of DevOps experience, strong cloud technology understanding (AWS), and expertise in database technologies and tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform. The position offers competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, and/or automation engineering
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies such as AWS
• Experience with running and managing systems and services on a cloud platform (AWS)
• Strong understanding of database technologies such as MongoDB
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes & Linux Systems
• Knowledge of Terraform and Packer
• Experience deploying cloud service, monitoring, alerting, and handling critical issues
• Agile development experience
• Works well in a team environment, as well as independently
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
• The ability to work without close supervision and thrive in an autonomous working environment that allows for high levels of freedom
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Technical curiosity and desire for continuous learning

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Engineering stakeholders to design and maintain a reliable, scalable and secure platform
• Optimize existing deployment Tooling and Infrastructure, including but not limited to creating and maintenance new CI/CD Pipelines, optimizing infrastructure for cost or performance to meet our company goals
• Collaborate with the Engineering team to identify areas for improvement and implement solutions
• Provides DevOps domain expertise for existing projects and new initiatives
• Set up and maintain test environments for manual and automated testing
• Conduct and analyze results of vulnerability scanning and penetration testing and action findings
• Plan and perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks
• Participate in on-call rotations for monitoring and alerting
• Identify cost saving opportunities within our infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS DevOps Engineer certification
• Experience with Cloud based security protocols

Benefits

• Generous vacation/sick/flex days
• Remote work options
• Flexible working hours
• Health/dental/vision/group life/gRRSP/LTD/AD&D/EFAP benefits
• High growth environment
• Team-building
• Day-to-day variety (never a dull moment)
• MacBook for all employees
• Stock options
• A culture of transparency