Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure and Devops (Bay Area)

Fortanix
Santa Clara, CA, United States
about 1 month ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Information Systems Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration Linux DevOps Elasticsearch Monitoring of Systems Python (Programming Language) Kernel-Based Virtual Machine
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Nagios Release Management Ansible Prometheus Ruby Software Engineering Systems Integration TCP/IP Virtualization Technology Data Logging Computer Networking Systems Google Cloud Software Security Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Kubernetes Information Technology Sensu Routing & Switching Tools for Reporting Puppet Terraform Docker Jenkins Vmware Programming Languages

Job description

As the Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure and Devops, you will be a part of our Infrastructure team, and your responsibilities will include:

  • Providing technology leadership to the DevOps Team.
  • Designing and managing a resilient and scalable infrastructure to support application development, testing, and production environments.
  • Designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure CI/CD pipelines.
  • Creating detailed architecture diagrams, documentation, and standards for DevOps processes and tools.
  • Automating and accelerating the development, testing, release and deployment of applications into a runtime environment quickly and reliably
  • Contributing to defining security best-practices, and work on “Shift Left” security to guarantee application security at the earliest stages of development.
  • Continuously assessing and optimizing the technology stack to ensure alignment with industry best practices and emerging trends.
  • Collaborating with development, operations, and security teams to ensure DevOps processes support application needs.
  • Mentoring junior engineers in the team in gaining experience and assuming DevOps responsibilities
  • Contributing to a friendly and helpful company culture

Requirements

  • Is able to work with people across various locations.
  • Excellent project management and leadership skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Exhibits uncompromising integrity
  • Pays attention to detail
  • Can work independently, while also being an effective member of a team
  • Enjoys programming and embraces cloud technologies

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience in development, operations, and full stack implementations.
  • Proven experience as a DevOps Architect or similar role.
  • Solid experience with Linux
  • Proficient with various programming languages such as Python/Go/Rust/Ruby for automation and integrations.
  • Experience with the core suite of tools used to manage infrastructure and deployment of application in different cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP)
  • Experience with industry Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery patterns (CI/CD)
  • Strong networking experience with technologies in TCP/IP, WAN, Gateways, Switching/Routing and Cloud Networking.
  • Experience with one or more of:·

  • Virtualization or container environments like VMWare, KVM and Docker
  • Orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes
  • Infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform
  • Continuous integration systems like Jenkins or similar
  • Configuration and provisioning management tools like Chef, Ansible, and Puppet
  • Monitoring tools such as Sensu, Prometheus, Nagios or similar
  • Logging and analytics tools like Elasticsearch

Preferred technical experience with:

  • Jenkins
  • Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Chef, Terraform, Ansible
  • Sensu
  • Python, Go, Rust, Ruby
  • Elasticsearch

About the company

In today’s world, where data spreads across various clouds and devices, traditional security measures aren’t enough. Businesses need a dynamic approach to defend against constant cyber threats and ensure agile data security. Fortanix leads the way in data-centric cybersecurity for hybrid multicloud environments, using advanced cryptography, encryption, and confidential AI solutions.

As data breaches become more frequent and traditional defenses fall short, we focus on data exposure management to keep your information safe. Our unified data security platform addresses vulnerabilities in hybrid multicloud environments, defends against threats, and makes it easier to discover, assess, and fix data exposure risks. Whether implementing a Zero Trust model or preparing for the post-quantum computing era, we help businesses worldwide protect their most sensitive data, wherever it is.

Our commitment to solving the world’s toughest data security challenges has earned Fortanix multiple Cybersecurity Excellence and Innovation Awards, as well as recognition from industry giants such as NVIDIA, Microsoft, Intel, ServiceNow, and Snowflake.

Our team includes industry leaders and cryptography experts, creating a culture of trust, innovation and collaboration where every voice is valued. Recognized as a Great Place to Work, we’re looking for passionate individuals to help us shape the future of data security and work towards a safer digital future.

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