Senior DevOps Engineer

Climavision; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in climate technology is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance their cloud infrastructure. This fully remote role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud solutions while mentoring other engineers. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with cloud providers and Infrastructure as Code.

Benefits

401(k) Savings Plan

Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Unlimited Paid Time-off

11 Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Company Paid Short-term Disability (STD)

Company Paid Long-term Disability (LTD)

Company Paid Life Insurance

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of experience in DevOps or similar role.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and cloud providers.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure for applications.
• Drive automation and security improvements across teams.
• Mentor engineers in DevOps best practices.

Skills

Kubernetes

Git

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Octopus Deploy

PostgreSQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Helm

Grafana

Datadog

Loki

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer

Remote | United States

About Climavision

At Climavision, we’re rebuilding climate technology from the ground up and changing the way we see weather. We merge the power of a proprietary, high-resolution weather radar and satellite network with advanced weather prediction modeling and decades of industry expertise to reduce existing coverage gaps and drastically improve forecasting ability. Our revolutionary new approach to climate technology weather solutions is poised to help reduce the economic risks of climate change on companies, governments, and societies alike. We are backed by The Rise Fund, the world’s largest global impact platform committed to achieving measurable, positive social and environmental outcomes alongside competitive financial returns. Climavision is headquartered in Louisville, KY, with research and development operations in Raleigh, NC.

The Opportunity

At Climavision, our work solves rapidly evolving challenges, with efficiency and scalability at the core of our solutions. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture, automation, and security of our cloud infrastructure. This is a position requiring deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to drive DevOps best practices across the organization. If you have extensive experience with on-prem and cloud providers such as Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or others as well as experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and high-availability systems, we would love to speak with you.

The Work

You will be instrumental in designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud infrastructure, ensuring the seamless deployment of mission-critical applications. Collaborating across teams, you will drive automation, security, and performance improvements while mentoring other engineers in DevOps best practices.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Kubernetes manifests, Helm, Ansible, & Terraform to manage new and existing Azure, Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS), and on-prem infrastructure
• Collaborate with stakeholders and clients to gather requirements and ensure successful implementation.
• Continuously improve automation processes to enhance productivity and streamline development workflows.
• Secure and maintain software-defined networking & security using Tailscale and Zero Trust security practices
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve Cloud, Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS), and on-prem networking & infrastructure issues across the business.
• Conduct regular security and system testing to proactively identify vulnerabilities and implement monitoring solutions.
• Identify technical challenges and develop proactive solutions to mitigate risks and improve system reliability.
• Implement and maintain monitoring & logging infrastructure using Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Loki, Grafana, and Datadog for proactive issue detection and resolution.
• Manage distributed storage systems such as Longhorn & Azure Storage for high availability & performance optimization.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Octopus Deploy to automate software releases and deployments.
• Design and manage microservices to enhance application scalability and resiliency.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Development, or a related field.
• 4-7 years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure Engineer, and/or similar role.
• Experience developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, & Terraform to manage new and existing Azure, Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS), and on-prem infrastructure.
• Strong understanding and applied knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and a variety of Kubernetes distributions such as Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE2) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Experience in identifying and resolving difficult networking and infrastructure issues in on-prem and cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or others.
• Proficiency with Git and Github workflows for version control and building containerized applications.
• Expertise creating and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines with Octopus Deploy experience preferred.
• Proven experience implementing monitoring & logging infrastructure using Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Loki, Grafana, and Datadog.
• Knowledgeable with distributed data storage systems such as Longhorn and Azure Storage.
• Experience managing databases, primarily with PostgreSQL and to a lesser degree CosmosDB.
• Secure and maintain software-defined networking & security using Tailscale and Zero-Trust security practices.
• Participation in team on-call rotation.
• Proven track record of delivering and leading multiple DevOps/SRE/Infrastructure projects.
• Experience working in start-ups, scale-ups, or high-growth companies is a plus.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• This is a full-time, exempt position.
• Fully Remote from the United States
• This job requires frequent use of a computer to complete tasks, attend meetings, and communicate via Microsoft Teams.

Once you land this position, you’ll get to enjoy:

• Benefits of a dynamic and growing organization
• A challenging, hands-on role that will have real impact on the business
• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Unlimited Paid Time-off
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company Paid Short-term Disability (STD)
• Company Paid Long-term Disability (LTD)
• Company Paid Life Insurance

The salary range for this position is $120,000 – 148,000 annually, however Climavision considers several factors when extending an offer of employment including but not limited to, the applicant’s education, experience, the responsibilities of the role, training, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Any offer of employment is contingent on completion of a background check to company standard. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Climavision is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.