OpenGov
Sr. DevOps Engineer
US | Massachusetts | Boston · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$175k-$195kDetected 23 days ago
PythonJavaGoRubyGitAWSAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsCircleCIPrometheusDevOpsMachine LearningCybersecurityIncident ResponseComplianceAccountingBudgetingProcurementERP
About the role
- At OpenGov bold ideas ship daily and rapid iteration turns directly into measurable customer impact.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate across the organization to understand and translate business priorities into shipped features delivering customer success.
- Architect, deploy, and maintain a highly available and scalable multi-tenant SaaS environment in AWS.
- Implement and manage infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Optimize AWS services for cost-efficiency, performance, and reliability.
- Implement best practices for securing AWS resources, including VPC configurations, IAM roles, security groups, and network ACLs.
- Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or CircleCI.
- Set up and manage comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana.
- Develop and implement incident response protocols
- lead incident investigations and post-mortems.
- These solutions come together in the OpenGov ERP, allowing public sector organizations to focus on priorities and deliver maximum ROI with every dollar and decision in sync.
Requirements
- Experience working across the stack (frontend + backend) and comfort shipping features end-to-end
- Experience building with AI-driven UX, agents, and workflow automation (direct ML experience not required)
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering with a deep focus on cloud operations, security, and DevOps.
- 2+ years of running Kubernetes at scale and in production on public clouds
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, or Ruby).
- Proven track record in designing and managing AWS infrastructure for SaaS applications.
- Extensive experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong knowledge of AWS services, including EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, and Lambda, among others.
- Expertise in CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or equivalent.
Compensation
- Boston, MA: $175,000 - $195,000
- On target ranges above include base plus a portion of variable compensation that is earned based on company and individual performance.
- The final compensation will be determined by a number of factors such as qualifications, expertise, and the candidate's geographical location.
- A Mission That Matters.
- At OpenGov, public service is personal.
- We are passionate about our mission to power more effective and accountable government.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare options for individuals and families
- Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
- Paid parental leave, wellness stipends, and HSA contributions
- Learn about OpenGov's mission to power more effective and accountable government and the vision of high-performance government for every community at OpenGov.com http://OpenGov.com.
- Benefits That Work for You
- Enjoy an award-winning workplace with the benefits to match, including:
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