Sr. DevOps Engineer, Sophia Learning

Sophia is an industry-leading provider of low-cost, self-paced online general education courses that are transferable for college credit.

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team! This person is responsible for owning the development, testing, and maintenance of DevOps technologies and practices at Sophia – from managing application infrastructure to continuous integration and deployment. This person works directly with the Sophia Product & Engineering team(s).

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. Designs, implements, and maintains the infrastructure for our applications on the AWS platform.
2. Uses CI/CD to support applications developed in Ruby and Javascript.
3. Support and enhance build and release processes through automation using a combination of processes and existing tools.
4. Develops automation scripts using tools such as Ruby, Bash, Python, and Terraform.
5. Works collaboratively with software engineers to deploy and operate systems across multiple platforms securely and accurately.
6. Create and maintain system architecture, design, and automation.
7. Responsible for the continual automation, integration, deployment, and optimization of software build and deployment systems.
8. Collaborates with distributed team members in the US, Europe, and India.
9. Maintains common security practices and privacy standards.
10. Other duties as assigned.

Job Skills

1. AWS
2. Linux
3. Postgres & RDS
4. Kubernetes & Docker
5. CI/CD pipelines
6. Version control
7. Ruby
8. Bash
9. SQL

Work Experience

1. 4+ years experience with DevOps
2. 3+ years experience in web application architecture, development, and implementation
3. 3+ years of experience working on cloud-based infrastructure.
4. Experience with the following is preferred: Git, Jira
5. Experience working with SaaS based platforms and technologies.

Education

1. Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.

Certificates, Licenses And Registrations

1. AWS certifications are a plus.

Other

1. Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time.
2. Must be able to lift 25 lbs.
3. Typical office setting.
4. Mobility within the office including movement from floor to floor.
5. Travel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job.
6. Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant.
7. Access information using a computer.
8. Effectively communicate, both up and down the management chain.
9. Effectively cope with stressful situations.
10. Strong mental acuity.
11. Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job.
12. Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

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