Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fearless is a digital integration consultancy that combines technology, people, and organizational development to solve meaningful problems. The company is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support the modernization of a large-scale public-facing government website by managing AWS infrastructure, containerized Drupal deployments, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, operational reliability, and production stabilization.
Responsibilities
- Design, configure, and support the AWS infrastructure required to operate the Drupal platform within the customer-provided cloud environment
- Build and maintain containerized Drupal deployment processes and Infrastructure as Code to enable consistent, repeatable environment configuration
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting automated build, test, deployment, rollback, and release processes
- Implement monitoring and alerting across application infrastructure, deployments, storage, and databases to support platform reliability and operational visibility
- Configure and support the AWS storage and database services required by the Drupal platform
- Establish and maintain source-control, branching, and release-management practices
- Collaborate with the customer Cloud Team on infrastructure setup, deployment activities, technical reviews, and required approvals
- Lead DevOps support for environment configuration, production deployment, troubleshooting, and post-release stabilization
- Develop and maintain infrastructure, deployment, release, and operational documentation to support ongoing maintenance and knowledge transfer
- Fosters collaboration with cross functional teams by taking the initiative and driving conversations
- Coach, mentor, and develop peers that elevate team capability and technical expertise using clear and persuasive communication of engineering solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Earn the trust of your customer and teammates by delivering world class services
- Drive accountability and delivery by ensuring project objectives are not only met on time but aligned with client priorities and Fearless standards of excellence. Anticipate risks and implement proactive solutions to keep initiatives on track
- Take ownership of risk management by monitoring deliverables across the team, identifying issues early, and coaching teammates on mitigation strategies while keeping leadership informed
- Shape client engagement and intelligence-gathering efforts by actively cultivating relationships with stakeholders, synthesizing insights across the client organization and partner ecosystem, and providing Fearless leaders with actionable recommendations that inform strategy and strengthen delivery outcomes
- Deliver expected outcomes relative to high quality code and maintainable systems
- Offer and implement innovative solutions that include engineering best practices through new tools, frameworks and methodologies
- Lead and align stakeholders with product and project goals that advance customer satisfaction as well as Fearless’ objectives, strategy, and mission
- Serve as a trusted advisor in your area of expertise
Skills
- Minimum of 6 years of total relevant professional experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience is required
- At least 3 years supporting enterprise-wide website modernization or digital transformation initiatives, with that work occurring within the past 5 years
- Participation in at least one government, higher education, or similarly regulated organization project
- Experience implementing at least one Drupal solution hosted on AWS
- Strong experience designing, configuring, and supporting AWS cloud infrastructure for web applications
- Experience implementing and maintaining containerized application deployments using Docker
- Strong background developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code
- Proficiency with Git or comparable source-control tools
- Experience implementing cloud monitoring and alerting and troubleshooting production infrastructure and deployment issues
- Strong understanding of Linux-based web application infrastructure, including cloud database and storage services
- Demonstrated experience with deployment, release, rollback, and production-readiness processes
- Analytical Thinking: The ability to observe and interpret information, break down complex problems into parts, identify patterns/relationships and draw logical conclusions to develop effective solutions
- Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole
- Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands and resilience to setbacks
- Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery
- Consultative Advising: Identifies and articulates client challenges, scopes projects and aligns recommendations to business goals and client expectations
- Communicating with Influence: Capable of crafting and delivering clear, persuasive messages that integrate data insights and structured narratives, tailored to the strategic needs of diverse audiences to drive effective decision-making
- Managing Priorities & Client Alignment: Skillfully negotiates and manages conflicting priorities to strategically align decisions, enhancing service delivery and client satisfaction
- Advanced Application: You can perform the actions associated with a skill without assistance. You are recognized within your immediate organization as "a person to ask" when difficult questions regarding required skills arise
- Experience with Terraform and AWS services such as ECS/Fargate, EFS, and Aurora PostgreSQL
- Background supporting Drupal infrastructure, hosting, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience configuring or supporting Apache and Nginx
- Familiarity with GitHub
- AWS certification or equivalent demonstrated AWS expertise
Benefits
- Fully remote role
- Flexible, life-friendly schedules
- 100% coverage for our medical HSA plan + HSA contributions
- Dental & vision covered 100% for you and your dependents
- Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage
- 401(k) with 4% match & immediate vesting
- Paid Parental Leave and 12 weeks paid FMLA
- Generous PTO, 11 Federal Holidays, a Birthday Holiday, and Sick Leave
- Up to 15 days for Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave
- Education, wellness, and tech allowances
- Referral bonus: $6K–$12K for each successful referral
- Pet insurance & discount plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Legal support, life insurance, disability coverage
- Performance-based bonuses based on shared company success and individual contributions
- Matched with work that plays to your strengths and passions
- Supported by coaches, not micromanagers
- Autonomy and clarity to make decisions and drive impact
- Community that celebrates equity, curiosity, and innovation
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