Senior DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Allen Institute

Washington (District of Columbia)

Hybrid

USD 137,000 - 171,000

Full time

9 days ago

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401k

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Allen Institute in Washington state is seeking a DevOps Engineer III in Infrastructure to design and maintain scalable Linux infrastructure and cloud deployments. You will work with Ansible, Terraform, and other IaC tools to support data pipelines and production systems.

The role requires strong scripting, cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure), and PostgreSQL/MongoDB familiarity, in a hybrid onsite/remote work setting.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (education and experience)
3 years’ experience administering substantial Linux deployments
Production experience with IaC frameworks (Ansible, pyinfra, Pulumi, Terraform)
Deep production experience configuring one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Scripting in a common language (Python, Bash, etc.)
Relational database experience (PostgreSQL, etc.)
Bachelor's in CS or related field with 2+ years DevOps/ sysadmin experience

Responsibilities

Define Linux system configuration in code using Ansible; write automated tests with Molecule
Create, deploy and maintain AWS Cloud infrastructure with Terraform
Review infrastructure PRs; follow Allen Institute standards for software deployments
Manage and integrate on‑premises and cloud storage systems
Maintain infrastructure stability and performance; collaborate with developers
Support and maintain CI/CD, databases, logging, and metrics infra
Communicate effectively through documentation and presentations
Scope work with stakeholders and senior engineers; identify risks and meet milestones
Participate in on‑hours support triage rotation approximately two weeks out of ten