DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join our employee-owned company as a DevOps Engineer and contribute to the release of code to our cloud environments. You will design, optimize, and automate procedures, working closely with developers and QA to improve software delivery speed and efficiency. This role involves acting as a gatekeeper for code releases, enforcing quality and security standards, and facilitating automation. You will evaluate new technologies and implement best practices for process improvement. The position requires experience with various tools and technologies, including containerization, orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines. We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, retirement benefits, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• Release Management & optimizing of DevOps release-cycles. Experience optimizing and managing DevOps release cycles, ensuring smooth and efficient deployment processes, and leveraging automation tools to enhance release efficiency and reliability
• Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong knowledge of software branching (preferably git), software development lifecycle, QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Strong understanding of GitLab, GitHub, Ansible, JIRA, Confluence, VS Code
• Building proactive plans & optimizing monitoring solutions to preemptively avoid infrastructure disruptions
• Solutions oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communicator and collaborator with cross functional teams. Strong documentation skills to ensure clear and comprehensive communication of processes, procedures, and project details
• Ability to be strategic and execute fast in a fast pace environment
• Motivated and ambitious, interested in growing and developing
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• 3-4+ years of DevOps experience
• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible or CloudFormation
• Extensive experience with logging and proactive monitoring of infrastructure using tools such as Datadog, New Relic, Librato, and other synthetic monitoring solutions
• Previous experience with a cloud platform is a must including Heroku and GCP
• Experience working with at least one of the following languages: Python, PHP, Bash
• Proficient in leveraging CI/CD tools such as GitLab, CircleCI, ArgoCD, Flux and CloudBuild to automate deployment and continuous integration processes, ensuring efficient and reliable software delivery

Responsibilities

• Design, Develop and Support development pipelines to deliver software to internal and external customers
• Constantly fine tune and implement new procedures and technologies to improve software delivery speed and efficiency
• Support software systems to promote microservices/applications to prod and non-prod environments
• Act as a primary gatekeeper for code releases to Staging and Production environments following defined procedures including code reviews, QA, security scans, and roll back processes
• Deploys new versions of code to staging and production
• Enforce quality and security standards in all relevant aspects of the release process
• Facilitate automation to integrate unit tests, security scans, code reviews,  automated tests, deployments and reports through automated pipelines
• Evaluate new technologies, develop proof of concept demonstrations, and present findings to the engineering organization
• Stay relevant with industry trends, technologies, and security standards
• Implement best practice procedures for process improvement including post mortems, process flow optimizations, and cross functional communication
• Support incident management and resolution for release related software issues
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop, improve, and enforce release planning and deployment processes
• Manage, monitor and optimize traffic using CloudFlare for enhanced security and performance. Experience with CloudFlare Enterprise, bot management, firewall & ACLs, DNS management, monitoring traffic, performance and security metrics

Preferred Qualifications

• BS Computer Science
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Heroku / GCP / Docker / Kubernetes / GitLab
• GitOps and DevOps Release Cycles
• Kubernetes - hands-on experience with GKE clusters on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including integration with CI/CD pipelines using industry best practices
• Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage – We cover 100% of premiums for medical, dental, and vision plans for employee-only plans
• Through our charity sponsorships, you can make a positive impact on communities worldwide. We’ve donated over $6.1 million to date
• We match up to 3.5% of your 401k contributions , ensuring your retirement savings grow alongside your career
• 6 paid sick and mental health days, an Employee Assistance Program, free weekly yoga and meditation classes, and additional mental health benefits, because we take a holistic approach to your well-being
• Invest in your future with our Employee Stock Ownership Plan , where company contributions fund your retirement plan with company stock
• Professional development opportunities with mentorship, continuous learning programs, and performance-based pay increases, empowering you to progress and excel in your career
• Tuition reimbursement program , which reimburses eligible tuition expenses up to specified amounts, empowering you to invest in your ongoing growth and development
• Work towards our collective goals and earn up to 2 extra weeks of pay each month, based on the achievement of KPIs
• Celebrate your accomplishments with our Win of the Week, Spot Bonus, Work Anniversary, and Shout-Outs programs , where your hard work is not only valued but also acknowledged and rewarded
• Reimbursements for a portion of personal cell phone and internet usage for eligible employees
• For those coming into our Woodland Hills, CA office, you’ll find a fully stocked kitchen and a free on-site gym
• Virtual and in-person company events , like our annual holiday party, happy hours, and virtual cooking nights, designed to cultivate connections and enhance work-life balance