DevOps Engineer

Octus; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

401k matching

Job summary

Octus is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You will collaborate with developers, SRE, security, and IT to ensure reliability, scalability, and security of products.

Applicants should have 5+ years in DevOps, 2+ years with Terraform, strong AWS/Linux skills, and experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools. Competitive salary and benefits accompany the role in the United States.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years in a DevOps role.
• 2+ years of experience with Terraform.
• Expert knowledge of cloud concepts and services (AWS).
• Expert Linux knowledge; strong automation scripting.
• Ability to troubleshoot and document RCA of incidents.
• Solid understanding of security principles and controls.
• Experience with IaC and configuration management tools.
• Experience with Docker and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with monitoring/logging (Datadog, CloudWatch).
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deploy.
• Prioritize workload to maximize developer efficiency.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure for scale and cost.
• Collaborate with SRE to develop monitoring and alerting.
• Work with Security to enforce security best practices.
• Coordinate with software developers to improve performance and reliability.
• Plan and execute disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Communicate project status, issues, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Participate in on-call rotations for system support.

Skills

Linux proficiency

Scripting for automation

Troubleshooting RCA

Communication

Security awareness

Tools

Terraform

AWS Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Datadog

CloudWatch

Job description

Location: United States

Octus

Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets. For more information, visit: https://octus.com/

Working at Octus

Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, and much more.

Role

As a DevOps Engineer at Octus, you will play a crucial role in the development, implementation, and maintenance of the cloud infrastructure for our products. This position involves close collaboration with Application Developers, Data Engineers, SRE, Security, and IT professionals to automate and streamline operations and processes. Your contributions will be essential in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of our systems and applications.

Core Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment processes.
• Effectively prioritize workload with a constant focus on increasing developer efficiency.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure to ensure scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness. Experience with AWS is a plus.
• Work closely with SRE to develop and maintain monitoring and alerting systems to ensure the health and performance of our systems and applications.
• Work closely with Security to implement and enforce security best practices across our infrastructure and applications.
• Collaborate with software developers to optimize application performance and reliability.
• Participate in the planning and execution of disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders to provide updates on project statuses, issues, and recommendations.
• Participate in on-call rotation to provide system support.

Core Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in a DevOps role.
• At least 2+ years of experience with Terraform.
• Expert knowledge of cloud concepts and services (EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, A/ELB, EBS, VPC, Route53 or equivalent).
• Expert level knowledge of Linux. Strong scripting skills for automation and tooling.
• Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, resolve & document RCA of incidents.
• Good knowledge of database configuration, concepts, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Thorough understanding of Security principles and experience in designing, implementing, monitoring proper controls.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-code & configuration management tools (Terraform, SaltStack or equivalent).
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes, ECS including managing microservices architectures.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions or equivalent.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Datadog, Cloud Watch or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skill, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.

At Octus, we consider a range of factors in connection with compensation decisions, including experience, skills, location, and our business needs and limitations. As a result, compensation may vary within and across similar roles and positions. Please note that the salary range information below is a good faith estimate for this position and actual compensation for any individual may fall outside this range if warranted by the circumstances applicable to that individual. If we identify a role that would be suitable for a broader range of skills and experience such that we would consider hiring at multiple levels then the range listed below may reflect that breadth.

The salary range estimate for this position is $165,000 - $190,000.

The actual compensation will be at Octus' sole discretion and will be determined by the aforementioned and other relevant factors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.