Senior DevOps EngineerDepartment: Technology
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Remote, United States
Reporting To: DevOps Manager
DescriptionAre you a talented Senior DevOps engineer looking to operate software as a service (SaaS) infrastructure? You will be a key member of the Veriforce software development team, working to create CICD pipelines, monitoring solutions, and an internal developer platform built on Kubernetes that serves tens of thousands of customers. Your work will have a strong impact on user experience, customer satisfaction, and company growth. We work in an agile environment utilizing modern tools such as AWS, Terraform, Ansible, and Packer. The ideal candidate will be experienced, organized, positive, driven, and a team player.
What that means day-to-day:- Provide technical thought leadership in collaboration with Architecture and Development
- Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure as code for both development and production environments
- Design, implement and maintain observability and monitoring solutions and monitor the system health, taking action to maintain up-time and performance SLAs
- Design, implement, and maintain continuous delivery systems and advise development teams on code and implementation to increase application resiliency, operability, and best practices
- Design, implement, and maintain Kubernetes clusters with advanced configuration and features
- Design, implement, and maintain Kafka clusters with advanced configuration and features
- Identify points of failure and recommend solutions
What you'll need to be successful:- 5+ years of relevant experience in Dev Ops in a SaaS environment
- Expertise in distributed systems including load balancing, distributed messaging, and distributed databases
- Expertise in software configuration management (SCM) and tools like Chef, Puppet, Ansible or similar
- Expertise in cloud platforms, primarily AWS
- Expertise in automated deployment methodologies that support CICD, Jenkins or GitHub Actions preferred
- Experience configuring and administering Kubernetes clusters using advanced features including VPA/HPA and KEDA, Karpenter, service mesh, and multiple node groups
- Experience configuring and administering Kafka clusters including disaster recovery mechanisms, data loss prevention techniques, and determining topic configuration to right size for demanding and variable loads
- Experience with Windows and Linux systems and tools
- Prior professional application development experience with a particular focus on SaaS applications and web development
- Knowledge of IP networking, including TCP, UDP, firewalls, and TLS
- Knowledge of software engineering and design principles such as design patterns, architectural patterns, CAP Theorem, event driven architecture, and similar
- Must be security-minded at all levels
Nice to have: - Experience with NGINX, Redis, and API gateways
- Experience with NoSQL and/or "Big Data" technologies
- Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL
- Experience with C# and .NETCore
What you'll get in return:Here are just a few of the great reasons to join our team!- Work with a global team! We have colleagues and customers across North America and around the world.
- Veriforce is a great place to work! Our leaders and team members consistently cite our culture as one of the top reasons it's a great place to build a career.
- Veriforce provides
- 100% employer-paid medical and dental insurance for employees
- Monthly contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- A 401(k) match that is immediately fully vested
- Outstanding time off benefits
- Paid time off for volunteer activities
- Remote work opportunities
All job offers will be contingent on the successful completion of a background check.
