DevOps Engineer

Pythian; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rewards

Remote work

Collaborative culture

Training allowance

Home office budget

Wellness budget

Paid vacation & sick days

Job summary

Pythian is building a next-generation Site Reliability Engineering team in the United States. You will lead, advise clients, and mentor teammates on infrastructure architecture, automation, and monitoring from design through implementation.

This role emphasizes problem solving, collaboration, and continuous learning, with a flexible remote work option. You will operate and improve client infrastructure, perform root-cause analyses, and contribute to best-practice documentation while driving

Qualifications

• Experience with Google Cloud and AWS Cloud platforms.
• Scripting and automation using Python and Scala are required.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and container tech (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles from an infra perspective.
• Experience with Linux system administration and cloud migrations.
• Networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, NTP, DHCP).
• Experience with virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM).
• Ability to estimate work and manage schedules in a DevOps culture.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and administer client infrastructure to improve availability and visibility.
• Plan maintenance, design docs, and standard procedures.
• Provide RCA reports for outages and incidents (ITIL - Problem Management).
• Assess infrastructure state and identify resiliency improvements and automation opportunities.
• Contribute to team documentation on client systems, policies, and schedules.
• Audit client environments to identify opportunities for improvement and best practices.
• Collaborate with teammates to continuously improve working culture.
• Lead technology discussions with clients and drive technology roadmaps.
• Participate in on-call rotation as needed.

Skills

Google Cloud

AWS Cloud

Python scripting

Scala scripting

Microservices

Linux troubleshooting

DevOps culture

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

VMware

Hyper-V

KVM

Terraform

CloudFormation

OpsWorks

Puppet

Job description

Why you:

Do you thrive on solving tough problems—even under pressure? Are you motivated by fast-paced environments with continuous learning opportunities? Do you enjoy collaborating with a team of peers who push you to constantly up your game?

At Pythian, we are building a next-generation Site Reliability Engineering team. We need motivated and talented individuals on our teams, and we want you!

You’ll act as a technology leader, advisor for our clients, and mentor for other team members. Projects would include infrastructure architecture, automation, and intelligent monitoring systems from design through implementation. If you Love Your Data and want to Love Your Career, this could be the job for you!

Intrigued to see what a life is like at Pythian? Check out #pythianlife on LinkedIn and follow @loveyourdata on Instagram!

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What you will be doing:

• Operate, maintain, and administer solutions contributing to customer infrastructure’s operational efficiency, availability, and visibility.


• Planning maintenance activity, design documentation, and standard procedures


• Provide Root Cause Analysis reports for outages/incidents (ITIL - Problem Management)


• Observe and provide feedback on the current state of the client’s infrastructure, and identify opportunities to improve resiliency, reduce incident occurrence, and automate repetitive administrative and operational tasks.


• Contribute to, improve, and maintain team documentation about client systems and infrastructure, procedures, policies, and schedules.


• Gather and document information about client environments through audit activities, and analyze the information to identify opportunities for improvement and application of best practices.


• Work collaboratively with teammates to contribute to the continuous improvement of our working culture.


• Act as a technology leader for clients, as well as drive client discussions on technology road maps.


• Participate in an on-call rotation in an escalation capacity.

What we need from you:

• Experience working with Google (necessary) and AWS Clouds (including infrastructure as code deployment with Cloud Formation, Terraform, Opsworks, etc)


• Scripting and automation of administrative tasks using Python and Scala is a must


• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and container technologies (Kubernetes is a must, Docker, lxc, etc)


• Clear understanding of software development lifecycles and best practices from an infrastructure point of view (PRs, merge, rebase, etc)


• Understanding the end-to-end operations of a ‘Business System’ vs components.


• Comprehensive systems hardware and network troubleshooting experience


• Common Linux distribution platform installation, configuration, performance tuning, and cloud migration.


• TCP/IP networking, NIC bonding, and network services configuration (DNS, NTP, DHCP, SMTP, etc)


• Operation and administration of virtual infrastructure, including experience with at least one hypervisor (VMware, Hyper‑V, KVM, etc.)


• Ability to describe IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, pros and cons of each, use cases for virtualization and cloud


• Administration of web servers and supporting technologies, including network load balancers


• Experience with the design, development, and deployment of Puppet


• System and application error investigation, troubleshooting of access/availability issues including deep multi-system root cause analysis


• Experience managing networking devices, such as switches and firewalls from a variety of vendors


• Solid understanding of DevOps tools, processes, and culture


• Ability to pick up new technologies quickly


• Ability to provide accurate work scheduling and task estimations for work delivery

What you will receive:

• Love your career : Competitive total rewards package. Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity.


• Love your work/life balance : Flexibly work remotely from your home, there’s no daily travel requirement to an office! All you need is a stable internet connection.


• Love your coworkers : Collaborate with some of the best and brightest in the industry!


• Love your development : Hone your skills or learn new ones with our substantial training allowance; participate in professional development days, attend training, become certified, whatever you like!


• Love your workspace : We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and an annual budget to personalize your work environment!


• Love yourself : Pythian cares about the health and well-being of our team. You will have an annual wellness budget to make yourself a priority (use it on gym memberships, massages, fitness and more). Additionally, you will receive a generous amount of paid vacation and sick days, as well as a day off to volunteer for your favorite charity.

Hiring Disclaimer

• The successful applicant will need to fulfill the requirements necessary to obtain a background check.


• Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in any aspect of the selection process.


• Pythian is looking to fill this position as soon as possible as this position is for an active and open position.

AI Disclaimer

Pythian may utilize Enterprise Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools or features throughout its hiring process. These tools help us manage high volumes of applications efficiently and may be employed to review applications, analyze resumes, and assist with other recruitment steps. While Pythian uses AI in its hiring process, it does not substitute for human judgment. Our Talent Acquisition Team reviews all AI-generated recommendations, and the system is subject to regular bias audits to ensure fairness and compliance with all applicable employment and human rights laws. All final hiring decisions are made by, and remain the responsibility of, human decision-makers. By applying for this position, you consent to Pythian’s use of these AI tools in the evaluation of your application. You have the right to request a human review of any solely AI-driven decision or to request an accommodation. Should you require further details regarding the processing of your data, please reach out to us.