The Role:

The Loop DevOps engineers have strong skills in cloud technologies, containerization, automation tools, DevSecOps, and configuration management. Our projects and decisions are guided by two ultimate goals: to architect a resilient and secure platform, and to make our fellow engineers’ lives easier.

The Core DevOps team’s main role is building and maintaining the infrastructure for Loop’s applications. We also work together with Embedded DevOps Engineers as well as with our partner-team, DevEx, to build a seamless developer experience for Loop’s Software Engineers. Last but not least, all teams within the Engineering Department - Core DevOps included - share the responsibility for the ongoing maintenance of Loop’s applications (think monitoring and incident response).

Members of the Core DevOps team have a strong pull to leave the world (or at the very least, the software industry) better than they found it. When they don’t know the answer to a question right away, “I don’t know, but let me find it out for you” is their default approach. They strive to be accepting of their strengths as well as their limitations, and know how to interact with both empathy and confidence. When they feel strongly about their opinions they dig in their heels, yet they also know how to help their peers truly shine.

Loop HQ is a state-of-the-art office located in Columbus, Ohio, and more than half of our team works remotely across the United States and Canada. You can choose to join us in the Columbus office or stay fully remote in this role.

Our Tech Stack:

AWS (EC2s, Serverless architecture, Redis, DynamoDB, identity management), Docker, Kubernetes, Laravel, Terraform, CircleCI, ArgoCD, Elasticsearch, Datadog.

We’ve laid out the experience and skills that are important for your success on this team, and we will be asking for specific examples to better understand your background.

What you’ll do:

Build, refactor, optimize, and maintain our infrastructure

Work with Product Engineers to triage and debug a wide range of issues

Work with Security Engineers to keep our platform secure

Provide mentorship and 1-1 pairing to your teammates

Identify areas of improvements in our current stack and put forth proposals for remediation

Define technical direction for upcoming projects and break those down with the team

Collaborate with Embedded DevOps and DevEx Engineers in pairings and team ceremonies where needed

Debug issues in the CI/CD pipeline

What you’ll work on:

current project:

Migrate an existing application into Kubernetes

next-up:

Network refactoring - rework our existing network according to industry standards and internal goals

Environment parity - update, standardize, create lower level environments

IAM policies - define, socialize, and implement policies around provisioning access

Elasticache refactoring - optimize application caching and the associated infrastructure

future plans:

Long-term projects to perfect our Disaster Recovery and Observability posture

Your experience:

We appreciate that different humans solve problems in different ways, so we don’t expect you to fit every point of this list of requirements. At the same time, for this role, at least 5+ years of experience with AWS as well as with Kubernetes is a must.

7+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering roles

5+ years of experience using Amazon Web Services

5+ years experience with Kubernetes, including leading migrations of existing applications as well as deploying new Kubernetes clusters in a production environment

Some experience with Terraform or other IaC software, PHP (Laravel framework), Datadog, and DevSecOps in general

You have led several complex projects that involved coordinating effort across multiple teams

You know how to break down and track your work, and how to keep stakeholders informed in a manner that ensures a high level of independence

You are aware of the limitations of the industry when it comes to both technical and cultural diversity, and you can speak to your approach to create an environment where all your teammates are given the opportunity to shine

You are able to share examples giving and receiving critical feedback to/from your peers and your leaders

Your rollback plans are just as meticulous as your rollout plans, and you shudder at the thought of making a change in production without using an effective change management process

- We know that making decisions about your career and compensation is a huge deal. Because of that, we’re incredibly thoughtful about our compensation strategy. We want you to feel safe and excited, but also comfortable with the compensation package of a startup. We’ve outlined some important information for you here, but please know there’s a lot more to compensation than we can cover in this job posting.

- The posted salary range is the base salary for this opportunity. The salary range is subject to change, and may be adjusted in the future.

- The actual annual salary paid for this position will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to: your prior experience and skills related to the position, geographic location, company needs, current market demands, and your total compensation goals.

- Great humans deserve great benefits. At Loop, you’ll be eligible for benefits such as: medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible PTO, company holidays, sick & safe leave, parental leave, 401k, monthly wellness benefit, home workstation benefit, phone/internet benefit, and equity.

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Senior DevOps Engineer