DevOps Engineer

Alarm.com; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Alarm.com is seeking a DevOps Engineer in Tysons, Virginia to design and manage automation and integration solutions for their cloud platforms. Responsibilities include developing tools for continuous integration, troubleshooting issues, and collaborating with various engineering teams. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and at least 3 years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering. Preferred skills include hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, Ansible, and Docker.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of DevOps or cloud infrastructure engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and Azure.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop tools for continuous integration and automated infrastructure management.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code solutions using Ansible and Terraform.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues across environments.

Skills

Cloud and virtualization technologies

Infrastructure-as-code tools

Containerization and orchestration technologies

Scripting languages

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Job description

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and lifecycle management of automation and integration solutions across Alarm.com’s cloud infrastructure and application platforms. This individual will lead the implementation and operation of continuous integration, automated deployment, and infrastructure-as-code solutions that support the delivery of Alarm.com’s life safety and home automation applications.

This role works closely with Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, Cloud Operations, Security, and Release Management teams to onboard and support applications throughout the full software development lifecycle. The position combines hands‑on engineering with operational responsibility to ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and reliability of Alarm.com’s cloud platforms and applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop tools and frameworks that enable continuous integration and automated infrastructure management across all layers of the cloud stack, including servers, storage, networking, operating systems, management infrastructure, applications, monitoring, and alerting.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions using technologies such as Ansible, AWX, Puppet, and Terraform to support scalable and repeatable infrastructure deployments.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering teams on best practices for deploying and operating software within the Alarm.com cloud environment.
• Develop a deep understanding of the architecture and operational characteristics of the Alarm.com cloud platform and implement solutions that improve system reliability, performance, and predictability.
• Evaluate, architect, and migrate on‑premises workloads to hyperscaler environments including AWS and Azure.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues across development, staging, and production environments.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and incident response to maintain the stability and performance of production services.
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineering, Software Engineering, and Quality Engineering teams to improve operational efficiency and system observability.
• Develop and maintain operational runbooks, monitoring standards, and alert metrics to support platform health and stability.
• Support application deployments and improvements across the full software development lifecycle.
• Enable automation and operational improvements using scripting languages and modern DevOps tooling.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of DevOps or cloud infrastructure engineering experience.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud and virtualization technologies including VMware, AWS, and Azure.
• Experience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible, AWX, Puppet, and Terraform.
• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems in enterprise environments.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Rancher.
• Familiarity with server monitoring and application performance monitoring solutions such as PagerDuty, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, New Relic, Dynatrace, and AppDynamics.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling including GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy, Atlassian tools, Git, and ArgoCD.
• Familiarity with secrets and artifact management technologies including Vault and Artifactory.
• Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Bash, Python, Go, C#, and PowerShell.
• Experience supporting operational processes including multi‑tiered escalation and on‑call procedures.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and a self‑directed approach to investigating and resolving technical issues.
• Please note that sponsorship of new applicants for employment authorization, or any other immigration‑related support, is not available for this position at this time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting highly available SaaS environments with 99.999% uptime requirements.
• Experience operating large‑scale cloud infrastructure supporting distributed applications.