Fast Facts

Stride, Inc. is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to enhance their CI/CD pipeline by implementing automation solutions with an emphasis on security and reliability. This role involves collaboration with various teams to drive DevOps best practices and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include managing AWS environments, configuring CI/CD tools, implementing security measures, mentoring team members, and promoting automation within the organization.

Skills: Candidates should possess strong problem-solving skills, expertise in AWS, Unix, scripting, configuration management, containerization, and tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include a BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering, 5+ years in DevOps, and specific experience in various technical areas as outlined in the job description.

Location: This is a fully remote position based in the United States.

Compensation: $66379 - $148000 / Annually

Job Description

The DevOps Engineer works with DevOps leadership, the Center of Excellence, and multiple Scrum teams to identify, design and implement new automation patterns in our CI/CD pipeline with a focus on security, resilience, and observability. The Sr DevOps engineer should be a champion of automation and best practices to drive improvements in development and release times as well as overall quality and security.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Architect, implement, and manage AWS production and development environments to support Stride’s applications and products
• Configure and help to administer CI/CD build tools, automated testing systems, security analysis tools, and repository managers supporting a large software development organization.
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and automation and bring them to fruition with the appropriate business case
• Ensure development activities are appropriately secure and protected
• Collaborate with multiple development teams across the organization to ensure adherence to DevOps standards and best practice
• Define and develop reporting and metrics for environment status and health monitoring, devops automation maturity, and devops performance
• Contribute to the design and implementation of DevOps best practices and standards
• Documents procedures and reports on current environment configurations and applications
• Mentor DevOps engineers

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:  

• BS or MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, with at least 4 years focused on AWS environments
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Certificates and Licenses: None required.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• ​​Must be adept at solving complicated technical problems
• 4 years of experience with AWS
• 4 years of experience with Unix and scripting languages
• 3 years of experience with configuration management
• 2 years of experience of Postgres
• 2 years of experience with Tomcat and Apache
• 3 years of experience with Terraform and CloudFormation
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience and passion for troubleshooting issues in a web application environment
• Experience with source code management, build & deploy tools, e.g., BitBucket, Jira, Jenkins, Maven, Nexus, Crucible, Liquibase ANT, IDEs (Eclipse, NetBeans, etc.)
• Ability to maintain multiple source code and database branches and keep pace with the flow of new projects
• Ability to work in a Linux and Windows environment with the ability to write Linux shell scripting.
• Extensive work with open-source tools
• Experience working with remote team members
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Must be able to work on a flexible schedule if/when an overnight deployment is needed
• Ability to pass required background check

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This is a remote position. 

Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

• We anticipate the salary range to be $66,379.50- $148,000.00. An individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors which include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. 

Job Type

Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting [email protected].

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.