Cloud Operations Engineer

Cloud Operations Engineer

Company Overview:

Circadence Corporation is at the forefront of cybersecurity, delivering SaaS solutions powered by Azure Cloud technology. With expertise in Kubernetes, Golang microservices, gRPC, NoSQL, Terraform, Salt, and React, we drive innovation and offer unparalleled value to our clients. Our flagship offering, Project Ares, stands as the market’s only fully immersive cybersecurity training platform, enabling teams to refine their skills and tactics in mission-specific virtual environments equipped with real-world tools and network activity. With a rapidly expanding portfolio, we cater to commercial, educational, and governmental clients through a range of SaaS and PaaS Cyber Security products.

Position Overview:

Joining us as a Cloud Operations Engineer, you will be instrumental in sustaining the operational excellence of our SaaS solutions. Your role will be centered around operations-centric activities and support, ensuring the optimal performance, reliability, and efficiency of our cloud-based applications and services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee and maintain Kubernetes clusters and infrastructure on Azure.
• Develop and implement IaC (Infrastructure as Code) with Terraform for resource provisioning and configuration management.
• Provide operational support for our data platforms including Redis, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, MongoDB, PostgreSQL and SQL Server.
• Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline operational processes and tasks.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability.
• Promptly respond to and resolve operational issues and incidents.
• Conduct routine maintenance, upgrades, and patches as needed.
• Perform performance analysis and tuning, service capacity planning, and demand forecasting.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and practices.
• Create and maintain documentation related to operational activities and procedures.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience with cloud based global deployment strategies and patterns.
• Proven experience with Azure Cloud Services and Kubernetes.
• Experience with queuing technologies such as Redis and RabbitMQ
• Experience with relational database technologies.
• Strong automation skills with proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar.
• Comprehensive understanding of Azure networking and security.
• Comprehensive understanding of monitoring and observability tools such as DataDog.
• Experience with source control management system and continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) environments such as Azure Devops Pipelines or Github.
• Proficiency in Cloud IaaS, PaaS & SaaS on Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with IaC technologies such as Terraform.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Guacamole, Argo Rollouts, and/or Istio.
• Experience with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
• Experience with configuration management technologies such as SaltStack.
• Familiarity with secret/certificate management systems like HashiCorp Vault or Azure Keyvault.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks like React.
• Understanding of microservice application deployment techniques, best practices, design patterns, and anti-patterns.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary.
• Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Retirement Plan.
• Generous Paid Time Off.
• Opportunities for Career Growth.
• Emphasis on Work-Life Balance.

Constraints:

• Location: Remote.
• Travel: None.
• Schedule: Full-time.
• Salary: Commensurate with experience.

The benefits of working at Circadence

Compensation negotiable, depending on level of experience - $140,000 - $150,000.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Circadence Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status or civil partnership/union status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law.

Circadence will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements.

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All Circadence employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.