Company

VIA

SeniorDevOpsSpecialist

$165–195k Somerville, Massachusetts, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior DevOps Specialist. Skills: DevOps, SRE, infrastructure engineering, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines. Shape and operate infrastructure. Operate deployment systems”

Industry & Context.

VIA
Problems you'll solve

automated remediation; log anomaly detection; infrastructure-as-code generation and review; compliance evidence collection

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering role, Demonstrated success in a high-growth technical environment, Deep technical understanding of IT infrastructure integration, Unix/Linux, DNS, storage systems, firewalls, TCP/UDP/IP behavior, application data flows between systems, High proficiency in application deployment, Kubernetes, IaC, Terraform, Docker, configuration, monitoring, System logs, Kibana, Grafana, Python, shell script languages, Proven ability to independently manage priorities, plan effectively across multiple upcoming development cycles, anticipating future dependencies and resource needs, Proven track record building stakeholder relationships, excellent interpersonal and presentation skills

Nice to Have

In-depth experience with Azure, or GCP cloud service providers, Experience managing network infrastructure, protocols, troubleshooting, security, firewalls, security groups, OS/container hardening, PEN testing, Deployment of blockchain nodes, configuration of Ethereum miners, Application orchestration, Service mesh technology, Istio, Managing IoT devices as part of an Operational Technology system

What You'll Do.

Shape and operate infrastructure

Operate deployment systems

Design cloud infrastructure

Build cloud infrastructure

Maintain cloud infrastructure

Design CI/CD pipelines

Build CI/CD pipelines

Maintain CI/CD pipelines

Design deployment tooling

Build deployment tooling

Maintain deployment tooling

Implement incident response

Partner with security teammates

Partner with compliance teammates

Ensure infrastructure aligns with security obligations

Embed security controls

Partner across engineering organization

Work closely with engineering leadership

Work closely with Client Delivery Leads

Work closely with product teams

Ensure infrastructure work is prioritized

Account for infrastructure work

Eliminate manual bottlenecks

Automated remediation

Log anomaly detection

Infrastructure-as-code generation

Infrastructure-as-code review

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with security and compliance teammates; Partner across the engineering organization; Work closely with engineering leadership; Work closely with Client Delivery Leads; Work closely with product teams; Proven track record building stakeholder relationships; effectively communicate and influence

Communication Scope

presentation skills; effectively communicate and influence

Process & Methodology

Independently manage priorities, Plan effectively across multiple upcoming development cycles, Anticipating future dependencies and resource needs, Project planning, Resource allocation

Full Job Description

## Responsibilities Help shape and operate infrastructure and deployment systems Contribute to the design, build, and maintenance of the cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment tooling that engineering teams rely on every day Drive reliability and observability Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices that keep systems healthy and surface issues before customers feel them Champion security and compliance Partner with security and compliance teammates to ensure infrastructure aligns with VIA's security obligations (e.g., CJIS, CMMC, and SOC 2), embedding security controls into automated pipelines rather than bolting them on Partner across the engineering organization Work closely with engineering leadership, Client Delivery Leads, and product teams to ensure infrastructure work is properly prioritized and accounted for during project planning and resource allocation Partner with the team to identify and implement AI tools and agents Identify and implement AI tools and agents to eliminate manual bottlenecks across the DevOps lifecycle, including automated remediation, log anomaly detection, infrastructure-as-code generation and review, and compliance evidence collection ## Qualifications What you will bring to this role: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related degree 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering role, with demonstrated success in a high-growth technical environment Deep technical understanding of IT infrastructure integration, Unix/Linux, (e.g., DNS, storage systems, firewalls, etc.), TCP/UDP/IP behavior, and application data flows between systems - a must have High proficiency in application deployment (e.g., Kubernetes, IaC e.g. Terraform, Docker), configuration and monitoring (e.g., System logs, Kibana, Grafana, etc.) In-depth experience with AWS; Azure, or GCP cloud service providers a bonus Experience managing network infrastruc

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