Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. The Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer will own CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure for federal health and civilian systems, ensuring they are reliable, secure, and continuously releasable while collaborating with software engineers throughout the development life cycle.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the CI/CD pipelines and AWS infrastructure that keep records systems reliable, secure, and releasable on demand
- Engineer a great experience for developers working in web-based environments such as Python, Java, and Node.js through automation, virtualization, and process improvement
- Advocate for and adhere to lean-agile engineering principles and practices such as simple design and automated testing
- Protect sensitive data by applying security and privacy best practices
- Conduct security audits and risk analyses, then plan and implement remediations
- Select and use the right tools, frameworks, languages, and technologies for the job, with a preference for open-source solutions
Skills
- * Understand the general concepts of modern software development and can work closely with software engineers
- * Able to work in a cloud-centric world, which includes managing disparate, interconnected systems and ensuring the availability, reliability, and resiliency of these systems
- * Can enable teams to deliver value to users and the business continuously (e.g., CI/CD pipelines)
- * Know how to build secure, compliant applications and defend against common vulnerabilities
- * Can work with software engineers to instrument applications and configure infrastructures for monitoring, metrics, alerting, logging, auditability, and compliance
- * Know how to create and maintain your infrastructure as code and standardize deployment processes
- * Experience working on cross-functional teams (product, design, engineering, ops) in iterative delivery
- * A mindset and work approach that aligns with our [core values](https://skylight.digital/company/values/)
- * Some of our available roles are on federal contracts that require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute
- * All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories
- * This contract requires U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment
- * This is a fully remote position
- * This role may require occasional or regular travel based on company, client, or contract needs
- * Hands-on experience with AWS (S3, Athena, SQS, Lambda, OpenSearch, EKS ) and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform)
- * Data migration/ETL experience highly preferred
- * Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native applications
- * Experience delivering technology in government, regulated industries, or other public-benefit settings
- * A track record of staying aligned and accountable on remote teams
Benefits
- Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
- Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
- Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
- Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
- Business development / sales bonuses
- Referral bonuses
- Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
- Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
- Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
- Dollar-for-dollar charity donation matching, up to $500 per year
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
- An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good
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