Senior DevOps Engineer

queracomputinginc; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee referral program

Job summary

QuEra Computing is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for our Boston campus to optimize software delivery for embedded systems. You will build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure, and ensure reliability across on-prem and cloud environments.

Responsibilities include modernizing build and release processes, tuning Docker/Kubernetes, and implementing IaC with Terraform and Ansible. Travel minimal; collaboration with hardware teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or closely related field.
• Practical experience implementing complex automated systems in Python, Go, or Bash.
• Experience with on-prem and cloud OS administration (OpenStack, AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with IaC tools Terrafrom or Ansible.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab CI or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop pipelines or distributed lab/test automation environments.
• Experience with core networking and monitoring/logging systems.

Responsibilities

• Optimize software delivery, automate infra, and improve system reliability.
• Build/maintain CI/CD pipelines for embedded software.
• Automate build, test, and deployment processes for devices.
• Manage firmware/software delivery pipelines and releases.
• Tune Docker/Kubernetes environments for embedded apps.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible.
• Monitor performance with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Influx, Redis.
• Collaborate with hardware teams to deploy updates.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Go

Bash

Networking

Monitoring & alerting

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or closely related field

Tools

OpenStack

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Job description

JOB TITLE: Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Location: 1380 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02135 Additional worksites: 1284 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02135; 1280 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02135; 387 Western Ave, Brighton, MA 02135. These worksites are part of the company's Boston campus.

Travel: 5% travel per year (1% domestic and 4% international)

Responsibilities:

• Apply expertise in embedded systems to optimize software delivery, automate infrastructure, and enhance system reliability. Work closely with embedded software teams and physicists to develop robust CI-CD pipelines, improve build automation, implement test automation and manage cloud and on-premises infrastructure to deliver the operating system for QuEra's QC.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Github and custom-built automation harnesses for application and embedded software development;
• Automate build, test, and deploy processes for applications and embedded systems;
• Develop and manage firmware and software delivery pipelines, ensuring efficient releases;
• Optimize containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) for embedded applications;
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent tools;
• Monitor system performance and reliability using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Influx, and Redis;
• Work with developers and hardware teams to integrate software updates including Talos, Flux, Helm, and K8S Pod Services.

Requirements & Qualifications:

Employer requires a Bachelor's degree in software engineering, software development or closely related field and at least seven (7) years of experience as a software developer. In addition, the employer requires the following:

• Practical experience implementing complex automated systems in Python, Go, or Bash gained through at least four (4) years of work experience;
• Practical experience with On-prem and cloud OS administration including but not limited to Open Stack, AWS, GCP, Azure OCI, Talos, Ubuntu, Centos or Debian gained through at least seven (7) years of work experience;
• Practical experience supporting hybrid systems involving embedded devices, custom hardware, or real-time control systems gained through at least four (4) years of work experience;
• Practical experience with IaC tools such as Terraform or Ansible gained through at least four (4) years of work experience;
• Practical experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI or GitHub Actions gained through at least five (5) years of work experience;
• Practical experience with hardware-in-the-loop pipelines or distributed lab/test automation environments gained through at least seven (7) years of work experience;
• Practical experience implementing core networking, network load balancing, and network technologies gained through at least seven (7) years of work experience; and
• Practical experience debugging and solving large, multi-layered systems, including network troubleshooting, application tracing, alerting systems, and logging from both hardware and software sources gained through at least seven (7) years of work experience.

All years of experience may be gained concurrently.

Salary:

Salary: two hundred and ten thousand dollars per year to two hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars per year

This position is eligible for QuEra's Employee Referral Program.