Devops Engineer

Preface

This position is contingent upon a Federal contract award notice scheduled to occur on or about March 1, 2024.

This position requires U.S. citizenship, a U.S. passport with at least 1 year of validity (as of March 1, 2024) and completion of a security background check.

About Us

Positive Action is an educational program that is used worldwide in a variety of settings from traditional school settings to counseling programs. It is a market leader for Social and Emotional Learning materials. Designed to create a positive learning environment for students, Positive Action has enabled thousands of organizations to cultivate an intrinsic interest in learning.

The Company has a close-knit Dev team that develops and maintains a modern EdTech app.

Overview

Positive Action is recruiting for a DevOps Engineer with a multidisciplinary background to support ongoing operations in support of a long-term Federal contract. For legal compliance and capital planning purposes, management retains a cloud bursting methodology. Qualified candidates should be well-versed in public cloud architecture but also have experience managing colocation space, datacenter-to-datacenter networking and blade architecture.

Positive Action employs a global workforce that spans three continents and three domestic time zones. To effectively collaborate, this position requires a shift that starts at 7:00 am ET, Monday through Friday.

This position reports directly to the CEO.

Travel

Both domestic and international travel will be required for team meetups, colocation space management, and consulting with international partners. The amount of travel will vary year-to-year but is expected to be extensive in 2024.

Responsibilities

• Design and initialize CI/CD pipelines and environments for various assets.

• Administer on-prem highly available Kubernetes clusters for microservice application deployments.

• Coordinate with dev teams on conceptualization and architecture for various assets.

• Identify, recruit, and manage skilled infrastructure specialists on contract, when the need arises.

• Manage environments and infrastructure via GitOps practices.

• Monitor system architecture metric and alerts.

• Develop load tests and implement real user monitoring for websites.

• Perform routine security audits on critical infrastructure.

• Plan and deploy new infrastructure in relevant geographical regions.

• Fully manage the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Linux servers.

• Manage the company’s public DNS and security certs.

• Participate in code reviews.

• Commission and monitor pen testing efforts.

• Provide expertise to SysAdmins on internal, operational needs.

Ethos

The Company is built on creative energy, and we understand the creative process. We are not a crypto startup, nor are we tracking medical records. We are in the business of shaping hearts and young minds. The decisions that we make affect students and educators around the world. We look for professionals that believe in the mission. We believe development is a collective process. We do not allow budget to determine schedule. We take the time to get it right, the first time. We take the time to consider every opinion and viewpoint. We take the time to develop for best-in-class not first-to-market.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.

Experience

At least three years of experience deploying containerized applications via orchestration.

Work Settings

The Company offers flexible work settings. This position is available as remote or hybrid with a physical presence in Madison, Wisconsin. Relocation assistance is available.

Closing Date

March 15, 2024.

Equal Opportunity

Positive Action, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status.