DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer

Sunbird Software Inc.•Raleigh, NC

About The Position

Sunbird is seeking a DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer to join their engineering team. This role is crucial for maintaining and evolving the company's development and test infrastructure. The engineer will collaborate with software engineering teams to enhance automation, reliability, security, scalability, and deployment efficiency across both on-premises and cloud environments. The ideal candidate is a technically curious individual with a passion for Linux administration, automation, CI/CD, cloud technologies, container platforms, and solving complex operational challenges. The role involves working with technologies such as Linux, Python, Bash, Perl, Jenkins, GitHub, Kubernetes, OpenShift, VMware, Azure, and AWS.

Requirements

Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting experience
Experience with Shell, Ruby, Perl or Python scripts that allow users to easily configure servers and perform other administrative tasks
Knowledge / experience with containerization (Docker / Kubernetes / OpenShift)
Experience with system administration and networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Routing, Etc..)
Ability to manage Cisco firewalls and configure/maintain VPNs
Must use only company-approved AI tools and follow documented company AI usage policy

Nice To Haves

Experience using AI-assisted tools to improve productivity and operational effectiveness
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field

Responsibilities

Maintain, monitor, and continuously improve on-premises infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, virtualization, and container platforms.
Manage backup and disaster recovery processes for critical systems and applications, including local and offsite backups.
Apply operating system, hypervisor, firmware, and application patches to ensure systems remain secure and up to date.
Design, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation processes to improve delivery speed, quality, and reliability.
Deploy and maintain virtual machines and infrastructure across VMware, Linux KVM, Microsoft Azure, and AWS environments.
Support identity and access management systems, including SAML, LDAP, and Active Directory integrations.
Support network and systems administration tasks, including DNS, VPN, firewall coordination, SSL certificate management, and secure remote access.
Evaluate and recommend infrastructure improvements, tooling enhancements, and operational best practices to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
Automate routine operational and deployment tasks using scripting and infrastructure management tools.
Collaborate with software engineering teams to improve application deployment processes, operational readiness, observability, and platform reliability.
Create and maintain technical documentation for infrastructure, deployment procedures, operational standards, and recovery processes.
Maintain Perl, Ruby and Shell scripts that allow customers to easily deploy and configure our solution, run backups/restores, provide high availability, and perform other administrative tasks.
Provide after-hours or on-call support for critical systems (not frequent).