Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Element 84 is a woman-owned small business that develops geospatial data processing pipelines and builds software for various sectors. They are seeking an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and operate cloud-native solutions, collaborating with technical teams and customers.
Responsibilities
- Collaborating with development teams for the design and implementation of robust, scalable, and secure cloud-native solutions on Azure and AWS
- Developing and maintaining infrastructure-as-code to manage and provision infrastructure across numerous Azure and AWS accounts, ensuring consistency and efficiency
- Maintaining and optimizing CI/CD automation pipelines to facilitate rapid and reliable software deployments
- Collaborating with security experts to translate organizational security requirements into secure and compliant cloud implementations
- Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle from user story generation, through design, development, automated testing and operational support
- Improve quality by actively participating in code-reviews and adhering to team quality standards
- Own execution of small-medium sized features with higher-level technical support
- You describe the details of your work fluidly and accurately to technical peers
Skills
- 4-6 total years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, including 2+ years working with Azure Tools and Environments
- Proven experience provisioning, configuring, and managing secure, scalable cloud environments within Microsoft Azure, utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
- Hands-on experience deploying and maintaining workloads using core Azure tools and services (such as Azure Pipelines, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Bicep, Azure Monitor, and Microsoft Entra ID)
- Writing and maintaining infrastructure as Code (Cloudformation, Terraform, CDK)
- Working experience with deploying and managing containerized applications and platforms in Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Docker, etc
- Ability to clearly document and communicate architectural concepts, cloud architecture patterns, and tradeoffs at multiple levels, including delivering presentations, creating visual designs, and writing white papers
- Experience working with an Agile Development software team
- Experience with infrastructure monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch, ELK stack, New Relic, Splunk, etc.)
- Strong experience with data engineering tools and technologies (SQL, NoSQL, DynamoDB, Postgres, Redshift, Athena, Glue, etc.)
- Strong experience with Linux environments
- Working experience with cloud architecture patterns and tradeoffs (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Working understanding of code and script (Python, Go, Javascript, and TypeScript)
- Experience with web server technologies (Nginx, Puma, Unicorn, and/or Tomcat)
- Outstanding all-round communication skills and ability to work collaboratively and proficiently in a remote environment
- An AWS foundational level certification (e.g. Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, AWS Cloud Practitioner or AI Practitioner) or willingness to obtain one
- Experience with Generative AI technologies
- Experience working in regulated contexts (e.g., NIST 800-53, PCI, HIPAA)
- Experience developing on MacOS X
- Experience with authentication and authorization technologies (e.g., SAML, SSO, AWS Cognito, JWT, OAuth, OPA, Ranger)
- Demonstrated ability to proactively learn and integrate new technologies into existing workflows
- Familiarity with geospatial data processing, analysis, or visualization tools and concepts
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental and vision benefits
- Life Insurance, Short & Long Term disability insurance
- Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Insurance
- 401(k) and Roth 401(k) retirement plans with a fixed 3% of salary employer contributions (paid regardless of employee participation)
- Health savings account with a company contribution
- Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care and transportation)
- Company-paid parental leave after one year of employment
- Flexible work schedules
- Paid employee assistance program
- 6 paid floating holidays
- 4 weeks + 1 day paid Vacation Time Off per calendar year (prorated first year)
- 40 hours paid Sick Leave
- Cell phone stipend
- Other compensation for this position may include bonus eligibility (dependent on employee performance and company profits)
Company Overview
Element 84 is a software development firm that designs and develops ambitious software products. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.element84.com/.