Senior DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Natera, a global leader in cell-free DNA testing, as a Senior DevOps Engineer! You will build scalable infrastructure, manage development tools, and develop automation and CI/CD processes using technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Collaborate with product teams, guide DevOps practices, and participate in architectural decisions. This role requires a BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience, 7+ years of relevant experience, and expertise in various technologies. Natera offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans, free testing for employees and their families, fertility care benefits, and more.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 7 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or a similar role
• Experience with Python and Shell scripting
• Experience with SQL and relational databases
• Ability to read and understand Java code
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with Terraform
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Kafka
• Practical experience managing applications deployed using Docker in Cloud
• Experience with container orchestration tools
• Practical experience building CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues ranging from system resourcing, network issues to application stack traces
• Strong communication skills. Be able to justify and stand for the proper solution

Responsibilities

• Develop automation and CI/CD processes to enable teams to build, test, deploy, manage, configure, secure, scale and monitor their applications using the latest technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and others
• Develop, support and automate infrastructure solutions in AWS
• Work closely with product teams in all phases of SDLC to investigate areas of improvement and seek for bottlenecks
• Guide and encourage the teams to follow DevOps practices
• Participate in operations efforts and be the point person for infrastructure activities
• Build tools for monitoring applications and underlying infrastructure, and ensure critical applications are monitored in the right ways
• Participate in architectural decisions to help improve the quality of our software and infrastructure
• Configure and manage development tools such as Atlassian Bitbucket, Bamboo, Artifactory, Terraform Cloud and others
• Be ready to respond to a team or business critical incident in a timely manner.  (Participate in an on-call rotation)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Atlassian applications is nice to have
• Experience programming in Java or other OOP languages is nice to have

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits
• Pregnancy and baby bonding leave
• 401k benefits
• Commuter benefits
• A generous employee referral program