DevOps Engineer

NextAxiom Technology, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

NextAxiom Technology, Inc. is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer / Systems Administrator to own and improve infrastructure, automation, and deployment practices supporting software delivery.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, build automation, and developer enablement with a smaller share of core systems administration. The successful candidate will work from the San Francisco HQ, collaborating with an elite engineering team on innovative platforms and high-security deployments for enterprise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in DevOps, build/release engineering, software infrastructure, platform engineering, systems engineering, or a closely related role, with hands-on responsibility for software delivery environments.
• Experience designing, administering, or improving CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, or comparable platforms.
• Strong working knowledge of Git version control, branching strategies, automated builds, release management, and deployment workflows.
• Experience with Docker and containerized development or deployment workflows.
• Scripting or automation experience using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or comparable languages.
• Hands-on experience with drag-and-drop development tools, low-code/no-code platforms, visual app builders, workflow designers, or similar configurable environments.
• Experience supporting enterprise SaaS, configurable enterprise applications, or software product development organizations.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server and Linux administration to support development and production infra.
• Networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, routing, and secure connectivity.
• Experience with SQL databases and application-supporting middleware.
• Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own, administer, and continuously improve software development, build, test, release, and deployment infrastructure.
• Design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines for reliable builds and releases.
• Manage Git repos, branching, and release workflows with build triggers and artifact handling.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, environment config, deployment activities, and release processes.
• Build and maintain containerized development and deployment environments using Docker.
• Manage application servers, databases, middleware, build agents, and artifact repositories.
• Coordinate release packaging, environment promotion, deployment, rollback, and validation activities.
• Monitor build/deploy environments for reliability, performance, capacity, and failure trends.
• Collaborate with engineering/QA to reduce deployment friction and improve productivity.
• Support configurable, low-code development environments and drag-and-drop configurations across environments.
• Establish standards and guardrails for visual development tools for consistent management.
• Integrate security controls into development/deployment workflows including credential mgmt and vulnerability remediation.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, logging, alerting, and monitoring for build/deploy/infra issues.
• Document procedures for build, deployment, config, recovery, and environment management.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Docker

Automation scripting

Low-code/no-code tooling

Windows Server admin

Linux admin

Networking basics

SQL databases

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Job description

NextAxiom is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer / Systems Administrator to own and improve the infrastructure, automation, tooling, and operational practices that support software development and delivery. The role is intentionally weighted toward DevOps engineering: approximately 80% of the position focuses on CI/CD, build and release automation, developer environments, infrastructure automation, deployment reliability, and developer enablement, with approximately 20% focused on core systems administration and corporate IT support.

LOCATION AND WORK ARRANGEMENT:

Location: HQ in San Francisco

Why NextAxiom

You will join an elite engineering team working on our latest innovation in collaboration with a top Department of Energy national laboratory and the largest energy providers in the US. Our mission is to help the nation meet its net-zero energy goals while making electricity production safer and more cost-effective.

Product

The state-of-the-art Dynamic Work Execution Platform (DWEP) is built on the premise of digitizing work itself. Computer-guided work digitalizes business processes, instructions, procedures, and forms and is defined using drag-and-drop, no-code tools, including integration to enterprise systems. Work is performed on mobile devices or desktops, with full offline and concurrent user support. Real-time monitoring tools and work portals provide granular visibility and access to all work performed across the enterprise

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

DevOps Engineering & Software Delivery - Primary Focus (~80%)

• Own, administer, and continuously improve software development, build, test, release, and deployment infrastructure supporting proprietary enterprise software platforms.
• Design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines that provide reliable, repeatable, traceable, and efficient software builds and releases.
• Manage Git repositories, branching and merge strategies, versioning practices, build triggers, artifact handling, and release workflows.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, environment configuration, deployment activities, recurring operational tasks, and release processes using scripting and infrastructure-as-code practices where appropriate.
• Build and maintain containerized development and deployment environments using Docker and related technologies.
• Manage application servers, databases, middleware, build agents, artifact repositories, and other services required throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Coordinate software release packaging, version management, environment promotion, deployment, rollback, and release validation activities.
• Monitor build and deployment environments for reliability, availability, performance, capacity, and failure trends; proactively resolve recurring issues.
• Partner closely with software engineering and QA teams to reduce deployment friction, improve developer productivity, strengthen testability, and shorten feedback cycles.
• Support configurable, metadata-driven, low-code, or drag-and-drop development environments and the applications created within them, including configuration promotion, environment management, dependency handling, and release support.
• Help establish standards and guardrails for visual development tools so that drag-and-drop configurations, workflows, integrations, and application changes can be managed consistently across environments.
• Integrate security controls into development and deployment workflows, including credential management, access controls, vulnerability remediation, dependency hygiene, and secure configuration practices.
• Develop and maintain operational dashboards, logging, alerting, and monitoring needed to diagnose build, deployment, application, and infrastructure issues.
• Document build, deployment, configuration, recovery, and environment-management procedures and identify opportunities for continued automation and process improvement.

Systems Administration & Corporate Infrastructure - Supporting Focus (~20%)

• Administer Windows systems that support development and corporate operations.
• Maintain core enterprise services such as Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft 365, DNS, DHCP, VPN, identity and access management, and related services.
• Support cloud and virtualized infrastructure, including routine system maintenance, operating system upgrades, patching, capacity management, and availability monitoring.
• Maintain appropriate cybersecurity controls, including firewalls, endpoint protection, MFA, privileged access, vulnerability remediation, and security monitoring.
• Support employee endpoints, secure remote access, software deployment, and device configuration as needed, with emphasis on scalable and automated administration rather than manual help-desk activity.
• Maintain backup and recovery capabilities for source code repositories, servers, databases, development systems, and other critical services; periodically validate restoration procedures.
• Troubleshoot network, connectivity, VPN, firewall, and infrastructure issues and coordinate with external service providers when necessary.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in DevOps, build/release engineering, software infrastructure, platform engineering, systems engineering, or a closely related role, with substantial hands-on responsibility for software delivery environments.
• Demonstrated experience designing, administering, or improving CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, or comparable platforms.
• Strong working knowledge of Git version control, branching strategies, automated builds, release management, and deployment workflows.
• Experience with Docker and containerized development or deployment workflows.
• Experience with scripting or automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or comparable languages.
• Required hands-on experience with drag-and-drop development tools, low-code/no-code platforms, visual application builders, workflow designers, or other configurable development environments. Candidates should understand how visually configured applications, workflows, rules, and integrations move through development, testing, and production environments.
• Experience supporting enterprise SaaS, configurable enterprise applications, or software product development organizations.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server and Linux administration sufficient to support development and production infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, routing, and secure connectivity.
• Experience with SQL databases and application-supporting middleware.
• Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills.