Senior Devops Engineer

Summary

Join MO, a human-centered design firm, as a DevOps Engineer supporting a government client. You will collaborate with a cross-functional team to modernize a Drupal CMS, focusing on user-centric solutions and leveraging SaaS/PaaS products. Responsibilities include building and maintaining cloud-based systems (AWS), automating CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD), improving system stability, utilizing open-source technologies, and developing automation scripts (DataDog). The ideal candidate possesses 3-8 years of experience in IT, including expertise in cloud infrastructure, scripting, and CI/CD tools. MO offers a remote-first work environment, competitive compensation, full health benefits, 401k matching, unlimited PTO, and other perks.

Requirements

• 3-8 years of experience spanning at least two IT disciplines, including technical architecture, application development, or operations
• Working knowledge of enterprise data center technologies including storage platforms, network switching, and security infrastructure within a virtualized data center
• Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes
• Strong understanding of application development methodologies
• Adept at evaluating problems accurately and displaying sound judgment
• Familiarity with a broad portfolio of AWS infrastructure tools (EBS, S3, EC2, Elastic IP, Route 53, VPC) and experience with cloud infrastructure management and automation technologies
• Scripting (shell, python, ruby) skills for monitoring and automation
• Continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, Hudson, etc
• Experience optimizing applications, both stand-alone and in distributed systems to maximize performance
• Experience maintaining an infrastructure and ensuring stability while adding new features
• Ability to clearly articulate design and implementation choices
• Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and tools
• Comfort with frequent, incremental code testing and deployment
• US Citizenship

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Human-Centered Design Teams: Leverage my technical expertise to bridge the gap between customer needs and innovative service delivery strategies, ensuring solutions align with user-centric goals
• Support Drupal CMS Infrastructure: Build and maintain reliable, scalable cloud-based systems using a broad suite of tools like AWS (EBS, S3, EC2, VPC, etc.), with a strong emphasis on automation and performance optimization
• Automate CI/CD Pipelines: Implement and manage Continuous Integration and Delivery solutions using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and similar technologies, ensuring smooth deployment cycles
• Improve System Stability: Maintain existing infrastructure while integrating new features, optimizing system performance, and ensuring stability and uptime; Participate in on-call rotation
• Use Open-Source Technologies: Harness a wide variety of open-source tools to build and support robust applications, adhering to industry best practices
• Scripting and Monitoring: Develop scripts for automation, monitoring, and system maintenance to support high availability and fault tolerance using tools such as DataDog
• Continuous Delivery Patterns: Employ proven continuous delivery patterns to enable efficient testing, release, and deployment cycles

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates located in DC preferred

Benefits

• A fun, dynamic working environment with an energetic and diverse team
• A REMOTE first work environment
• An inclusive culture where everyone is welcome
• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
• Opportunities for career growth
• Full health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• 401K matching
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Short- and Long-Term Disability in addition to Life Insurance (company sponsored)
• Company sponsored parental leave
• Summer Fridays!
• $140,000 - $165,000 a year