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Company

Senior Devops Engineer

Location

Remote - United States

Type

Full time

Department

Product

Deadline to Apply

December 24, 2024 at 9:00 PM PST

Compensation

  • $150K – $255K • Offers Bonus

 The above sets forth the annual base salary range in USD for this role exclusive of any discretionary bonus that may be awarded. Actual compensation will be based on an assessment of factors including the successful candidate’s location, experience, skill, and other job-related factors. 

Blackpoint Cyber is the leading provider of world-class cybersecurity threat hunting, detection and remediation technology. Founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) cyber operations experts who applied their learnings to bring national security-grade technology solutions to commercial customers around the world, Blackpoint Cyber is in hyper-growth mode,  fueled by a recent $190m series C round. 

Job Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, with a focus on automation, scalability, and performance. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability and efficiency of our systems while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and maintain highly scalable infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt to automate cloud resource provisioning

  • Manage cloud environments, particularly in AWS, ensuring cost optimization, security, and high availability

  • Work with Confluent Cloud and Kafka to manage and scale our data streaming platforms

  • Deploy and manage REDIS instances for caching and real-time data processing

  • Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, and OpsGenie to ensure system reliability

  • Enable feature flag management and controlled rollouts using LaunchDarkly

  • Manage Kubernetes clusters using Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Istio, and Kustomize for continuous delivery and infrastructure-as-code practices

  • Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless integration of new services and features into our infrastructure

  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues, ensuring high performance and uptime

  • Continuously improve automation tools, processes, and methodologies to enhance system scalability and maintainability

  • Stay up-to-date with emerging DevOps trends and technologies, ensuring the organization leverages the latest advancements

Skills & Qualifications:

  • 5+ years proven experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer or in a similar role with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure and automation

  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Terragrunt

  • Deep knowledge of AWS cloud services and best practices for designing secure and scalable architectures.

  • Hands-on experience with Confluent Cloud and Kafka for distributed data streaming

  • Strong experience with REDIS for caching and data storage

  • Proficiency in monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, and OpsGenie

  • Experience with LaunchDarkly for feature flag management

  • Extensive experience managing Kubernetes clusters, including package management with Helm, deployment with ArgoCD, and service mesh configurations using Istio

  • Familiarity with Kustomize for Kubernetes resource configuration

  • Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex systems in production

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in agile environments

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with multi-cloud environments (e.g., GCP, Azure).

  • Familiarity with security best practices in cloud and containerized environments

  • Knowledge of serverless architectures and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Github Actions

  • Some development experience in NodeJS/Python/GoLang

Blackpoint Cyber welcomes and encourages applications from qualified individuals of all races,  colors, religions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital  status, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to equality of opportunity in all  aspects of employment.  For eligible employees in the US, Blackpoint offers competitive Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance plans, a robust 401k plan, Discretionary Time Off, and other minor perks.


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