Yurts is hiring a
Senior DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join our dynamic team as a Senior DevOps Engineer and play a crucial role in deploying exceptional software products for US government customers. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual with extensive experience in Kubernetes, deployment automation, and US Federal Government Risk Management Frameworks.

Requirements

• An active US Department of Defense or Intelligence SECRET clearance, with a willingness to obtain a TS/SCI if needed
• A BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields
• CompTIA Security+ Certification
• 4+ years of experience as a DevOps or DevSecOps Engineer, or equivalent software-engineering role
• Extensive experience leading application deployments to AWS, Azure, and/or Oracle Cloud environments, as well as on-premises data centers
• Experience delivering software to multiple environments using Ansible or similar automation and configuration management technologies
• Strong experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, especially Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc, and a willingness to learn and adopt new ones
• Experience deploying rapidly evolving software and maintaining a flexible deployment paradigm to enable rapid iteration
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with clients, partner vendors, end users, and cross-functional teams
• Experience writing and leveraging infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or similar)
• Working knowledge of databases, both SQL and NoSQL, and related data structures
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (i.e Bash, Python)
• Experience building deployment systems for rapidly developing and changing applications

Responsibilities

• Deploy the Yurts product in US government compute environments using Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes/Docker, and related technologies
• Architect, implement, and maintain an installer for deploying our software across multiple customer environments
• Develop automation scripts for provisioning, monitoring, backing up, patching and deploying the Yurts product and underlying services
• Prepare packages required for Authorization to Operate (ATO), Certification to Field (CTF), and other security requirements presented by US Government Risk Management Frameworks (RMF)
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery capabilities for deployed applications
• Implement robust monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure optimal performance and uptime
• Collaborate with product DevOps Engineers to establish best practices and company-wide guidelines
• Work closely with product software engineering teams to integrate their project deliverables into customer production cloud and on-premises environments
• Troubleshoot complex system issues and work with customer, partner, and internal development teams to identify root causes and resolve them
• Stay current with new technologies and recommend innovative solutions that increase value and improve efficiency
• Enforce compliance with security best practices and policies
• Participate in the creation of the company's strategic IT roadmap
• Willingness to travel up to 25% to customer locations, company events, and conferences

Preferred Qualifications

• An MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields
• An active US Department of Defense or Intelligence TS/SCI clearance
• Experience with containerization and deployment of Machine Learning models
• Experience deploying commercial software products into government customer environments
• Experience in startup environments