Lead DevOps/ Cloud Engineer

Mathematica; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Lead DevOps/Cloud Engineer, where your expertise will shape the future of automated release management. In this pivotal role, you will establish and manage a fully automated DevOps pipeline, enhancing the deployment process and driving operational excellence. Collaborate with a talented team to implement Infrastructure as Code and ensure high-quality software delivery through Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative solutions that impact public and private sectors while enjoying the benefits of being part of an employee-owned firm that values your contributions and growth.

Benefits

Competitive Salaries

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Qualifications

• Experienced DevOps professional with a focus on building and deployment infrastructure.
• Strong command of scripting languages and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance, updates, and deployment schedules for software applications.
• Drive operational excellence through documentation and refined processes.
• Collaborate with teams to advance product development and ensure security.

Skills

DevOps

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Scripting Languages

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Tools

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CICD)

AWS

Job description

Mathematica applies expertise at the intersection of data, methods, policy, and practice to improve well-being around the world. We collaborate closely with public- and private-sector partners to translate big questions into deep insights that improve programs, refine strategies, and enhance understanding. Our work yields actionable information to guide decisions in wide-ranging policy areas, from health, education, early childhood, and family support to nutrition, employment, disability, and international development. Mathematica offers our employees competitive salaries, and a comprehensive benefits package, as well as the advantages of being 100 percent employee owned. As an employee stock owner, you will experience financial benefits of ESOP holdings that have increased in tandem with the company’s growth and financial strength. You will also be part of an independent, employee-owned firm that is able to define and further our mission, enhance our quality and accountability, and steadily grow our financial strength. Learn more about our benefits here: Benefits at a Glance

As a Lead DevOps/Cloud Engineer, you will create and manage an automated DevOps release management pipeline for an expanding product platform. You will lead the establishment of the right tooling and processes that result in a fully automated release management pipeline. The pipeline will include: the automated build process, environment setups, testing scripts, deployments, and production operational metrics/debugging information.

The ideal candidate is an experienced DevOps professional who enjoys working on building and deployment infrastructure, employs Infrastructure as Code (IaC), has a command of scripting languages, and possesses strong communication and presentation skills. You will have an opportunity to contribute to the advancement of existing systems as well as the ability to contribute to new portfolio offerings all with focus, growth, and adoption of DevOps best practices.
Responsibilities:

• Lead all maintenance, update, and deployment schedules, change communication and roll-out success
• Drive operational excellence through better documentation, refined processes, and better measuring of results
• Drive continuous monitoring and alerting around infrastructure, server, and application availability & performance
• Lead our DevOps practices to deliver high quality software more quickly using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CICD) pipelines from code commit to production deployment
• Build and share visible metrics around: hosted health, cost, performance, quality, and uptime
• Collaborate with vendors, ITS, Security and Compliance teams to advance product development team’s roadmap
• Design infrastructure that is secure and cost optimized
• Lead a growing Cloud Operations team consisting of AWS Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and DB experts

About the company

Reimagining the way the world gathers and uses data. Illuminating the path to progress for public and private sector changemakers. #ProgressTogether