Sr. DevOps Engineer

Why you'll love this role:

Doing the audacious is part of SWIVEL’s DNA. We are a company that rewards creative minds who can offer bold solutions, where opinions matter, anything is possible, and the outcome can be revolutionary. As a cutting-edge financial services company, SWIVEL is doing big things and needs the brightest minds to tackle the biggest challenges. Come join us! 

Essential duties include the following:

• Delivering excellence to our Software Engineering teams, empowering them to maximize development velocity while simultaneously enforcing best practices and security standards. 
• Ownership, architecture, and management of AWS infrastructure components such as Lambda, ECS, etc. 
• Building with a mind for both security and compliance. 
• Deploying to AWS via GitHub-based source control and CI/CD pipeline design. 
• Owning the technical design, and implementation of the automation technologies required for deploying, maintaining and operating cloud infrastructure.  
• Creating the policies and procedures for properly supporting our rapidly growing microservice architecture. 
• Ensuring cloud-based architectures meet availability and recoverability requirements. 
• Implementation of cloud-based monitoring and alerting. 
• Find scalability bottlenecks and areas for performance improvements. 
• Identify and execute on opportunities to help set the standard for excellence in cloud infrastructure design and automation. 
• Active monitoring of risks to site SLAs and overall delivery. 

Serious candidates will possess the minimum qualifications:

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Developer) required. 
• At least three (3) years managing AWS infrastructure. 
• At least five (5) years DevOps engineering experience. 
• At least three (3) years CDK or CloudFormation. 
• At least three (3) years Github CI/CD. 
• A strong software engineering or programming background. Any language is acceptable but prefer experience with Python, C#, or .NET. 
• Proven experience with industry standard monitoring and alerting tools. 
• Proficiency with Docker, ECS, and microservice architecture in general. 
• Proficiency with log aggregation tools such as ELK or Splunk. 
• Architecting and deploying advanced cloud infrastructures within AWS. 
• Solid understanding of web services, databases and related infrastructure/architectures. 
• Solid understanding of backup/restore best practices. 
• Release software through tooling (Azure DevOps, Github Actions, Jenkins, etc). 
• Excellent troubleshooting skills. 
• Experience supporting an enterprise-level technology environment. 
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently. 
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication, and documentation skills. 
• Demonstrable experience with cloud security fundamentals. 
• Excellent collaboration skills across various business units. 
• “Can do” attitude with a penchant for getting things done on time and on budget. 

SWIVEL offers*:  

• Competitive overall compensation package
• Work/Life balance 
• Employee engagement activities and recognition awards 
• Years of Service awards
• Career enhancement and growth opportunities 
• Leadership Academy and Mentor Program
• Continuing education and career certifications 
• Variety of healthcare coverage options
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) retirement plans 
• Lucrative Wellness Program

*Based upon employee eligibility 

Additional Information:

SWIVEL is a Substance-Free Workplace and requires pre-employment drug testing.

Please note, SWIVEL does not hire tobacco users as allowed by law.

To learn more about SWIVEL, visit our website at https://www.getswivel.io/. If interested, please click the appropriate apply button.