Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer

NEPSE Trading; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

401(k) match up to 10%

25 days PTO + 11 holidays

Annual bonuses and stock options

Professional development allowance

Tech purchases allowance

Swag budget

Donation matching up to $500

Job summary

Skylight is a digital consultancy delivering public-interest technology from the US. This fully remote position supports government-focused software modernization, with careers built around reliability and security.

DevOps engineers own CI/CD pipelines and AWS infrastructure, collaborate with Python/Java/Node.js teams, and apply lean-agile practices, strong security, and automated testing to protect sensitive data.

Qualifications

• Understand modern software development and work with software engineers.
• Operate in a cloud-centric world ensuring availability and resiliency.
• Enable teams to deliver value continuously via CI/CD pipelines.
• Build secure, compliant applications and defend against vulnerabilities.
• Instrument applications and configure infra for monitoring, metrics, logging, and compliance.
• Infrastructure as code and standardized deployment processes.
• Experience on cross-functional teams in iterative delivery.
• Align with our core values.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and AWS infrastructure for reliability and security.
• Engineer a great developer experience in Python, Java, and Node.js via automation.
• Advocate lean-agile practices and automated testing.
• Protect sensitive data with security and privacy best practices.
• Perform security audits and plan remediations.
• Choose appropriate tools and open-source technologies for the job.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

AWS familiarity

IaC (Terraform)

Security audits

Cross-functional teamwork

Automation

Tools

Terraform

OpenSearch

AWS services

CI/CD tools

Job description

About Skylight

Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. We’re at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today’s digital world. If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we’d love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists. The work we do matters.

About the job

At Skylight , DevOps engineers work with developers throughout the software development life cycle to ensure code can be reliably and repeatedly released on demand with a high degree of quality. They understand both software development and operations, with expertise in areas such as networking, security, test automation, and continuous integration/deployment. Our federal health and civilian work covers the systems people rely on to get healthcare and public health information, apply for financial aid and benefits, and reach the records the government keeps on their behalf. These systems serve millions of people, carry sensitive data, and can’t afford to go down — so modernizing them means improving them while they stay available and secure. We’re hiring DevOps engineers across this portfolio as teams form and grow. You’ll own the CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure a delivery team ships on, working alongside the engineers building on them. We’ll match you to a team based on where your experience fits best.

What you’ll do

Build and maintain the CI/CD pipelines and AWS infrastructure that keep records systems reliable, secure, and releasable on demand.

Engineer a great experience for developers working in web-based environments such as Python, Java, and Node.js through automation, virtualization, and process improvement.

Advocate for and adhere to lean-agile engineering principles and practices such as simple design and automated testing.

Protect sensitive data by applying security and privacy best practices.

Conduct security audits and risk analyses, then plan and implement remediations.

Select and use the right tools, frameworks, languages, and technologies for the job, with a preference for open-source solutions.

What we’re looking for

Basic qualifications

• Understand the general concepts of modern software development and can work closely with software engineers.
• Able to work in a cloud-centric world, which includes managing disparate, interconnected systems and ensuring the availability, reliability, and resiliency of these systems.
• Can enable teams to deliver value to users and the business continuously (e.g., CI/CD pipelines).
• Know how to build secure, compliant applications and defend against common vulnerabilities.
• Can work with software engineers to instrument applications and configure infrastructures for monitoring, metrics, alerting, logging, auditability, and compliance.
• Know how to create and maintain your infrastructure as code and standardize deployment processes.
• Experience working on cross-functional teams (product, design, engineering, ops) in iterative delivery.
• A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values.

Nice-to-haves

• Hands-on experience with AWS (S3, Athena, SQS, Lambda, OpenSearch, EKS ) and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform).
• Data migration/ETL experience highly preferred.
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native applications.
• Experience delivering technology in government, regulated industries, or other public-benefit settings.
• A track record of staying aligned and accountable on remote teams.

Other requirements

Some of our available roles are on federal contracts that require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute.

All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories.

This contract requires U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment.

You must complete a company background check successfully.

Logistics

Position type: This is a full-time, exempt position.

Location: This is a fully remote position.

Travel: This role may require occasional or regular travel based on company, client, or contract needs.

Care package

Salary

• Associate DevOps Engineer: $90,000–$125,000
• DevOps Engineer I: $120,000–$140,000
• DevOps Engineer II: $135,000–$160,000
• Senior DevOps Engineer: $150,000–$185,000
• Staff DevOps Engineer: $170,000–$203,000
• Principal DevOps Engineer: $180,000–$230,000

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
• Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
• Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
• Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
• Business development / sales bonuses
• Referral bonuses
• Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
• Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
• Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
• Dollar-for-dollar charity donation matching, up to $500 per year

Flexible, remote-friendly work environment

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