The Senior DevOps Engineer will ensure system reliability, scale AWS infrastructure, automate processes, and enhance code deployment alongside development teams.
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Summary/objective:
Angel Studios is seeking a skilled and experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Platform team. This role is integral to ensuring our systems are robust, scalable, and reliable. You will play a key role in maintaining the reliability, performance, and scalability of our systems. You will work closely with our development teams to automate processes, deploy infrastructure, and manage cloud environments using AWS.
Key Responsibilities:
- DevOps Practices:
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes using tools such as Terraform, or similar.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines and streamline code deployment.
- AWS Cloud Management:
- Design, deploy, and manage scalable and secure AWS infrastructure.
- Optimize AWS resource usage and cost through effective monitoring and management.
- Implement security best practices for cloud-based environments.
- System Reliability & Performance:
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high availability and performance of applications.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and reliability issues in production environments.
- Contribute to and execute incident response and disaster recovery plans.
- Collaboration & Communication:
- Work closely with software engineers to ensure seamless integration of new features and services.
- Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for incident management.
- Document processes, configurations, and procedures to ensure knowledge sharing and continuity.
Qualifications:
- Experience:
- Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and ElastiCache.
- Strong background in using automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
- Technical Skills:
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes and Docker containerization
- Demonstrable experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or some other deployment pipeline.
- Hands-on experience with DNS management, TLS certificates, cloud networking, CDN.
- Soft Skills:
- Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Required education and experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
- 5 years of relevant experience
Preferred education and experience
- 5+ years of experience
- Kubernetes experience
- AWS experience
- Experience with the Angel Guild
Work environment - When in the main office, expect a comfortable, air-conditioned work environment. Team members are issued their own desks, but the office is an open, shared space and can be fast-paced and occasionally noisy.
Physical demands - Will need to be able to sit or stand at a desk for extended periods of time.
Position type and expected hours of work - Regular full-time, 40 hours per week.
Travel required - No out of state travel anticipated at this time.
Work authorization - Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Perks at Angel:
- Competitive compensation
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents
- Short, and Long Term Disability Insurance and Basic Life Insurance paid for employee, with option of additional AD&D insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- 401(k) investment opportunity with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Identity Theft Insurance
- Pet Insurance
Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Angel is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
At Angel, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates.
Top Skills
Ansible
AWS
Cdn
Cloud Networking
Dns
Docker
Github Actions
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Terraform
Tls
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