Senior DevOps Engineer

Smarterer; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Smarterer is looking for a Sr. DevOps Engineer in Boston, Massachusetts, to help scale systems and optimize infrastructure. The successful candidate will work closely with architects and developers, managing critical systems that serve thousands daily.

Your role will involve performance tuning, establishing release plans, and managing deployments in a high-availability environment. Candidates should have strong Linux, AWS, and extensive DevOps tool experience. Join our dynamic team to contribute to a creative and innovative work culture.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Linux scripting in an Ubuntu/MacOS/CentOS environment.
• Experience with AWS and best practices in cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools like Git, Jenkins, Ansible, and Puppet.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMWare.
• Strong coding and scripting skills in Python and/or Bash.

Responsibilities

• Support and deploy mission-critical systems for thousands of users.
• Tuning performance and maintaining fault-tolerant infrastructure.
• Execute deployment and release plans in a high-availability environment.
• Manage deployments to test and staging environments.
• Collaborate with teams for high-quality release management.
• Assist in developing a test automation framework.

Skills

Linux scripting (Ubuntu/MacOS/CentOS)

AWS

DevOps software (Git, Jenkins, Ansible, CloudFormation, Puppet, Hiera)

Virtualization technologies (VMWare)

Python and/or Bash scripting

Source Control Management tools and methodology (GIT)

Job description

Job Description

Smarterer/Pluralsight is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to help scale our systems, optimize our infrastructure and improve our build and release process. They also must be awesome.

Responsibilities

• Work with a close-knit team of architects and developers on supporting and deploying mission‑critical systems used by thousands of people every day.
• Performance tuning, monitoring, maintaining fault‑tolerant/HA infrastructure.
• Prepare deployment and release plans and execute releases to a high‑availability, multi‑tiered, scalable production environment with zero downtime.
• Manage deployments to test and staging environments.
• Work with Development, Operations, and Customer Care teams to help achieve a high quality of release management.
• Assist with the development of a test automation framework.
• Assist the optimization and automation of the release process.
• Lead virtualization effort to help Platform and Data teams in faster turnaround of experimental and testing environments.
• On‑call rotation with participation in 24x7 support.

Qualifications

• Our servers are provisioned on Ubuntu Linux. Strong Linux scripting (Ubuntu/MacOS/CentOS).
• AWS experience is desired as well as understanding and implementation of best practices in cloud infrastructure, networking, and coding.
• Candidate should have experience in the following DevOps software:
• Git, Jenkins, Ansible, CloudFormation, Puppet, Hiera.
• Virtualization technologies (VMWare).
• Strong coding and scripting experience in Python and/or Bash.
• Solid knowledge of SCM tools and methodology, primarily GIT.
• An outstanding work ethic, high‑integrity, team player attitude.
• Lifelong learner.

Additional Information

We believe in truth telling, freedom, and changing the world. We’re a creative group of storytellers, scientists, mathematicians, and athletes, who believe that a 1980s approach to skills isn’t going to cut it in 2015. Come join our Flock.