Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Skylight is a digital consultancy focused on improving public services for government agencies through design and technology. They are seeking a Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer to work with developers to ensure reliable code releases and maintain infrastructure for sensitive federal systems, while adhering to strict compliance and data protection standards.
Responsibilities
- Engineer a great experience for developers working in web-based environments through automation, virtualization, and process improvement
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that let the team reliably and repeatedly release to production on demand
- Manage cloud infrastructure and create and maintain infrastructure as code, standardizing deployment processes
- Protect sensitive data by applying security and privacy best practices, conducting audits and risk analyses, and planning and implementing remediations that meet federal security standards
- Achieve technical excellence by advocating for and adhering to lean-agile engineering practices such as simple design and automated testing
- Build up the organization’s engineering capacity through coaching, knowledge sharing, and other enablement practices
Skills
- Understand the general concepts of modern software development and can work closely with software engineers
- Able to work in a cloud-centric world, including managing disparate, interconnected systems and ensuring their availability, reliability, and resiliency
- Can enable teams to deliver value to users and the business continuously (e.g., CI/CD pipelines)
- Know how to build secure, compliant applications and defend against common vulnerabilities
- Can work with software engineers to instrument applications and configure infrastructure for monitoring, metrics, alerting, logging, auditability, and compliance
- Know how to create and maintain infrastructure as code and standardize deployment processes
- Experience mentoring engineers and raising the operational bar across a team or product (staff level)
- Ability to work successfully within a professional services environment (e.g., can communicate effectively with clients)
- Passionate about creating better public outcomes through great government services
- A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values
- Ability to travel for work from time to time
- All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories. Some federal contracts require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment
- You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship
- As a government contractor, you may be required to obtain a public trust or security clearance
- You may be required to complete a company background check successfully
- Some of our available roles are on federal contracts that require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute
- Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g., FedRAMP, FISMA)
- Experience with AWS GovCloud or other government cloud environments
- Experience supporting systems that handle sensitive personal data (e.g., tax, financial, or benefits information)
- Prior experience working in the civic tech space
- Experience working in a remote-team environment
Benefits
- Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
- Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
- Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
- Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
- Business development / sales bonuses
- Referral bonuses
- Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
- Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
- Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
- Dollar-for-dollar charity donation matching, up to $500 per year
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
Company Overview
Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://skylight.digital/.