Senior CloudOps Engineer
Location: Irving, TX
About Us:
CornerStone TTS is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to be a critical member of our client’s DevOps team. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud technology and healthcare, enabling scalable and secure infrastructure that supports better patient outcomes. If you're a passionate technologist who thrives in dynamic environments, this role could be your next great challenge.
What We Value in You:
- Voracious Learner: Always curious, with a passion for mastering new technologies and personal growth.
- Growth-Minded: Humble and self-aware, recognizing that learning is continuous and committed to fostering growth in others.
- Problem Solver: Skilled at identifying bottlenecks and creating agile, scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure.
- Clear Communicator: Able to articulate complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Enablement Focused: Passionate about empowering people and systems to scale efficiently.
- Collaborative and Adaptable: Embraces challenges with a mindset of continuous improvement and teamwork.
Role Overview:
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will play a vital role in ensuring the performance, scalability, and security of the client’s infrastructure. Your work will support healthcare professionals by reducing operational burdens and enhancing collaboration among care teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Cloud Infrastructure Management:
- Manage and optimize AWS and Azure environments.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in infrastructure as code using Terraform.
- Kubernetes Operations:
- Manage Kubernetes clusters and associated tools like Cilium, Linkerd, Karpenter, and Cert Manager.
- Optimize cluster performance with Metrics Server and External Secrets.
- System Automation & Tool Deployment:
- Deploy and maintain solutions like Kafka, Airflow, and Elasticsearch.
- Set up CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, FluxCD, and ArgoCD.
- Database & Server Administration:
- Administer RDS databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Automate workflows with Bash, Python, or Ruby scripts and manage Linux environments.
- Monitoring & Security:
- Implement monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, AlertManager, and AWS CloudWatch.
- Ensure infrastructure meets HIPAA and SOC2 compliance standards.
- Collaboration & Incident Management:
- Work with engineering teams to design compliant infrastructure.
- Lead response efforts for 24/7/365 operations, resolving production issues in real time.
Qualifications:
- Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps.
- 3-5 years of experience managing Kubernetes on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Expertise with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or Crossplane.
- Experience with AWS Advanced Networking and Security.
- AWS certifications, such as:
- Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
- DevOps Engineer Professional
- Certifications (Preferred):
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
- Technical Skills:
- Proficient in Bash, Python/Go, Groovy, and YAML scripting.
- Strong knowledge of Linux administration, network security, and encryption.
- Experience working with relational, NoSQL, and Graph databases.
- Familiar with version control and collaboration tools like Git, Jira, and Confluence.
- Healthcare Passion:
- Enthusiastic about the impact of healthcare technology and eager to contribute to mission-driven projects.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present ideas clearly to peers and leadership.
