DevOps Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Social Change Institute in Kansas City, MO is seeking a mid-level DevOps Engineer who thrives on Google Cloud Platform and Infrastructure as Code. You will help manage CI/CD, improve scalability, and support rapid deployments.

The role is hybrid in Missouri and offers a competitive salary in the $69k–$98k range, mentorship, and the autonomy to shape deployment strategies.

Candidates should have 5+ years in tech, strong communication, and willingness to relocate or work remotely.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Conflict Resolution alongside transferable Incident Response chops.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates.
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through.
• At least 5 years building expertise within the technology space.
• Willingness to relocate to Kansas City, MO, or to make remote work.

Responsibilities

• Write the Conflict Resolution integration tests that catch regressions before Kansas City, MO ships them.
• Tune ArgoCD caching to handle the launch spike on the same hardware.
• Slice the technology monolith into Empathy services Kansas City, MO can deploy alone.
• Keep Load Balancing schemas backward-compatible to avoid breaking upgrades.
• Tune ArgoCD queries until the MO database stops timing out under load.

Skills

Google Cloud Platform

Infrastructure as Code

Incident Response

ArgoCD

Load Balancing

Mentoring

Tools

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

The DevOps Engineer we're after in Kansas City thinks in Google Cloud Platform, dreams in Empathy, and argues about naming conventions for sport. This DevOps Engineer role hands mid-level talent $69,000 - $98,000, a hybrid arrangement in MO, and the latitude to call the shots.

Key Responsibilities

• Write the Conflict Resolution integration tests that catch regressions before Kansas City, MO ships them
• Tune ArgoCD caching so Social Change Institute survives the Kansas City launch spike on the same hardware
• Slice the sharp-but-gentle technology monolith into Empathy services Kansas City, MO can deploy alone
• Keep Load Balancing schemas backward-compatible so Social Change Institute never forces a breaking upgrade
• Tune ArgoCD queries until the MO database stops timing out under load

What You'll Bring

• Working knowledge of Conflict Resolution alongside transferable Incident Response chops
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through
• At least 5 years building expertise within the technology space
• Willingness to relocate to Kansas City, MO, or to make remote work

Social Change Institute is less a vendor and more a detail-focused Kansas City, MO workshop where Google Cloud Platform and Infrastructure as Code get the attention they deserve. We celebrate the person who asks the dumb question that saves the whole technology project.

The package is honest: $69,000 - $98,000, a benefits plan that works, mentorship that lasts, and the flexibility to live in Kansas City, MO.

Fresh as of this morning, Social Change Institute marked the mid-level seat available.

Come find out why people stay at Social Change Institute once they get here; the DevOps Engineer door is open.