[Remote] Staff Engineer, DevOps

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Bellese Technologies is a mission-driven digital services company developing innovative technology solutions for civic healthcare. The Staff Engineer, DevOps will design and maintain secure, scalable backend systems and cloud infrastructure while leading DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, observability, security, and reliability initiatives. The role also includes mentoring engineers and collaborating with technical stakeholders to improve engineering practices and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-quality software services, with an emphasis on backend systems, microservices, and APIs
• Participate in architecture and design discussions, providing expertise on cloud architecture, application security, scalability, reliability, and appropriate technologies and frameworks
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that automate software build, test, security validation, deployment, and release processes across development and production environments
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent technologies to provision and manage AWS infrastructure consistently and securely
• Develop and manage containerized applications and supporting platforms using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes/EKS
• Apply DevSecOps practices by integrating security controls, automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and compliance checks throughout the software development lifecycle
• Deploy and maintain observability solutions for microservices and APIs, including centralized logging, metrics, distributed tracing, alerting, and performance monitoring
• Troubleshoot complex application, infrastructure, deployment, and production issues; perform root-cause analysis and implement preventative improvements
• Conduct code, architecture, infrastructure, and security reviews to identify risks, vulnerabilities, reliability concerns, and opportunities for improvement
• Participate in vulnerability management, threat assessments, security reviews, and remediation activities across applications, containers, dependencies, and AWS infrastructure
• Implement and maintain AWS security, compliance, governance, and access-control practices in accordance with organizational policies and applicable industry standards
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, deployment procedures, runbooks, API documentation, security controls, and operational procedures
• Collaborate with software engineers, architects, security teams, infrastructure teams, and other stakeholders to establish secure and reliable engineering practices
• Mentor engineers and promote a culture of automation, security, reliability, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend tools and practices that improve engineering productivity, security, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Contribute to technical estimation, prioritization, planning, and delivery of engineering initiatives

Skills

• US Citizenship or Green Card only - we do not offer Sponsorship
• US Residency for at least the past 3 years
• Able to meet the requirements to hold a position of Public Trust, including successful completion of a US Government background investigation

Benefits

• Remote First, Remote Only Culture
• Four weeks paid time off yearly (prorated based on start date for the first year)
• 10 paid floating company holidays
• Flexible schedule
• Work from home setup including a Macbook
• Collaborative, learning environment
• Medical, dental, and company-paid vision insurance
• Optional HSA account with some medical plans and a company contribution
• Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance coverages
• Company paid short and long term life insurance
• Optional critical illness and accident insurance
• 401K plan with 3% safe harbor contribution
• Wellness resources and virtual care
• Perks Plus employee discounts

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