DevOps Engineer

Job Descriptions:
DevOps Engineer

Full-time position in Seattle, WA * Available to all United States applicants

WHO WE ARE

Pike13 is a fast-growing Seattle-based company that is always looking for people who are customer-focused, dedicated, accountable, and driven. We design and build software that’s simple to use so business owners can focus on what they do best—serving their clients.

HOW WE WORK

We like operating at full throttle in a collaborative group of both startup veterans and novices who debate the right way to do things and are empowered to take smart risks, find brilliant solutions, and build things that better the well-being of our customers and theirs. We’re doing our best work ever, learning from our mistakes, improving on our successes, and finding abilities we didn’t know we had for using sophisticated logic and business intelligence to make bedrock business principles accessible and intuitive to small and enterprise businesses alike.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for building and maintaining Pike13’s infrastructure to ensure it is secure, reliable, scalable, and automated. They collaborate closely with peers to deploy and scale software to enable thousands of business owners to effectively manage their businesses.

Build and maintain infrastructure that is secure, reliable, scalable, and automated.

Responsible for the administration of all production and staging systems.

Writing and maintaining clear documentation about system architecture.

Responsible for network and systems security.

Deploy robust monitoring to vital systems.

Responsible for system maintenance including software and hardware upgrades.

Co-responsible for site uptime and share on-call duty with peers.

Enable Developers to deploy with ease and confidence in order to increase efficiency and reduce time-to-production.

Responsible for maximizing hosting spend efficiency.

Required Experience:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WHO YOU ARE

You care about helping small business owners reach their dreams. You sweat the details of their issues and truly care about the customer experience. In fact, you do whatever’s needed to help our customers succeed. You’re a terrific listener, a diplomatic negotiator, and a discerning communicator. You see what needs to be done and you’re motivated to do it without direction, at the same time looking for opportunities to share ideas and pitch in on others’ projects. You take customer feedback as a challenge to get it right and get joy from building a product that customers love.

BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

At least 5 years of DevOps or software development experience in a technology company.

WHAT YOU KNOW

Sound knowledge of distributed systems architecture.

Strong knowledge of common scripting language

Experience with configuration management software such as Ansible, Chef or Puppet. Preferably Ansible.

Experience deploying distributed applications to AWS.

Experience with both relationship and document databases.

Experience deploying secure applications in a distributed system.

Experience deploying monitoring software.

HOW YOU WORK

Sharp and tenacious troubleshooting skills.

Strong attention to detail.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to work well with other functional peers in a collaborative environment. Proven ability to succeed in a team-oriented, fast-paced environment.

Strong customer focus and understanding of the end-user impact of any architecture.

EXTRA COOL IF YOU HAVE

Experience in coding secure applications

Experience with Docker or other container-based platforms

Experience deploying Ruby on Rails applications

Experience with Kubernetes

Keyword: DevOps Engineer

From: Pike13 Inc