Senior DevOps Engineer

almost 3 years ago
Full time role
Boston, MA, US... more
Boston, MA, US... more

Company

In 2009, EnergySage was founded on three key tenets of simplicity, choice and transparency. Everyday there are millions of Americans ...

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Job Description

Do well by doing good.

Do you wake up in the morning excited to go to work? Do you want to engage in a mission that fundamentally betters our world? Do you want to work alongside an amazing team of smart, driven, upbeat colleagues with unique backgrounds and interests? Keep reading because EnergySage might be the place for you.

EnergySage is the leading online marketplace for solar and other clean energy technologies. We strive to make the experience of going solar as easy as booking a flight online. We are looking for passionate, collaborative, authentic individuals to join our team in making renewable energy options more accessible to consumers. We are the most-visited energy website in the U.S.-- last year 10 million people used our tools. What can you help us achieve?

Senior DevOps Engineer

As a Senior DevOps Engineer you are responsible for managing and leveling-up our cloud infrastructure. You love building reliable, scalable systems on top of cloud services. You have a proven track record of securely architecting and managing cloud platforms using Infrastructure as Code. You're proficient with Linux/Unix, and have a solid understanding of network technologies like firewalls, DNS, HTTP, and load balancing. You've applied container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) in production. You have experience applying monitoring tools such as Cloudwatch, Splunk, or NewRelic to catch surprises before they become big problems. You research and document repeatable processes and feel deep satisfaction from automating them. You work closely with software engineers to ensure seamless application delivery.

What You'll Do:

  • Manage and evolve our AWS-based cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability
  • Develop and own best practices for configuration management, system upgrades, monitoring, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery, automating wherever possible
  • Streamline our CI/CD pipeline and deployment processes
  • Partner with the software engineering team to coordinate early on new feature initiatives which may warrant changes in infrastructure or software architecture
  • Work with the software engineering team to identify and troubleshoot issues in production
  • Lead regular infrastructure security audits
  • Contribute to developer tooling and processes to improve efficiency and limit manual effort
  • Work closely with the CTO & entire engineering team, who have been anticipating the addition of an experienced DevOps engineer like you!

What We Look For:

  • 3+ years of hands-on professional experience specifically managing cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS)
  • Experience with:
    • CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Travis)
    • Containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
    • Configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
    • Infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Familiarity with basic Linux, MySQL, Bash, Python, Git, HTTP & TCP/IP
  • Proven success delivering production cloud infrastructure

Also Important for this Position:

  • Systems-thinking mentality with above average ability to prioritize and anticipate unintended consequences
  • Initiative to propose new ways of solving problems, and the organizational and project management skills to follow through on them
  • A passion for automating repetitive manual tasks for yourself and your team
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Consistent demonstration of ownership and accountability
  • Clear communication to support effective collaboration with teammates
  • Proactive drive to fix, improve & learn; willingness to share your learnings with the team
  • Embracing and championing new ideas and technologies

We are EnergySage.

As the leading online comparison-shopping marketplace for rooftop solar, energy storage, community solar, and financing, EnergySage is accelerating the adoption of clean energy by improving consumer access and affordability. Our user-friendly platform is built on the principle of consumer empowerment through unbiased information, transparency, and choice. As we grow and enter new markets, we seek team members who bring new perspectives, skills, and energy that will propel us to accomplish the challenging work we have ahead.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job- but we believe there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. So, however you identify and whatever background you bring, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and help bring renewable energy to the broader market.

EnergySage is committed to building a workplace that welcomes and encourages diverse perspectives. We believe that the most successful teams actively and authentically engage individuals with varied experiences and skillsets.

EnergySage is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Applicants from a broad range of backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Our Values

  • Consumer First: Our top priority is to serve and empower consumers through transparency, equitable access to information, and personalized interactions.
  • Better Together: We recognize that we gain and give more through collaboration, partnership, and diversity of experience and perspective. We respect one another and are inspired by what we learn and achieve together.
  • Integrity: We take personal ownership and pride in doing the right thing. Our consistency, competence, and high standards earn the reputation of “trusted advisors” with all of our stakeholders.
  • Substantive Impact: We are committed to effecting and sustaining positive environmental, social, and market transformations through creativity, innovation, and persistence.
  • Iterative Excellence: Our intellectual curiosity and bias toward action drive us to continuously learn, evaluate, iterate, and improve.

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