DevOps Engineer Los Angeles Jan 31, 2022 11:43 PM

We are an early stage, high growth start-up called MediaKits -- MediaKits.com is a simple and easy to use platform for influencers, bloggers, and musicians to create a custom media kit online with real-time data and analytics. We are building a company culture of hard working individuals who are passionate about the creator economy.

The DevOps Engineer will be reporting to our Senior Engineer and working closely with deployment, optimization and act as the go-to expert on the infrastructure. This engineer will work closely with our engineering team to make sure we have an efficient support process and projects are getting done on time.

Responsibilities:

1. Ensure that a viable, consistent, and efficient DevOps strategy is implemented in the end-to-end development of applications and products that is consistent with, compliant with and conformant to the company's SDLC.
2. Improve and integrate existing architecture with the industry-best automation tools and practices.
3. Collaborate with product manager(s), development leads, developers, QA, and Engineering teams in the continual improvement and enhancement of the DevOps process.
4. Analyze, design, and implement solutions for CI/CD build, release, and deployment automation.
5. Institute and implement automated solutions for SDLC governance and compliance monitoring and reporting.
6. Plan, implement and ensure that delivery milestones are met.
7. Managing our Production and non-Production environments.
8. Provide automation solutions using design patterns, common techniques, and industry best practices that meet the typical challenges/requirements of Ecommerce applications including usability, performance, security, resiliency, and compatibility.
9. Proactively recognize system deficiencies and implement effective solutions.
10. Monitoring automation; make sure that the correct monitors are deployed at the application level so that any failures can be quickly detected and repaired.

Qualifications/Requirements:

1. We’re looking for someone who is driven, intelligent, proactive, detail-oriented, personable, and who can multitask on several projects.
2. BS or higher in Computer Science or equivalent degree/experience.
3. 3+ years experience in a DevOps role.
4. Proficiency with scripting, automating, and deploying in the Cloud, in particular AWS services.
5. Experience building and managing infrastructure on a wide array of AWS products (EC2, EKS, RDS, SQS, S3, CloudWatch, etc).
6. Hands-on administration and/or software development; strong problem diagnostic and debugging skills.
7. Practical knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC).
8. Energetic, self-directed, and self-motivated, able to build and sustain long-term relationships with business and colleagues.
9. Can manage multiple tasks and use judgment to prioritize and escalate to achieve desired outcomes.
10. Process and detail oriented with a strong work ethic and team focused attitude.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year depending on experience

Desired Characteristics:

1. Effective communication and experience working across multiple departments and social platforms.
2. Excellent organization and time management skills.
3. Thrives in a fast-paced environment.
4. PTO.
5. Opportunity to grow within the company.
6. Early employee stock options.
7. + More to come.

Experience:

DevOps Engineer: 3+ years (Preferred)

Work Location:

Remote, California/West Coast Preferred. Potential opportunity for an office setting.