About Element 84 Element 84 is a woman-owned small business that works with public, private, and non-profit sector clients to develop geospatial data processing pipelines & build software that helps answer big questions about our health, our infrastructure, and our changing planet. We solve challenging problems across a wide range of industries, but our super power is cloud-based geospatial data processing, remote sensing, and Earth science systems. Our headquarters is located in Alexandria, VA and we have a satellite office in Philadelphia, PA. Element 84 also supports a large remote workforce from a variety of other states. A Few Other Things You Should Know Element 84's values are: We Invest in Each Other, We are Reliable, and Our Work Benefits our World. Element 84 works on meaningful projects that are challenging—from a technical, people, and team perspective. We make an impact on large projects through our leadership and expertise, both formal and informal. Element 84 values life outside of work. We offer parental leave for everyone and support each other through family challenges like medical problems, adoptions, and new babies. Element 84 has had a flexible work schedule since our founding in 2010. Element 84 is committed to fostering a culture of curiosity and respect for all individuals as we constantly strive to create a work environment where everyone feels welcome and supported. About You You are curious about the world, are constantly learning, driven to lead (formally or informally), and have a strong work ethic. You're interested in solving impactful problems in science, medicine, and other projects that have a societal good. You can work independently or with a team, prioritize your projects, and be effective without micromanagement. You'll care about writing. Our team is remote and written communication is essential. In addition to caring about a well-crafted email and a succinct conference abstract, you understand that good writing is good design and engineering. About the Role A talented DevOps engineer with a strong Kubernetes focus is needed on the Element 84 team to support a commercial client in their modernization and cloud migration efforts. You will be a key contributor to the architecture, design, implementation, and launch of a complex system that is global in scope, used by some of the largest companies in the world and ultimately makes a positive difference in the lives of everyday people. An ideal candidate for this role is excited by the challenge of converting lofty ideas into robust, performant, and highly-maintainable systems, takes great pride in their craftsmanship, and is eager to take ownership of critical components. What You’ll Do Participate in all aspects of the software and data product 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 Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices Own the execution of medium-to-large sized features with higher-level technical support Describe and document the details of your work fluidly and accurately for technical peers and non-technical stakeholders Think holistically about the application and build with an eye towards long term maintainability and efficiency Collaboratively provide estimates and other input to the client, project managers, or others about features to help determine their feasibility, complexity, cost, and priority level Contribute to a culture of positivity, curiosity, and respect for all individuals Qualifications Here are the guidelines we're looking at to gauge experience and skillset: Required Qualifications 6+ years of experience as a Software, Data or DevOps Engineer and 3+ years of experience with AWS Experience building enterprise scale applications with Kubernetes and helm charts Experience building and operating Kubernetes via EKS in Amazon Web Services Deep Linux proficiency with hands-on experience diagnosing and resolving production Kubernetes incidents at the node and kernel level. Experience migrating data stores such as solr, Aerospike or others to the cloud Experience with hybrid deployments and operations between on-premise and cloud (e.g. hybrid EKS, database synchronization) Experience with GitOps / infrastructure-as-code practices (Cloudformation, Terraform, CDK) Experience with cloud architecture patterns and tradeoffs (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.) Experience with build and deployment automation (Harness, GitLab, Ansible, etc.) Experience with infrastructure and application monitoring tools, such as CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, AWS Config, Kibana, Splunk, Grafana, etc. Firm commitment to and experience with automated testing and continuous integration Proponent of continuous improvement and willing to bring new ideas to the team Outstanding all-roun
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