Devops Engineer

Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Denver Metropolitan Area (Hybrid, with two in-office days per month)

Reporting Structure: This role reports to the Systems Operations Manager.

Company Description

Founded in 2006, our client is a leader in creating immersive online experiences with 3D modeling, interactive maps, and virtual tours. Their products include an online experience platform developed to support marketing, sales, and business processes in a countless number of industries. Their solutions marry art and science in highly detailed, interactive 3D renderings that breathe life into the digital world. In 2022, they acquired Localist, the leading event calendar platform for higher education communities. Our client and Localist have a shared belief that events and in-person connections are key to building community. They work with more than 700 universities and colleges, including over 70% of the top 100 U.S. universities, as well as live events, destinations, and sporting venues.

Team Culture

They are a group of dedicated and multi-faceted individuals who are self-motivated and are excited to be a part of a company that is charting the future of interactive maps, tours and events. Employees have an opportunity to learn all elements of the business, and direct access to the leadership team. While their offices are in Denver, Colorado, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, they currently are operating remotely with a nationally distributed team.

Responsibilities

Our client is seeking a DevOps engineer who exemplifies their core values, works well with leadership and fellow engineering team members, and brings practical experience in development and maintenance of a cloud-based software platform. This role provides a wealth of opportunity for learning, professional growth and collaboration. Flexibility when working with both manual and automated processes is required with a desire and ability to improve processes through automation. The DevOps engineer will utilize strong written communication skills to follow and complete detailed requests, track changes made to various systems and create documentation. As a core member of the Operations team, the DevOps engineer is responsible for ensuring uninterrupted availability of multiple software applications.  

The DevOps Engineer will: 

• Implement Continuous Delivery and execute automated or manual deployments for development, test and production environments, create CI/CD pipelines 
• Administer, maintain and troubleshoot Ubuntu Linux based systems 
• Manage manual and automated changes through Development, QA and Production environments 
• Work closely with software engineering teams to define infrastructure and deployment requirements
• Actively participate in agile planning and release processes 
• Employ continuous learning to grow professional and domain expertise
• Be available to support occasional deployments during after-hours maintenance windows 
• Provide occasional on-call support to quickly address and resolve critical production issues outside of regular business hours
• Other duties as assigned 

Is this you?

• You have knowledge of industry best practices for Dev Ops in a cloud computing environment
• You are organized, methodical, and consistent
• You have a desire to work on rich, interactive web applications in the cloud
• You have experience working with cloud platforms (AWS / Azure) 
• You have experience working with Docker based container deployments
• You have experience with agile software development and working as part of a collaborative agile team. 
• You are motivated to automate manual tasks 
• You have worked in an environment that follows CI/CD practices
• You have experience learning and using a variety of open-source technologies and tools 
• You have strong attention to detail and can maintain consistency between development and production environments 
• You have knowledge of SOC-2 or other security frameworks 

Preferred Technologies (do you have experience with some of these?)

• CI/CD, Jenkins
• AWS / Azure
• Linux / Ubuntu
• Git 
• Docker 
• Kubernetes 
• Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools (Cloudformation / Terraform) 

#Perks

• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
• Paid Time Off program
• 14 Paid Holidays Annually + your Birthday!
• 401(k) Plan with Employer Match
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Employee Stock Option Plan
• Annual Education/Development for continued learning
• Annual Travel Allowance perk
• Work from Home Office perk

Compensation 

The base salary range for this position is $80,000- $120,000 annually. Final compensation for this role is determined by a variety of factors, such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, and certification.