Mid-Level DevOps Engineer

Grid Networks

$90K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related field
  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • Proficient in Docker, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Skilled in writing Ansible scripts and using AWX
  • Experienced in observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana
  • Familiar with REST and various database technologies like PostgreSQL
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a detail-oriented mindset

Responsibilities

  • Support the full application lifecycle from design to ongoing support
  • Deploy and maintain applications across environments
  • Write and maintain Ansible playbooks for automation
  • Enhance reliability and observability of application stacks

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with a variety of programming languages including Go, Python, and Kotlin
  • Involvement in both infrastructure automation and application development
  • Potential to learn and work with advanced cloud technologies
  • Dynamic work that spans multiple environments (dev, test, production)
  • Focus on reliability and observability in software deployment
Full Job Description
About the Role:

We're looking for a DevOps Software Engineer who operates at the intersection of application development, infrastructure automation, and deployment orchestration. You'll contribute to backend services written in Go, Python (Django), and Kotlin (Spring Boot), supporting JavaScript SPAs and PostgreSQL databases - and you'll own how that software is configured, deployed, and operated.

What you'll do:
  • Support the full application lifecycle, including design, development, testing, release, and ongoing support
  • Deploy and maintain applications across dev, test, and production environments
  • Write and maintain Ansible playbooks for provisioning, configuration management, and deployment
  • Improve reliability, consistency, and observability across application stacks


Qualifications:

Technical Skills
  • Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm stack deployment
  • Experience with Git and GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate builds and deployments
  • Experience developing and writing Ansible scripts and using AWX
  • Artifact management via Nexus (Docker, PyPi, Maven/Gradle, Git LFS)
  • Experience with deployment tools such as Portainer or Foreman
  • Observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Portainer
  • Linux systems experience including BASH Scripting
  • Git workflow experience (git flow, image promotion)
  • Familiarity with REST, WAMP, gRPC, RabbitMQ, and databases like PostgreSQL
  • Build tools: pip/Poetry, Composer, Gradle/Maven, shell scripting


Professional Skills
  • Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related field
  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
  • Eager to learn and enthusiastic about new technologies


Bonus Points:
  • Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
  • Experience developing in Python, Go, Kotlin, or JavaScript/Typescript
  • Familiarity with NoSQL tools like Redis or Elasticsearch
  • Interest in data visualization or observability

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