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Senior DevOps Engineer- US REMOTE

Fortanix

Fortanix

Software Engineering
United States
Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Fortanix is a dynamic start-up solving some of the world’s most demanding data protection challenges for companies and governments around the world. Our disruptive technology maintains data privacy across its entire lifecycle -- at rest, in motion, and in use across any enterprise IT infrastructure -- public cloud, on-premise, hybrid cloud, and SaaS.

With key strategic partners like Microsoft, Intel, ServiceNow, and Snowflake, Fortanix customers like PayPal, Google & Adidas are reaping the benefits. Recognized by Gartner as a “Cool Vendor”, Fortanix is revolutionizing cyber security.

Join the revolution!


You will:

  • Provide technology leadership to the Devops Team.
  • Work with customers and product management to design/architect operational requirements of new product/solutions.
  • Automate and accelerate the testing, release and deployment of applications into a runtime environment quickly and reliably
  • Provide Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery solutions for each of the Fortanix projects on-premise or in cloud.
  • Contribute to defining security best-practices, and work on "Shift Left" security to guarantee application security at the earliest stages of development.
  • Provide best-in-class experience to customers via deployment automation and continuous monitoring.
  • Mentor junior engineers in the team in gaining experience and assuming DevOps responsibilities
  • Contribute to a friendly and helpful company culture

You are someone who:

  • Ability to work with people across various locations.
  • Lead the team in the right technical direction and work on roadmap.
  • Exhibits uncompromising integrity
  • Pays attention to detail
  • Thinks critically about complex technical problems
  • Can work independently, while also being an effective member of a team
  • Enjoys programming and embraces cloud technologies


You have:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience in development, operations, and full stack implementations.
  • Solid experience with Linux
  • Proficient with various programming languages such as Python/Go/Ruby for automation and integrations.
  • Experience with the core suite of tools used to manage infrastructure and deployment of application in different cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Experience with industry Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery patterns (CD/CI)
  • Strong networking experience with technologies in TCP/IP, WAN, Gateways, Switching/Routing and Cloud Networking.
  • Able to research, architect, and drive complex technical solutions, in multiple environments, cloud or onprem.
  • Able to lead and impart knowledge effectively to junior resources.
  • Experience with one or more of:·
    • Virtualization or container environments like VMWare, KVM and Docker
    • Orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes
    • Configuration and provisioning management tools like Chef, Ansible, and Puppet
    • Monitoring tools such as Sensu, Prometheus, Nagios or similar
    • Continuous integration systems like Jenkins or similar
    • Logging and analytics tools like Elasticsearch


The technology we use:

  • Jenkins
  • Chef, Ansible, Terraform
  • Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM Cloud
  • Sensu
  • Python, Bash, Rust, Ruby
  • Elasticsearch
  • Unlimited PTO (it’s between you and your work)
  • Friendly culture that brings the best out of everybody
  • Great working environment, we believe this in its truest form, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed technologists can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has" - Margaret Mead

    Fortanix is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with equal opportunity for all applicants and teammates. Our goal is to recruit the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other status. If you’re interested in working in a fast-growing, exciting working environment – we encourage you to apply!