CDC Foundation is hiring a
DevOps Engineer, Remote - United States

Summary

The job is for a DevOps Engineer position at the CDC Foundation, working remotely within the City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. The role involves improving the security, agility, responsiveness, and efficiency of deployment environments and applications, with a focus on the Enhanced Disease Surveillance System. The salary range is $115,000-$165,000 plus benefits, and the position is grant-funded and limited-term until June 30, 2025.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in complex technology implementations in a product-centric environment
• Experience with developing software, with emphasis on reliability, automation, testing, measuring, and scaling infrastructure
• Knowledge and experience in deployment and network operations, or systems administration including scripting, coding and development that focuses on improving the planning, testing and deployment
• Knowledge of DevOps tools and techniques and in-depth technical knowledge of system architectures including technical, data, application and network architectures
• Experience implementing software engineering practices for full software development life cycles (SDLC), including coding standards, code reviews, source code management, build processes, and testing
• Proficiency and experience in programming languages such as Ruby, Python, Java, C++, or JavaScript
• Integration experience using and building APIs
• Familiarity with HL7, Rhapsody, ELRs, ECRs, NEDSS-base system, EMSA, and FHIR., preferred
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases like MySQL, MongoDB, and others
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and stakeholders to establish a shared vision and understanding of a project’s technical implementation, objectives, and goals
• Experience with software development frameworks and libraries (e.g., React, Angular, Node.js )
• Understand engineering best practices such as source control, automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, and peer review
• Ability to analyze complex technical requirements and translate them into scalable software solutions
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies, software design patterns, and best practices
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to be adept at conveying technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working on cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams that deliver digital products and services in an incremental, user-focused environment
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving project requirements and priorities
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, and partners
• Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

• Develop success metrics for DevOps infrastructure and drive improvement toward those measures
• Create and improve monitoring systems to collect data about applications, notify on any errors, and improve visibility/observability into application behavior
• Assist application teams in deploying code regularly and as automatically as possible
• Lead incident response and mitigate site errors as they occur
• Lead postmortem discussions and drive continuous improvement to prevent similar outages
• Work to provide developers with the best tools and ensure system uptime and performance
• Conduct technology evaluations and provide architectural guidance
• Explain product or services to people who have varying levels of technical knowledge
• Map specific inquiries to product capabilities, identifying the product that best meets the agency partner’s needs
• Work on-call shifts, serving as first-line support for incidents. Drive down page frequency as low as possible
• Use infrastructure-as-code (currently, but not limited to, Terraform) and configuration management (currently, but not limited to, Chef) to automate Centers of Excellence (CoE) and agency DevOps AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud infrastructure
• Review code and consult with other engineers on new features and their implications for site performance, reliability, and security for the security of CoE and agency DevOps environments
• Conduct load tests to ensure the application is ready to handle projected user traffic
• Drive long-term improvement in CoE and agency DevOps system availability by removing single points of failure

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off
• Remote work, flexible hours
• Life and disability insurance
• Bonuses and incentives
• Professional development opportunities
• Family leave