Vantor
Sr Staff DevOps Engineer
Westminster, CO · Staff+ · Contract
No sponsorship$128k-$170kDetected 8 hours ago
PythonBashCode ReviewAWSCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDPrometheusGrafanaDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringCybersecurityIncident Response
About the role
- Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next.
- Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.
- Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
Responsibilities
- Lead reliability engineering efforts for the Vantor Hub platform and related infrastructure services.
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines for software and infrastructure delivery.
- Build, operate, and improve cloud infrastructure automation using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS-native services.
- Design and operate highly available, resilient, observable, and secure infrastructure across commercial and government AWS environments.
- Partner with engineering teams to improve deployment safety, rollback capabilities, observability, production readiness, and operational support.
- Leverage AI development tools as force multipliers for software design, implementation, testing, and documentation while maintaining reliability, security, and engineering quality.
- validate outputs through peer review, testing, and security practices.
- For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, a related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
- 8 + years of experience in DevOps, P latform E ngineering, S ite Reliability Engineering, or cloud operations, with demonstrated ownership of production systems.
- Demonstrated experience owning, operating, and improving production systems in cloud-based environments.
- Strong proficiency with Amazon Web Services, including experience operating production workloads in multi-account AWS environments.
- Strong proficiency with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong proficiency with infrastructure - as - code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Must be a U.S. citizen and be willing and able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance.
- To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen.
- This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-availability systems, database replication, backup and restore, disaster recovery, and business-continuity planning.
- Experience with zero-downtime or low-downtime deployment strategies, including blue/green deployments, canary releases, rolling deployments, feature flags, and automated rollback.
- Experience with observability and incident management platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK, PagerDuty, or similar tools.
- Experience with secure cloud operations, least-privilege IAM, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and audit-ready infrastructure.
- Experience supporting government, regulated, or compliance-driven environments.
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development or automation tools to improve engineering workflows, with a clear understanding of validation, review, privacy, and security considerations.
- Active U.S. Govern ment security clearance
- The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate's experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.
Skills
- Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
- Please review the job details below.
- This position is hybrid with three days a week on-site with your colleagues in Westminster, CO.
Compensation
- To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings.
- Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions.
- Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range.
- The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate's experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.
- The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $128,000.00 - $170,000.00 - $187,000.00 annually.
Benefits
- You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers
Company info
- Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters-where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently.
Equal opportunity
- Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace.
- We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected, valued, and encouraged to share their ideas.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- EEO Policy: Vantor is an
Visa & Work Authorization
- Citizen
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