Remote Senior DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Yurts as a Senior DevOps Engineer and play a crucial role in deploying our AI-powered knowledge management platform to US government customers. You will leverage your expertise in Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, and other DevOps tools to ensure high availability, security, and performance of our services. This position requires a Secret clearance and significant experience in deploying applications to various cloud and on-premises environments. You will collaborate with internal and external teams, troubleshoot complex issues, and contribute to our strategic IT roadmap. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, fostering professional growth in a dynamic and innovative environment. Be part of a team redefining how teams harness AI for productivity and performance.

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

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits packages
• Professional growth and development