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

About You

About the Role

What You'll Be Working On

Required Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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)
• 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 [Start date may be contingent upon successful processing and acquisition of NOAA badge]

Additional Information

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: $145,000 – $175,000 / year (Full-time, Salaried)
• Bonus Potential: Eligible for performance- and company profit-based bonuses.
• Total Rewards: Base pay is just one part of the Element 84 compensation package. Final offers are tailored based on your technical skillset, relevant experience, domain knowledge, certifications, and location.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Full coverage details, retirement matching, and perks are listed below.

Location & Remote Work

• 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.

Benefits Offered

• Competitive medical, dental and vision benefits
• Life Insurance, Short & Long Term disability insurance
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Insurance
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) retirement plans with a fixed 3% of salary employer contributions (paid regardless of employee participation)
• Health savings account with a company contribution
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care and transportation)
• Company-paid parental leave after one year of employment
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid employee assistance program
• Paid sick leave
• 6 paid floating holidays per year
• 4 weeks + 1 day Paid Vacation per calendar year
• Cell phone stipend
• Element 84 is an equal opportunity employer.