Senior DevOps Engineer

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Remote, Texas, Remote, United States, Remote

What that means day-to-day:

• Provide technical thought leadership in collaboration with Architecture and Development 
• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure as code for both development and production environments 
• Design, implement and maintain observability and monitoring solutions and monitor the system health, taking action to maintain up-time and performance SLAs
• Design, implement, and maintain continuous delivery systems and advise development teams on code and implementation to increase application resiliency, operability, and best practices 
• Design, implement, and maintain Kubernetes clusters with advanced configuration and features 
• Design, implement, and maintain Kafka clusters with advanced configuration and features 
• Identify points of failure and recommend solutions 

What you’ll need to be successful:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in Dev Ops in a SaaS environment 
• Expertise in distributed systems including load balancing, distributed messaging, and distributed databases 
• Expertise in software configuration management (SCM) and tools like Chef, Puppet, Ansible or similar 
• Expertise in cloud platforms, primarily AWS 
• Expertise in automated deployment methodologies that support CICD, Jenkins or GitHub Actions preferred 
• Experience configuring and administering Kubernetes clusters using advanced features including VPA/HPA and KEDA, Karpenter, service mesh, and multiple node groups 
• Experience configuring and administering Kafka clusters including disaster recovery mechanisms, data loss prevention techniques, and determining topic configuration to right size for demanding and variable loads 
• Experience with Windows and Linux systems and tools 
• Prior professional application development experience with a particular focus on SaaS applications and web development 
• Knowledge of IP networking, including TCP, UDP, firewalls, and TLS 
• Knowledge of software engineering and design principles such as design patterns, architectural patterns, CAP Theorem, event driven architecture, and similar 
• Must be security-minded at all levels 

• Experience with NGINX, Redis, and API gateways
• Experience with NoSQL and/or Big Data technologies 
• Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL 
• Experience with C# and .NETCore 

What you’ll get in return:

• Work with a global team! We have colleagues and customers across North America and around the world.
• Veriforce is a great place to work! Our leaders and team members consistently cite our culture as one of the top reasons it’s a great place to build a career.
• Veriforce provides 
  • 100% employer-paid medical and dental insurance for employees
  • Monthly contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • A 401(k) match that is immediately fully vested
  • Outstanding time off benefits
  • Paid time off for volunteer activities
  • Remote work opportunities