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

• Participate in all aspects of the software and data product development lifecycle from user story generation, through design, development, automated testing and operational support
• Improve quality by actively participating in code-reviews and adhering to team quality standards
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices
• Own the execution of medium-to-large sized features with higher-level technical support
• Describe and document the details of your work fluidly and accurately for technical peers and non-technical stakeholders
• Think holistically about the application and build with an eye towards long term maintainability and efficiency
• Collaboratively provide estimates and other input to the client, project managers, or others about features to help determine their feasibility, complexity, cost, and priority level
• Contribute to a culture of positivity, curiosity, and respect for all individuals

Qualifications

Here are the guidelines we're looking at to gauge experience and skillset:

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a Software, Data or DevOps Engineer and 3+ years of experience with AWS

• Experience building enterprise scale applications with Kubernetes and helm charts

• Experience building and operating Kubernetes via EKS in Amazon Web Services

• Deep Linux proficiency with hands-on experience diagnosing and resolving production Kubernetes incidents at the node and kernel level. - Experience migrating data stores such as solr, Aerospike or others to the cloud

• Experience with hybrid deployments and operations between on-premise and cloud (e.g. hybrid EKS, database synchronization)

• Experience with GitOps / infrastructure-as-code practices (Cloudformation, Terraform, CDK)

• Experience with cloud architecture patterns and tradeoffs (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)

• Experience with build and deployment automation (Harness, GitLab, Ansible, etc.)

• Experience with infrastructure and application monitoring tools, such as CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, AWS Config, Kibana, Splunk, Grafana, etc. - Firm commitment to and experience with automated testing and continuous integration

• Proponent of continuous improvement and willing to bring new ideas to the team

• Outstanding all-round communication skills and ability to work collaboratively and proficiently in a remote environment

• Energetic, self-motivated, team player used to working in a scrum environment

• Industry Certification: AWS Associate-level certification is required. If not currently held, the candidate must successfully obtain this certification within 12 months of their start date. - Bachelor's Degree in a technical major, such as Computer Science or Engineering (will consider equivalent professional experience in lieu of degree)

• Location Note: This is a remote position and candidates need to reside within a local travel distance (100 miles or less) of our primary East Coast hubs (Alexandria, VA and Philadelphia, PA). Local residency is required to facilitate an in-person final interview, identity verification, and periodic in-person team collaboration. ### Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building and operating Kubernetes in an on-premise environment

• Experience with Databricks

• Experience with Spring Boot

• Experience with Cloudera, Spark, Hive and Kafka

• Financial services industry experience or familiarity with regulated data environments

• Experience with authentication and authorization

• Experience developing on MacOS X

This position requires that applicants be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or at any time in the future, and be able to pass a general background check. # Additional Information

Benefits

Paying attention to who we are as a company–people, family members, friends, and colleagues–is our primary focus at Element 84. There are lots of ways to run a company, and, for us, we prioritize wanting to come to work, being around people we enjoy, taking on big things with people you trust, and sharing our achievements as a team. - You’ll get credit when things go right and we’ll have your back when things go wrong. - We only take on work that is challenging and right for us. There are projects we will turn down and the team has a say. - We may be a small company, but we have big company benefits meant to support the idea that we're here for the long term and happiness comes from much more than where you work. - We have an extraordinary retention rate because we hire extraordinary people. We hope that’s you. The salary range for this position is $145,000 - $175,000. Actual compensation offered to candidate will be finalized at offer and may be above or below the posted range due to skill level, experience, industry-specific knowledge, education/certifications, or geographic location. Base salary represents just one component of the Element 84 total compensation package. Employees will also receive a number of benefits as listed below. Other compensation for this position may include bonus eligibility (dependent on employee performance and company profits). This is a full time, salaried position. Please submit your information, resume and cover letter if you are interested. Remote candidates are encouraged, but your home office must be less than 100 miles from either Element 84’s Alexandria, VA or Philadelphia, PA hub.