Senior DevOps Engineer, (Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services)

Fearless•Washington, DC

8d•$96,470 - $105,000•Remote

About The Position

Fearless is seeking a part-time Senior DevOps Engineer in its Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services career path to build and operate the technical foundation for a modern digital platform. The role combines cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and backend engineering to support secure, scalable, reusable digital services. Initial priorities include establishing cloud infrastructure, development environments, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, security controls, and observability. As the infrastructure matures, the role will expand into hands-on backend development, APIs, system integrations, and ongoing production and operational support. The position is fully remote. The Senior Consultant collaborates with cross-functional teams to align the technical vision, implementation, and quality of software systems across development, reliability, testing, and operations. The role bridges business objectives with technical execution in software development, infrastructure, security, and testing, and is expected to ensure scalable, secure, reliable solutions while mentoring engineers, fostering collaboration, and aligning stakeholders with product and project goals. The role requires working during the project's 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Mountain Time schedule and may involve occasional travel to client sites or company meetings. The position calls for advanced proficiency in the listed skills and responsibilities, including cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, observability, security, production support, and backend engineering. The advertised hiring range is $96,470–$105,000, prorated because this is not a full-time role. The position is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance criteria. Benefits listed for full-time team members are specified separately in the posting.

Requirements

At least 6 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or related roles.
Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining cloud infrastructure and application environments.
Demonstrated experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent technologies.
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated build, test, deployment, and rollback processes.
Experience with cloud networking, storage, compute, containers, and environment provisioning.
Experience implementing monitoring and observability through centralized logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerting.
Hands-on experience implementing cloud and application security practices, including secrets management, encryption, IAM, vulnerability management, and access controls.
Experience supporting production applications, including incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and operational readiness.
Strong backend software engineering experience, including development or support of APIs, services, or microservices.
Experience supporting integrations and secure data exchange between applications or services.
Experience working closely with application engineers to deploy and operate software in production.
Experience documenting infrastructure, deployment processes, and operational procedures.
Experience delivering software using Agile development practices.
Ability to work during the project's required 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Mountain Time schedule.
Advanced application proficiency in the listed skills and competencies: able to perform associated actions without assistance and recognized within the immediate organization as a resource for difficult questions.
Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
Ability to communicate effectively by phone, email, and in person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
Ability to move within an office environment, reach for files, use office equipment, and occasionally lift up to 10 pounds.
Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.

Nice To Haves

Experience with event-driven architecture and service orchestration patterns.
Experience with container orchestration platforms and microservices deployment strategies.
Experience supporting complex digital modernization initiatives.
Experience working within environments with significant security, privacy, or data-protection requirements.

Responsibilities

Design, configure, and maintain cloud infrastructure across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
Establish and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent technologies.
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated application builds, testing, deployment, validation, and rollback.
Automate environment provisioning and application deployment to improve reliability, repeatability, and release velocity.
Configure and support networking, storage, compute, containers, and application runtime environments.
Implement automated quality gates, security scanning, and deployment validation.
Establish centralized logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and operational dashboards.
Implement and support secrets management, encryption, identity and access management, role-based access controls, and audit logging.
Support vulnerability remediation, security reviews, penetration testing remediation, and other security and compliance activities.
Support backup, recovery, failover, disaster recovery, and operational-readiness practices.
Monitor application and infrastructure health and troubleshoot production, deployment, performance, and integration issues.
Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis.
Partner with application engineers to move code through environments and into production.
Contribute hands-on to backend services, APIs, microservices, and system integrations as infrastructure needs decrease.
Support secure data exchange, API integrations, and service orchestration.
Create and maintain deployment procedures, infrastructure documentation, operational runbooks, and support documentation.
Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical planning, estimation, release coordination, and production cutovers.
Foster collaboration across cross-functional teams and drive conversations.
Coach, mentor, and develop peers, communicating engineering solutions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Deliver services that build trust with customers and teammates.
Drive accountability and delivery, ensuring project objectives are met on time and aligned with client priorities and Fearless standards.
Anticipate risks, identify issues early, implement proactive solutions, and coach teammates on mitigation strategies while keeping leadership informed.
Cultivate stakeholder and partner relationships, synthesize client insights, and provide Fearless leaders with actionable recommendations.
Deliver high-quality code and maintainable systems, and implement innovative solutions using engineering best practices, tools, frameworks, and methodologies.
Align stakeholders with product and project goals and serve as a trusted advisor in the area of expertise.

Benefits

Flexible, life-friendly schedules (listed for full-time team members).
100% coverage for the medical HSA plan and HSA contributions (listed for full-time team members).
Dental and vision coverage at 100% for the employee and dependents (listed for full-time team members).
Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage (listed for full-time team members).
401(k) with 4% match and immediate vesting (listed for full-time team members).
Paid parental leave and 12 weeks of paid FMLA (listed for full-time team members).
Generous PTO, 11 federal holidays, a birthday holiday, and sick leave (listed for full-time team members).
Up to 15 days for jury duty and bereavement leave (listed for full-time team members).
Education, wellness, and technology allowances (listed for full-time team members).
Referral bonus of $6,000–$12,000 for each successful referral (listed for full-time team members).
Pet insurance and discount plans (listed for full-time team members).
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) (listed for full-time team members).
Legal support, life insurance, and disability coverage (listed for full-time team members).
Discretionary performance-based bonus based on individual and company performance criteria.