DevOps Cloud Engineer - Top Echelon Software

Company Overview
Top Echelon Software is a premier provider of comprehensive recruiting and hiring solutions. Our integrated platform combines sourcing, applicant tracking, pipeline management, CRM, business development, and reporting to enhance the efficiency and speed of hiring processes. Serving thousands of users across diverse industries globally, we drive innovation in talent acquisition.

Our Mission
Our mission is to revolutionize the employment marketplace through groundbreaking recruiting and hiring software, fostering a world where work is more accessible and efficient.

Position Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Cloud Engineer to join our team. This role involves close collaboration with development teams to deliver, monitor, and scale our SaaS applications and microservices, with a focus on high availability, performance, and security. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in DevOps, particularly within AWS environments. You will evaluate current technologies, design future solutions, and help build deployment infrastructure to streamline application deployment processes.

This is a full-time position with the flexibility to work from our offices in Canton, OH, or Minneapolis, MN, with hybrid options available.

Eligibility
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa at this time.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of our AWS Cloud infrastructure using technologies such as EKS (Kubernetes), Docker, Karpenter, EC2, S3, Aurora, Terraform, Helm, Ansible, Gitlab, and Jenkins.
• Develop and implement tools for continuous integration, governance, and audit automation.
• Monitor infrastructure performance to ensure system stability and uptime.
• Collaborate with the IT team to enhance reliability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
• Create and maintain custom scripts to improve system efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Provide expertise in enterprise architecture and digital security.
• Assist developers with server troubleshooting and application configuration issues.
• Diagnose and resolve production outages, conducting root cause analysis.
• Lead production migrations and offer off-hour support for mission-critical applications when necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Passion for technology and automation, with a commitment to staying current on industry trends.
• Innovative and creative problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in AWS services and expertise in optimizing AWS expenditure.
• Proven experience with container deployments of web applications (Ruby on Rails, PHP, Node.js, C#).
• Experience with automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Knowledge of tools like Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Istio, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Solr, microservices, message queues and their AWS Managed Service equivalents.
• Deep understanding of multiple monitoring tools for advanced data analysis.
• Strong grasp of DevOps principles and CI/CD technologies.
• Fundamental knowledge of Cloud security best practices, including Zero Trust Architecture.
• Experience with SOC2 compliance is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays, including a paid company shutdown from Christmas Eve to New Year's
• 401(k) with up to 4% employer match after 6 months of employment
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid Life Insurance, Long-Term and Short-Term Disability, and Wellness Plan
• A relaxed and professional work environment
• Remote and hybrid work options available
• Commitment to continuous learning and development with a monthly education stipend
• Monthly work-from-home/remote stipend

For more information and to apply, please visit: Top Echelon Careers

Top Echelon is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.