Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: US (Santa Clara or Remote)

Axiad is looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Cloud team.

Do you have a passion for Continuous Integration (CI) and Delivery (CD) and cloud applications that run on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containers? Do you have technical expertise with deploying web applications and services in Linux cloud environments? Do you enjoy scripting, automation, writing plugins and working with deployment management tools, logging, monitoring and reporting tools?

If yes, then we are looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to be actively involved in leading the design, development, and deployment of our unique, highly secure and scalable Cloud Identity and Access Management platform. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a creative team with competitive compensation and excellent benefits (stock options, 401K and health insurance). Help build the future of our revolutionary Cloud IAM solution.

Join the Axiad team of talented engineers, marketers and sales experts. Axiad is a fast-growing Cloud Service Provider focused on Cyber-Security - specifically on the increasingly important area of Identity and Access Management (IAM). Located in Santa Clara, CA. Axiad will offer you the opportunity to interact with all industries, Fortune 500 as well as SMB customers. With the increased need for strong authentication and Identity Management solutions, our company has seen significant sustained growth over the past couple of years and we are looking for motivated individuals to join our team of security experts.

RESPONSIBILTIES:

• Drive deployment and operations of Axiad Cloud

• Develop automation to rapidly and safely deploy and manage complex infrastructures of cloud applications at scale

• Design and implement the automation of every aspect of our CI/CD pipeline and security program

• Contribute to the creation of system support documents and operational procedures

• Operate the platform within our security and privacy guidelines

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

What Do I Need For This Role?

• Cloud

  • Strong Linux administration experience (e.g. RedHat/CentOS) with a focus on web infrastructure (Apache/Nginx/HAProxy/Tomcat), applications, and databases (e.g. Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL)

  • Proven experience leveraging automation and scripting to deploy, monitor and maintain highly secure and scalable cloud services (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Git, Python, Ruby, Groovy, Docker, Kubernetes, Nagios, Splunk, ELK, Grafana).

  • Solid experience with AWS technologies such as EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, ELB/ASG, ECS/EKS, or equivalent cloud technologies

  • Strong understanding of networking protocols/technologies like HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, VPNs, and proxies

  • Understanding of application clustering/load balancing concepts and technologies

• Development

  • Strong development experience (e.g. Python, Ruby)

  • Experience with CI and CD pipeline (e.g. Jenkins), package management (rpm/yum)

  • A passion for building and deploying scalable and reliable cloud services

• General

  • Needs to be US person (US Citizen or US Permanent Resident)

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (or higher), minimum of 5 years of relevant AWS experience with overall 10+ years of development / infrastructure experience

  • Clear written and verbal communications skills

  • Excellent time management and organizational skills.

  • Attention to detail, self-motivated, creative and flexible

  • Experience with code reviews and test coverage to evaluate and communicate quality information with the team

Bonus Experience

• Experience with operating secure cloud infrastructure that has continuous monitoring for FedRAMP certification.

• Experience in security conformance and certifications like SOC2, FedRAMP etc.

• Experience in security best practices, host and network intrusion detection, logging and monitoring (e.g. Nagios, Splunk, Elastic Search, Ossec/WAF, Snort/Sourcefire).

• Experience using the following technologies: PKI, Kubernetes, service meshes, Azure.

• Experience in leading and mentoring devops engineers.

ABOUT US:

We are a fast moving company and are looking for candidates with growth potential, eager to learn and who can demonstrate their abilities and motivation to contribute in a fast pace environment.

Axiad offers a competitive salary, stock options and a full list of benefits, including health, 401K, vision and dental coverage. You will work in a fun and creative environment with a talented group of individuals that have a passion for building great solutions.