Sr Staff DevOps Engineer

Vantor • Westminster, CO

78d • $124,000 - $206,000

About The Position

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world. The preferred candidate will be located in /near Westminster, CO, but this position can be performed remotely within the United States. Vantor's Platform Engineering team is growing and we're looking for a Senior Staff DevOps Engineer to support the build, deployment, and operations of the Vantor Hub software suite. This team falls within Vantor's Customer Platform and Product Delivery organization, working on a unified platform powering applications used by all of Vantor's customers. We're looking for a candidate that is inspired by working with a talented group of world-class engineers, scaling our development efforts, and partnering with product to iterate and deliver exceptional products. Day to day the team designs, develops, and supports a wide range of custom and third-party software solutions deployed in AWS, oversees dozens of AWS accounts between commercial and government environments, and guides DevOps best practices. We work with hundreds of Vantor engineers to quickly and securely build, test, and release software changes into our various commercial and government AWS environments. This software and adjacent services are critical to the overall velocity of the organization and allows our teams to introduce business value rapidly without sacrificing quality or security. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a key role in enhancing our infrastructure and automating our deployment processes. You will collaborate closely with our development and operations teams to streamline our development workflows, improve system reliability, and optimize performance.

Requirements

• Proven experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong proficiency with Amazon Web Services.
• Strong proficiency with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong proficiency with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts and protocols.
• Experience running Postgres databases on K8s infrastructure.
• The ability to communicate and collaborate with team members and other colleagues.
• Must be U.S. citizen.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with high availability systems and database replication.
• Experience with microservices architectures.
• Success delivering and maintaining complex software systems in production environments.
• Experience automating infrastructure with zero downtime deployments.
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Certification in relevant technologies (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for our software projects.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring of cloud-based infrastructure using tools like Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.
• Troubleshoot issues related to infrastructure, deployment, and performance.
• Responsible for the 'ilities': availability, scalability, maintainability, reliability, and securability of our services.
• Continuously evaluate and recommend improvements to our DevOps processes and tools.
• Participate in an on-call rotation - 1 week on approximately every 10 weeks.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package.
• Robust 401(k) with company match.
• Mental health resources.
• Student loan repayment assistance.
• Adoption reimbursement.
• Pet insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior