DevOps Engineer

Position Overview
The DevOps Engineer will play a pivotal role in supporting and advancing our cloud infrastructure and deployment strategy. This role will focus on supporting the development team in all aspects of their role in an end-to-end development lifecycle. This role will also aid the support and implementation team with the tools they need to support and test the software solutions. One of the primary roles will be supporting a cloud production, staging, testing, and development infrastructure in Azure. This includes Front Door, Linux-based MS-SQL Servers (looking to migrate to SQL Azure), Azure Web Apps, IIS Servers, Windows App Servers, Windows Dev/Test Workstations, and Linux Servers. This role will also be in charge of developing and implementing CI/CD pipelines in Azure. You will be responsible for the processes and controls for SOC2, ISO, and HIPAA and any certifications and audits that go along with it. This is a new position within a growing company that was previously handled by senior management, developers, and engineering, so the company is looking for an expert to take over the reins and lead the team into uncharted territories. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in various sized organizations to make a significant impact and help a startup-style company scale up.

The Company
Savance is a fast-paced, dynamic, challenging, and demanding environment; and also a fun and rewarding place to work. We thrive as a team and are always looking for people who are the right culture fit and have the right attitude. To excel at Savance, you have to love to be challenged, seek out opportunities to develop your skills, be confident yet humble, have a positive mindset, and be committed to continuous growth. We thrive working alongside smart, independent, and self-motivated people who get along well with others.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain and support a cloud production, staging, testing, and development infrastructure in a well-documented, Azure-based infrastructure with alerts and monitoring
• Work with development to architect modern web, microservices and cloud-native distributed systems based on containers such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Architect and automate the deployment and operation of cloud-native technologies using CI/CD workflows, infrastructure provisioning, and application deployment tools
• Participate in and support all aspects of the software development life cycle for Cloud solutions including planning, requirements, development, and testing
• Research and implement new technologies that may improve efficiency, scalability, reliability, repeatability, and reduce cost
• Regularly audit current cloud environment and recommend changes and improvements that can impact performance and cost
• Configure and manage Azure resources including virtual networks, virtual machines, SQL database servers, and more
• Migrate and archive on-premise vmware and hyper-v workloads to Azure to a virtual network that can be accessed from the office or via VPN
• Effectively secure the cloud environment by managing IAM access and other security aspects of the cloud environment. This includes setting up users, roles and groups with proper permissions (permissions management), providing employees and contractors secure access to limited resources, and performing updates or maintenance to various resources and components
• Manage operating system images, updates and operations for VMs typically managed in Azure

Job Requirements

• Expert in Azure Cloud Technologies (Virtual Machines, Web Apps, Resource Groups, Virtual Networks, Express Routes, Load Balancers, Security Rules, Network Security Groups, Azure SQL Server, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Cache, Azure Alerts, Azure AD (Entra ID), Key Vaults, Metrics and Logs) Proficient to Expert with Azure DevOps and Git (CI/CD using coded pipeline such as YAML and ansible playbooks)
• Experience securing, managing and monitoring Azure environments
• Experience in complete Azure administration – Subscriptions, IAM, Resource Groups, etc.
• Experience with end-to-end software development lifecycle and delivery using Waterfall and Agile practices
• Experience supporting technical teams implementing a DevOps platform to accelerate software delivery supporting techniques such as Blue-Green Deployment
• Ability to design and implement highly available and scalable application solutions in a cloud environment
• Expert-level project management skills
• Programming skills in C#, VB.NET, Angular, HTML, and CSS a plus
• Ability to analyze business needs and translate them into technology solutions
• Excellent knowledge of On-Premise Infrastructure to support Virtual Machines (Hyper-V and VMWare), VPN, Networking, and migrating workloads to Azure

Critial Attributes

• Great problem solver
• Extremely hard-working
• Boundaryless work-ethic
• Ability to produce results with minimal supervision
• Team player
• Eager to learn
• Desire to be challenged
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Education/Experience

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Azure DevOps certification
• G-Suite experience preferred
• 2+ years of experience in DevOps
• 5+ years in a technical position (software development, software architecture, IT, engineering, etc.)

Compensation & Benefits

• 70k+ salary based on experience
• 2 weeks of paid time off
• 8-10 paid holidays a year
• 401k with company matching
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Remote, work from home position