Associate Director of DevOps

CivicActions is a mission-minded company. We focus on helping the government deliver better services through modern software practices. We work in cross-functional, agile teams and communicate openly and honestly. We encourage a balanced, autonomous lifestyle. We are looking for others like us with a true passion for using technology to change our world positively.

The associate director will supervise a team of 2-7 DevSecOps engineers working on multiple projects (10%-30% of time) as well as work as a DevSecOps Engineer.

This position is remote (work from home) and requires a federal background investigation.

Responsibilities

• Uphold CivicActions inclusive culture and values. Support company-wide goals and objectives.
• Provide direct reports with professional development planning and day-to-day support
• Manage resource utilization, time and expense budgets of direct reports
• Continually evaluate the performance of direct reports.  Provide feedback in the form of mentoring, coaching and annual reviews.
• Take direction from and provide guidance to the CivicActions board and executive team
• Support the DevSecOps practice area, project delivery quality, best practices and client satisfaction
• Support recruiting, hiring and project team planning
• Support sales and marketing with RFx review and subject matter expertise
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal technology communities, and mentor other members of the team
• Work on billable client projects as a DevSecOps engineer or lead
• Break down complex problems into understandable and iterative solutions
• Create and maintain documentation, timely and detailed ticket updates and communications around work
• Planning and implementing migration of systems and applications between hosts with minimal downtime
• Working both collaboratively and solo, with experience navigating complex troubleshooting scenarios

Requirements

• At least six years of DevOps, SRE, IT, sysadmin, security, developer or other relevant experience
• Proven track record of managing, mentoring or coaching team members with an inclusive mindset
• Comfortable navigating conflict, supporting performance related work and working with time/budget tracking systems
• Site reliability engineering (SRE) and on-call rotation - must be able to respond nights and/or weekends, as necessary
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-code development and operations on Kubernetes environments using Docker and Helm
• Familiarity with AWS services including EKS, RDS PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, CloudWatch
• Experience with continuous integration & continuous deployment with Jenkins
• Experience working in Agile and cross-functional teams (with users, developers, product managers, security and compliance)

Nice to have:

• Budgeting/financial experience
• Hiring experience
• Sales or marketing experience
• Experience working with distributed teams
• Experience with GNU/Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL and/or Drupal configuration
• Experience with CI/CD using Jenkins, Docker and/or Artifactory
• Experience with orchestration and infrastructure and/or configuration as code (Ansible, Kubernetes, CloudFormation etc)
• Previous federal background investigation

Salary Range

$130,000 USD per Year

Location

We are a completely remote team within the United States. We ask that you have a dedicated workspace and fast internet. 

Why CivicActions

People who are well taken care of can be more balanced, productive, and happy.

• 100% company-paid medical/dental/vision/life/disability with 100% dependent coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible vacation policy
• Yearly professional development stipend
• Yearly technology stipend

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We value diverse teams and are committed to creating a community of inclusion. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.