Allen Institute · 1 week ago
DevOps Engineer III
The Allen Institute accelerates science for a healthier world through large-scale research designed to answer complex questions in biology. They are seeking a talented individual to join the Software Engineering Team as an Infrastructure Engineer, responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure that powers their high-throughput data pipeline.
Life ScienceNeuroscience
No H1B
Responsibilities
Define Linux system configuration in code using Ansible; write automated tests to validate configuration-as-code using Molecule framework
Create, deploy and maintain AWS Cloud infrastructure using Terraform
Review systems and infrastructure pull requests; follow Allen Institute standards for software development and code deployments
Manage and integrate on-premises and cloud storage systems
Take primary responsibility for infrastructure stability and performance; collaborate with developers to investigate issues that arise with applications running in production and staging environments
Support and maintain CI/CD, database, logging, and metrics infrastructure
Communicate effectively through written documentation and presentations as well as informal interactions with co-workers
Work together with stakeholders and senior engineers to scope work and set timelines; proactively identify and help mitigate risks to project scope and timeline when needed to ensure milestones and deadlines are achieved
Participate in on-hours support triage rotation, approximately two weeks out of every ten
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (combination of education and experience)
3 years' experience administering substantial Linux deployments
Production experience with common infrastructure-as-code/configuration-as-code frameworks, such as Ansible, pyinfra, Pulumi, or Terraform
Deep production experience using code to configure one of: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure
Experience writing scripts and automating tasks in a common scripting language
Experience with relational database management
Bachelor's degree in computer science, or related field, and at least two years of experience in a DevOps, system administration, or similar role
Preferred
Experience defining infrastructure with Ansible and Terraform
Experience deploying complex infrastructure with multiple AWS products
Experience developing scripts in Python and Bash
Experience with large-scale Ubuntu deployments
Experience managing PostgreSQL and MongoDB
High-performance computing experience, ideally on a public cloud
Benefits
Employees (and their families) are eligible to enroll in benefits per eligibility rules outlined in the Allen Institute’s Benefits Guide
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic life insurance
Eligible to enroll in the Allen Institute’s 401k plan
Paid time off is also available as outlined in the Allen Institutes Benefits Guide
Company
Allen Institute
Large-scale open bioscience research institute.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1M2026-06-02Grant· $1M
Leadership Team
Rui Costa
President and CEO
Andy Hickl
Chief Technology Officer
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