Skylight

Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer

United States · Staff+ · Contract

No sponsorship$90k-$125kDetected 21 days ago

AWSCloud PlatformsCI/CDDevOpsCybersecurityBusiness DevelopmentProcess ImprovementTest AutomationMentoring

About the role

We're at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today's digital world.
If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we'd love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists.
They understand both software development and operations, with expertise in areas such as networking, security, test automation, and continuous integration/deployment.

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
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
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
Know how to create and maintain infrastructure as code and standardize deployment processes
Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services.

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)
Ability to travel for work from time to time
Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g., FedRAMP, FISMA)
Experience with AWS GovCloud or other government cloud environments
Don't meet every qualification but think you can do the job?
We want you to have a great interview experience with us!

$90,000-$125,000
$120,000-$140,000
$135,000-$160,000
$150,000-$185,000
$170,000-$203,000
$180,000-$230,000
Visit our join page to learn more about how our interview process works.
Check out our Career Pathways framework to learn more about the different roles within Skylight and the skills needed to do them.

We want to give you the most competitive salary possible.
After all, you deserve it!
To that end, we use the results of our interview process to determine what salary is most appropriate given your current level of seniority.
For a DevOps Engineer at Skylight, the current salary ranges are as follows:
Associate DevOps Engineer: $90,000-$125,000
DevOps Engineer I: $120,000-$140,000
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

Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
Short-term and long-term disability 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
Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.
Flexible, remote-friendly work environment

You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.

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