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Opal · 4 days ago

Senior DevOps Engineer

Portland, OR

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$125K/yr - $150K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop hardening guidelines and review configurations related to Linux/Unix hosts, Cloud technology deployments, containerized technologies, and common web application frameworks

Help maintain and build a stack of technologies including: Terraform, Kubernetes, Azure, Argo, PostgreSQL, Redis, Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana

Provide and maintain solutions for security, automation, maintenance, and monitoring in a variety of languages including: Bash, Go, Ruby, Javascript, and SQL

Help secure and scale native web application servers and services written in languages like Ruby, Javascript, and Elixir

Administer and maintain credentials for a variety of infrastructure and services

Maintain, protect, and administer data storage systems including security, encryption, and GDPR compliance

Discover and plan remediation for application vulnerabilities in the ruby/rails platform

Build tools, systems, and processes that allow your fellow engineers to ship world-class software as quickly and efficiently as possible

Architect, support, test, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Blue/Green experience is a plus)

Working closely with QA, Platform, Operations, and Experience/UI teams to automate and improve performance and releases in workflows

Advise, and support best practices with a flexibility mindset for a variety of technologies

Taking part in product brainstorms to help think up the next big thing and bring a strong security stance along the way

Lend a helping hand, or ear whenever necessary

Be a leader in documenting, educating, and de-siloing of information and process

Be a champion of supporting customer needs and finding short-term ways to fill those needs

Qualification

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DevOpsAzureAWSWeb ApplicationsData AnalysisMetrics PresentationRuby-on-RailsElixirInfrastructure as CodeTerraformCloud HostingDockerKubernetesDatabase ManagementPerformance OptimizationSecurity EngineeringProject ManagementSecurity ManagementProblem-SolvingTeamworkDiplomacyEmpathyBlue/Green experience

Required

5+ years of DevOps experience supporting enterprise-grade web applications

Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures.

Natural alignment with Opal's Values: Open & Honest, Passionate, Accountable, Level-Up, Intentional, Teamwork, and Excellence

Strong ability to gather and present data and metrics to support ideas, projects, and opinions

Azure and/or AWS ecosystem mastery with a strong understanding of modern web application architectures, both service-oriented and monolithic, ideally focused around Ruby-on-Rails and Elixir

Experience with infrastructure as code and technologies behind it (Terraform preferred)

Experience working with production web applications on cloud-based hosting and containerized technologies like Docker (Kubernetes preferred)

Experience managing databases (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch and Redis preferred), including debugging performance issues and ensuring smooth data migrations

Demonstrated ability to engineer secure, performance-minded technologies into full stack architectures on next-generation cloud and container platforms

Proven ability to manage projects, gaining consensus and buy-in cross-functionally

Proven ability to drive initiatives with diplomacy and empathy

Knowledge on load balancers, network device authentication, firewalls, network segregation, VPNs, Security Information and Event Management

Undergraduate degree or the equivalent related working experience is required.