Senior DevOps Engineer (Hub-Remote: DC or Philly Metro)

Element 84 is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and operation of reliable, scalable cloud-native solutions for complex operational systems. The role focuses on AWS and Azure infrastructure, infrastructure as code, deployment automation, security, and support for Generative AI applications.

Responsibilities:

• Leading the design and implementation of robust, scalable, and secure cloud-native solutions on AWS
• Collaborating with security experts to translate organizational security requirements into secure and compliant cloud implementations
• 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
• Crafting automation scripts in Python, Bash, JavaScript, and other relevant languages to streamline operational workflows
• Contributing to the development and maintenance of infrastructure supporting Generative AI applications on domain-specific datasets
• Automating the creation and management of front and back-end applications, pipelines, security tooling, etc
• Defining and advocating for best practices and standards for DevOps success across Element 84 and our customer organizations

Requirements:

• 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
• In addition to caring about a well-crafted email and a succinct conference abstract, you understand that good writing is good design and engineering
• highly experienced and motivated Senior DevOps Engineer with a strong background in architecting reliable, scalable cloud systems and a proven record of utilizing infrastructure as code in complex deployments
• deep expertise in designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise-grade software within cloud environments, with a strong emphasis on infrastructure as code principles
• a curiosity and aptitude for working in this domain
• 6+ years of experience in software development, with 3+ years specifically focused on Cloud Technologies
• Strong, hands-on experience with IaC is a must, including writing, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex configurations for cloud environments
• Strong experience developing in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, JavaScript)
• Demonstrable experience designing, deploying, and managing infrastructure and services on a major cloud platform
• Ability to clearly document and communicate intricate architectural concepts at various levels, including delivering presentations, creating visual representations of architectures, and writing white papers
• Demonstrated experience in negotiating tradeoffs between critical factors such as security, performance, maintainability, and cost
• Proven ability to multitask and effectively prioritize work across competing demands and multiple customers
• Extensive experience working within an Agile Development software team
• Solid experience with Linux environments
• Deep understanding of cloud architecture patterns and tradeoffs (e.g., serverless vs. provisioned, managed services vs. self-hosting)
• Expertise with build and deployment automation tools
• Proficiency with infrastructure monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, AWS Config, Kibana, Splunk, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, etc.)
• Experience with data storage and data engineering tools and technologies (e.g., ElasticSearch, SQL, NoSQL, DynamoDB, Redshift, Athena, Glue, etc.)
• Experience with networking tools and technologies and troubleshooting issues (CloudFront, Route53, Load Balancers, API Gateway, VPCs, NACLs, etc.)
• Technical cloud certification (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert) or willingness to obtain one
• This position requires that applicants be a US Person (US citizen or legal permanent resident) and authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future
• Active NOAA CAC badge; Alternative Eligibility - candidates who do not currently possess a NOAA badge are still highly encouraged to apply. However, you must be fully eligible and able to successfully clear the NOAA background investigation process to obtain one
• AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, and/or Certified Kubernetes Administrator certifications
• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (equivalent professional experience will be considered in lieu of a degree)
• Experience with Generative AI technologies
• Experience working in regulated contexts (e.g., NIST 800-53, PCI, HIPAA)
• 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
• Experience using containerized workloads for local development and enterprise deployments (e.g. docker, EKS, EKS-automode, minikube, podman)
• Experience with data warehousing or data lakehouses (e.g. Databricks or Snowflake)