DevOps Engineer

PingWind

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About The Position

PingWind is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our team supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a fully remote position. Responsibilities span the entire software development lifecycle, focusing on automation, efficiency, and reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering or technical discipline.
• 5 years relevant experience.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Expert communication and client management skills.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and organized.
• Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Flexible, able to adapt to different customer groups and expectations.
• Experience working in and with cross-functional teams.
• Outcome-oriented approach focused on delivering value to end users backed by measurable, data-driven results.
• U.S. Citizenship; Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Ensure rapid and reliable software releases.
• Use tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation to automate infrastructure provisioning.
• Maintain version-controlled infrastructure configurations.
• Set up and manage monitoring tools.
• Implement alerting systems to proactively identify issues.
• Analyze logs to troubleshoot and resolve incidents.
• Deploy and manage applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) or on-premises servers.
• Optimize resource usage and cost.
• Work closely with developers, QA, and IT teams to streamline workflows.
• Advocate for DevOps best practices across the organization.
• Integrate security checks into CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps).
• Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.
• Write scripts (Bash, Python, PowerShell, etc.) to automate repetitive tasks.
• Develop custom automation solutions as needed.
• Implement backup strategies and disaster recovery plans.
• Regularly test recovery procedures.
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance.
• Identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements.
• Architect, build, and maintain cloud environments (AWS).
• Design scalable, resilient, and secure network architectures.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and management of cloud resources.
• Use configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Set up monitoring and alerting for cloud resources (using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Datadog).
• Implement centralized logging and observability solutions.
• Analyze performance and cost metrics; recommend and implement optimizations.
• Enforce cloud security best practices (identity and access management, encryption, network segmentation).
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and remediation.
• Evaluate and recommend new cloud services and technologies.
• Stay current with cloud trends and emerging best practices.
• Drive adoption of automation and DevOps practices.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees