DescriptionA career with Gravity Payments is an opportunity to be on a collaborative team where creative leadership, passion for progress, and responsibility are paramount. Our team members focus and commit to providing for our clients and our community because we care deeply for others.
Success in this role looks like:
Success as a DevOps Engineer at Gravity Payments means effectively managing our cloud infrastructure on both AWS and Azure. You will ensure that our cloud operations are secure, efficient, and scalable. Key achievements will include:
- Optimized Cloud Operations: Efficiently managing resources to reduce costs and improve performance.
- Proactive Incident Management: Minimizing downtime through proactive monitoring and quick incident response.
- Robust Security Practices: Implementing and maintaining strong security measures, conducting regular audits, and managing vulnerabilities.
- Seamless Collaboration: Fostering effective teamwork between development and operations, enhancing productivity and innovation.
- Continuous Improvement: Introducing new technologies and processes to improve scalability and efficiency, including containerizing applications and managing serverless infrastructure.
- Resiliency and Continuity: Developing and managing robust business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) plans to ensure operational resilience.
- Knowledge Sharing: Documenting processes, leading training initiatives, and promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement
Core Responsibilities
- Develop and execute cloud strategies for AWS and Azure.
- Standardize processes and procedures across platforms.
- Troubleshoot and optimize RESTful web services.
- Analyze network traffic and manage firewall settings and route tables.
- Ensure adherence to cloud security best practices.
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for incident response.
- Automate infrastructure management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
- Optimize resource utilization and cost management in cloud environments.
- Implement and manage business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) plans.
- Hunt for and manage vulnerabilities within the cloud infrastructure.
- Support CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth development workflows.
- Facilitate collaboration between development and operations teams.
- Containerize applications and manage serverless infrastructure.
RequirementsPreferred Skills
- Expertise in AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Pulumi or Terraform.
- Proficiency in packaging and deploying solutions in a containerized environment.
- Strong troubleshooting and optimization skills for Windows or Linux server-based applications.
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Ruby, JavaScript, Python, etc. (Knowledge of multiple languages is preferred).
- Ability to manage and optimize REST services and web applications.
- Knowledge and experience with disaster recovery and business resiliency implementations.
- Experience designing and implementing cloud-based application monitoring, creating relevant metrics, dashboards, and alarms.
- Strong understanding of cloud security principles and best practices.
- Experience with vulnerability management and security audits.
- Ability to automate repetitive tasks to enhance operational efficiency.
- Effective communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
- Experience managing serverless infrastructure and containerizing applications.
We communicate using Slack, store our code in GitHub repositories, write unit tests and automation, and build new solutions in the cloud (working in AWS and Azure).
Technical requirements
- Must have access to a wired internet connection.
- Must have high quality home internet access with at least a 100 megabits per second (mbps) download and upload speed.
BenefitsBenefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k)
- Life Insurance (Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Open PTO After One Year)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Wellness Resources
The salary for this position is $125,000 - $175,000. We may be open to negotiating outside of this range if the desired salary aligns with the needs of the candidate and the company.
Gravity Payments is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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