Who We’re Looking For - Senior DevOps Engineer
Are you a highly motivated and experienced Senior DevOps Engineer looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic company?
As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Clearlink, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure, tools, and processes necessary to support our software engineering teams. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the smooth deployment and operation of our applications, while also working on continuous improvement initiatives to enhance our DevOps practices. Your expertise and leadership will be instrumental in achieving our goals.
The Impact You Will Make
- Infrastructure Automation: Design, implement, and manage infrastructure as code (IAC) solutions using CloudFormation / CDK.
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for application deployments, ensuring quick and reliable releases.
- Monitoring and Alerting: Develop and maintain monitoring solutions, including setting up alerts and responding to incidents to ensure system reliability.
- Containerization and Orchestration: Manage Docker containers, building custom Docker images, utilizing containers for local development processes, and deploying images to production systems while orchestrating them using AWS ECS.
- Security: Implement and enforce security best practice and ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Scripting and Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to automate, simplify and improve operational tasks.
- Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, ensuring optimal system performance and scalability.
- System Administration: Attend to/automate various systems for which you will be responsible.
- Training and Mentoring: Mentor junior members of the DevOps team, sharing your knowledge and best practices.
- PCI Compliance: Collaborate with security and compliance teams to prepare for annual PCI audits, ensuring all systems meet stringent security standards.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, system administration, or a related field.
- Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python, Bash, PHP, Ruby, Go, or Node.js.
- Knowledge of development frameworks such as Laravel, Wordpress.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Deep knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, ECS, Kubernetes).
- Expertise in CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Bitbucket Pipelines, CircleCI, Github Actions, AWS CodeBuild, AWS Pipelines, Jenkins).
- Solid understanding of networking, security, and infrastructure best practices. (Subnets, Security Group / Firewall Rules, WAF, DNS, SSH)
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IAC) and automation tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform).
- Strong experience with Linux and configuration management (e.g., Chef, Ansible)
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Perks That Set Us Apart
- 🩺Healthcare: We offer low-cost, competitive health coverage (domestic partners included!) with employer-paid counseling services.
- 💰Invest in the Future: Enjoy 401(k) matching after just two months of employment, with employer matching starting at ~3%.
- 🧘♀️Lifestyle Spending Stipends: Access an employer-paid spending account for physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing expenses.
- 🏝️Flexible Time Off: We offer competitive time-off balances that accrue weekly, just like your paycheck. (Yes, we’re paid weekly too!)
- 👶🏻Parental Leave: We provide 2 weeks of paid parental leave during the first year and up to 6 weeks after one year of employment.
- ✈️Generous Paid Holidays: Celebrate cultural diversity with additional flex holidays in addition to our company paid holidays.
- 🏠Hybrid Work Options: Embrace the flexibility and collaboration of hybrid working. This position will be expected to work in the office 4 days and remotely 1 day a week.
- 🌎World Class Facility: With onsite restaurants, a 7,000 sqft gym, pickleball & basketball courts, spin class/pilates room, bikes, massages, and so much more.
- 🛟Comprehensive Life Insurance: Ensure peace of mind with coverage that extends beyond the workplace with employer paid life insurance (including coverage for dependents and spouses).
- 🤝Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): Join us in fostering connections, celebrating diversity, and providing a supportive community for all.
At Clearlink, we go beyond the basics, ensuring your experience with us is not just professionally fulfilling but personally enriching too.
Interviewing at Clearlink
We know interviews can be stressful. Here are some stages you can expect from a typical interview with Clearlink.
- Once your application is submitted, we will review it and be in touch
- 30-min phone call with the Recruiting Team
- 30-min - 1 hour interview with the Hiring Manager
- 30-min Assessment or Test Project
- 30-min - 1 hour interview with a Clearlink Panel
Some interview processes can vary, depending on the role. Your recruiter will give you a role-specific interview process during your first phone call.
Why Work For Us
Since 2001, Clearlink has been dedicated to fostering growth and embracing opportunities. Our mission is to strengthen our workforce to build brands that guide users and customers toward decisions that enhance their lives. We encourage our employees to “Act as an Owner” – to voice their thoughts, share innovative ideas, and authentically bring their whole selves to work. Join us in our forward-thinking and inclusive community, where your expertise, background, and unique perspective are always valued.
Clearlink Partners & Awards:
- Partnered with The Period Project for easy access to menstrual hygiene products.
- Awarded the 2022 Shatter List for breaking glass ceilings in technology.
- Received the 2023 Women’s Leadership Institute Award, pledging to elevate women’s leadership.
Clearlink Values (CLEAR):
- Create Community
- Learn & Grow
- Embrace Opportunity
- Act Like An Owner
- Respect Every Person
Committed to accessibility, we encourage you to share any accommodation needs during the application or employment process. Your unique strengths matter, and we are dedicated to providing the necessary support for your success at Clearlink.
