Fortanix

Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure and Devops (Bay Area)

Fortanix$155K — $230K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • 6+ years of software engineering experience in development, operations, and full stack implementations.
  • Proven experience as a DevOps Architect or in a similar role.
  • Expertise with Linux operating systems.
  • Proficient in programming languages including Python, Go, Rust, and Ruby.
  • Strong networking skills in TCP/IP, WAN, and Cloud Networking.
  • Experience with CI/CD patterns and deployment tools across cloud providers.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technology leadership to the DevOps Team.
  • Design and manage scalable infrastructure for application environments.
  • Implement secure and reliable CI/CD pipelines.
  • Create architecture diagrams and documentation for DevOps processes.
  • Automate application development and deployment workflows.
  • Define and promote application security best practices early in development.
  • Assess and optimize technology stack according to best practices.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with ample equity and benefits.
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO).
  • 40 hours of paid Volunteer Time Off per year.
  • Internet stipend offered.
  • Friendly company culture that fosters teamwork.
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan.
Full Job Description
As the Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure and Devops, you will be a part of our Infrastructure team, and your responsibilities will include:
  • Providing technology leadership to the DevOps Team.
  • Designing and managing a resilient and scalable infrastructure to support application development, testing, and production environments.
  • Designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure CI/CD pipelines.
  • Creating detailed architecture diagrams, documentation, and standards for DevOps processes and tools.
  • Automating and accelerating the development, testing, release and deployment of applications into a runtime environment quickly and reliably
  • Contributing to defining security best-practices, and work on "Shift Left" security to guarantee application security at the earliest stages of development.
  • Continuously assessing and optimizing the technology stack to ensure alignment with industry best practices and emerging trends.
  • Collaborating with development, operations, and security teams to ensure DevOps processes support application needs.
  • Mentoring junior engineers in the team in gaining experience and assuming DevOps responsibilities
  • Contributing to a friendly and helpful company culture


The ideal candidate is someone who:
  • Is able to work with people across various locations.
  • Excellent project management and leadership skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Exhibits uncompromising integrity
  • Pays attention to detail
  • Can work independently, while also being an effective member of a team
  • Enjoys programming and embraces cloud technologies


Requirements
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
  • 6+ years of software engineering experience in development, operations, and full stack implementations.
  • Proven experience as a DevOps Architect or similar role.
  • Solid experience with Linux
  • Proficient with various programming languages such as Python/Go/Rust/Ruby for automation and integrations.
  • Experience with the core suite of tools used to manage infrastructure and deployment of application in different cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP)
  • Experience with industry Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery patterns (CI/CD)
  • Strong networking experience with technologies in TCP/IP, WAN, Gateways, Switching/Routing and Cloud Networking.
  • Experience with one or more of:•
    • Virtualization or container environments like VMWare, KVM and Docker
    • Orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes
    • Infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform
    • Continuous integration systems like Jenkins or similar
    • Configuration and provisioning management tools like Chef, Ansible, and Puppet
    • Monitoring tools such as Sensu, Prometheus, Nagios or similar
    • Logging and analytics tools like Elasticsearch


Preferred technical experience with:
  • Jenkins
  • Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Chef, Terraform, Ansible
  • Sensu
  • Python, Go, Rust, Ruby
  • Elasticsearch

Benefits
  • We offer a collaborative work environment, amazing equity, great benefits, competitive salary, and the opportunity to redefine cloud computing.
  • Unlimited PTO (it's between you and your work!)
  • 40 hours of Volunteer Time Off/year
  • Internet stipend
  • Friendly culture that brings the best out of everybody
  • 401k


Base salary offers for this position may vary based on factors such as location, skills, and relevant experience. Some positions may include additional compensation in the form of bonus, equity or commissions. We offer the following benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Retirement Savings, Wellness Program, Short-and Long-Term Disability, Holidays, and more. The compensation for this role is $155,000 - $230,000 / Year.

About Fortanix

Fortanix is a cloud security company that provides data security solutions for cloud-native applications. The company's products include Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS), Runtime Encryption, and Data Security Manager. Fortanix's SDKMS is a cloud-native key management solution that provides cryptographic services to applications and services. The company's Runtime Encryption solution provides memory encryption for applications running in untrusted environments. Fortanix's Data Security Manager is a cloud-native data protection solution that provides data encryption, tokenization, and masking services. The company serves customers in the financial services, healthcare, and technology industries.
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