DevOps Engineer

Schellman

7d•Remote

About The Position

Schellman is a Top 50 CPA firm and a leading provider of attestation and compliance services. Our professional services focus on security and privacy audits, assessments, and certifications. Schellman has become one of the largest cybersecurity assessment firms in the United States without providing any traditional accounting services. We are an accredited multi-framework ISO Certification Body for security, privacy, business continuity, and quality; a globally licensed PCI Qualified Security Assessor and a top provider to clients serving the federal DoD space as a leading FedRAMP 3PAO and the first assessment firm authorized as a CMMC C3PAO. Our specialty and expertise remain in providing best in class Cybersecurity and IT Audits and Attestations. Our culture, approach with clients, and dedication to our values has led us to consistently be a Great Places to Work certified company and rated as a Best Firms to Work For by Accounting Today and a Glassdoor Best Places to Work. We deeply appreciate our employees, as shown by our first core value – People Come First. This is demonstrated in our culture, benefits, and how we handle business. Come see what makes Schellman special! JOB SUMMARY The DevOps Engineer plays a key role in building and maintaining our secure and scalable cloud infrastructure. This role partners with development and security teams to optimize our DevOps processes and implement new technologies to ensure efficient and secure deployments. This role reports to the Director, IT. This position is an incredible opportunity to enhance skills and develop career growth by working closely with very experienced team members in DevOps, Security, and Operations. This role works on projects independently allowing professional ownership, without excessive impediments. The team is very efficient, and the environment conveys more like a "fast-paced startup" where you'll have multiple responsibilities instead of siloed into only one area. Expectations are reasonable, and Schellman strives to offer a healthy work/life balance. Important note: There are regular morning/evening deployments outside of business hours as well as on-call rotations.

Requirements

Hands-on experience with DevOps tools including: Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes, Containers (Docker/Podman), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu/Ansible), git workflows (GitLab/GitHub), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab Pipelines), Shell scripting (Bash), and Database administration (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis)
Solid understanding of Information Security, IAM, LDAP, APIs, and Networking
Strong knowledge and proficiency with Linux OS
Familiarity with MLOps concepts and tooling (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker, or similar) and experience supporting ML pipeline infrastructure
High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
Proven track record of proactively identifying and solving problems
Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communication skills
Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-moving, dynamic environment
Self-starter with the ability to effectively problem solve, prioritize, and execute tasks with minimal direction
Bachelor's degree in a relevant Information Technology discipline, or equivalent years of directly related experience
4 or more years of overall IT experience, with 2 or more years of DevOps in a cloud-native environment

Nice To Haves

AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator Associate) — obtained or actively in progress
Other accomplishments, awards, or projects that showcase skills & abilities

Responsibilities

Identify, manage, and optimize our current AWS infrastructure with a focus on Security, Resiliency, and Observability
Assist the Development team in automation/performance optimizations and adherence to best practices
Contribute to the roadmap for assigned services and capabilities, providing guidance and expertise when designing solutions for business needs
Participate in R&D for process improvement and release speed
Partner with other IT teams, as well as business verticals, to automate manual processes with scalability, cohesion, and security in mind
Build and maintain strong relationships with our vendors and service providers
Leverage APIs to script and automate various IT operations
Support the evaluation and implementation of new services to address the needs of our team members and clients
Collaborate with the AI Team to support ML workload infrastructure, including model deployment pipelines, compute resource management, and environment reproducibility
Support compliance requirements in accordance with applicable frameworks (SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA)
Quickly identify, communicate, diagnose, and resolve technical issues
Build and maintain detailed and accurate documentation for our processes and workflows