Senior DevOps Engineer – Build, Environment Manager
Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
Full Time
3 hours ago
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Key skills
AnsibleAWSAzureChefCloudDNSDockerDynamoDBEC2FirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJavaJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesLinuxMongoDBPrometheusPuppetPythonSDLCSQLTerraformUnixGoPowerShellAIGCPGoogle CloudGitHub ActionsServerlessTerragruntECSCloudFormationAWS CDKCircleCIBambooRancherLambdaS3RDSSNSSQSCodePipelineCodeBuildELK StackGitGitHubVersion ControlCDNCloudflareCachingLoad BalancingJiraConfluenceCI/CDLeadershipProject Management
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead the DevOps function end-to-end for Be The People, and contribute to how applications are assembled, tested, released, and operated
- Lead creation and lifecycle management of environments, including spinning up new environments and coordinating content and data seeding
- Contribute to the design and evolution of platform architecture with an emphasis on scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency
- Establish cloud standards and manage cloud operations in cooperation with Cloud Engineering.
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions as the primary orchestrator
- Establish reusable workflow templates and best practices without introducing unnecessary complexity
- Apply Infrastructure-as-Code discipline — including versioning, promotion across environments, and drift prevention — using tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, CDK, Ansible, or CloudFormation
- Develop and debug Python, Ansible Playbooks, Terraform, and other infrastructure-as-code tooling
- Own or steward the release management function, acting as a go/no-go checkpoint to ensure required testing has occurred, stakeholder sign-offs are complete, and risks are clearly surfaced
- Participate in production incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-incident learning
- Construct a resilient ecosystem capable of quickly restoring services, and participate in developing the disaster recovery playbook for Be The People
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability for production systems using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, or ELK Stack
- Participate in the development, implementation, and automation of security policies
- Apply baseline security best practices across infrastructure and pipelines
- Apply SRE-inspired practices such as defining SLIs/SLOs and designing systems operable by teams beyond DevOps
- Deeply understand CDN configuration (e.g., Cloudflare), including caching layers and their impact on testing and production behavior
- Be competent in DNS concepts and troubleshooting, even if DNS ownership resides elsewhere
- Optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS primary; familiarity with Azure and GCP a plus) for performance, reliability, and cost
- Provide architectural guidance and design recommendations for cloud assets, resource consolidation, and standardized practices
- Help shape test automation strategy, recognizing AI-assisted testing and organizational QA maturity constraints
- Ensure testing happens and is validated, rather than personally writing all tests
- Partner with the testing team on test automation, test tracking, and incorporate into the release process
- Embed quality checks as first-class controls in delivery pipelines
- Serve as a technical leader who leads through influence rather than authority
- Collaborate cross-functionally with application, infrastructure, and data teams
- Participate in technical screening and interview panels, including short, high-signal technical screens
- Coach and mentor engineers on cloud and DevOps best practices, raising overall DevOps maturity
- Create and maintain durable documentation, including environment definitions, deployment processes, and runbooks
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant DevOps and Cloud Engineering experience — this is a senior-level role not suitable for junior or mid-level candidates
- Proven experience operating production systems with real customer and business impact
- Minimum 5 years of professional Cloud Engineering background, with deep AWS expertise
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions (primary), plus experience with CircleCI, Jenkins, Bamboo, Harness.io, or AWS CodePipeline
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, AWS CDK, Serverless Stack (SST), Ansible Playbooks, or CloudFormation
- Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, Rancher
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, Lambda, SQS, SNS, ECS, ECR, Elastic Load Balancers, S3, Amplify, CodeBuild); familiarity with Azure, Google Cloud, and Acquia
- CDN & Networking: Cloudflare; understanding of DNS, Custom TCP, SSH, HTTPS, UDP, VPNs, Load Balancing, and Firewalls
- Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, ELK Stack, or Graylog
- Databases: DocumentDB / MongoDB (operational context); SQL background advantageous
- Security: Secure SDLC concepts including secrets management, scanning, and least-privilege access
- Languages: Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, or Java (for Lambda and scripting)
- Version Control: Git and GitHub
- Configuration Management: Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
- Project Management, Sprint Planning & Release Planning: Jira and Confluence
- Strong judgment and ownership — comfortable saying 'no' or 'not yet' when appropriate
- Formal people-management experience is not required; demonstrated technical leadership through influence is expected
- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders around risk and tradeoffs
- Comfortable with command-line tools and the Linux/Unix environment
- Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.
Tech Stack
- Ansible
- AWS
- Azure
- Chef
- Cloud
- DNS
- Docker
- DynamoDB
- EC2
- Firewalls
- Google Cloud Platform
- Grafana
- Java
- JavaScript
- Jenkins
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- MongoDB
- Prometheus
- Puppet
- Python
- SDLC
- SQL
- Terraform
- Unix
Benefits
- Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
- A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
- Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.
- Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.