DevOps Engineer

Position Title: DevOps Engineer

Reports to: VP of Engineering

Company Information

iPromote (https://www.ipromote.com/) is an established ad-tech company that provides an industry-leading solution for enterprise resellers to sell digital advertising campaigns. The platform, created and supported by our team of 30, empowers resellers to manage their small and mid-sized business (SMB) advertisers of any budget size at scale.

Job Summary

We're seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our engineering team who will be responsible for service delivery, reliability, and scalability. This is a hands-on technical role focused on infrastructure-as-code implementation, automation, and increasing observability of our applications and their infrastructure.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provision and maintain AWS infrastructure, including servers, networks, databases, APIs and serverless functions
• Create and enhance GitLab and AWS CodeDeploy CI/CD Pipelines
• Create, configure, and monitor Datadog Dashboard, Metrics, Alarms, and either resolving or escalating with the relevant engineer to resolve any system reliability issues.
• Create and maintain Docker images used for application builds and deployment
• Create and configure Akamai content delivery network (CDN) properties and web application firewall (WAF) rules
• Document common procedures used by developers (e.g. deployment docs).
• Leverage AI tools to enhance daily work processes and professional development.
• Participate in code reviews of your own code and the code of your team members.
• Cultivate a synergistic relationship with developers, who rely on the infrastructure you manage.
• Promote DevOps principles on the engineering team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities

• Intermediate-level skills in at least one modern programming language.
• Highly self-motivated and self-starting, able to work independently when needed, taking ownership of both small and large projects.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills for communicating ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Strong analytical, creative problem-solving, and debugging abilities.
• Share in after-hours on-call responsibilities for production support
  
  

Preferred Skills/Abilities

• Intermediate-level or better Python skills for maintaining our existing automation scripts.
• Experience creating CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, AWS CodeSuite, etc.)
• Experience with Ansible, Chef, or other configuration management tools.
• Experience with web service testing and load testing tools (e.g. Postman, JMeter).
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s of Science in a related discipline (e.g. CS, IS, IT) combined with relevant experience
  
  

OR

• 2+ years of relevant experience managing AWS infrastructure, monitoring and troubleshooting internet-scale custom developed software, and/or creating CI/CD pipelines.
  
  

Job Location:

• Company headquarters located in San Luis Obispo, CA.
• Local candidates are preferred, but individuals seeking a remote arrangement will be considered and are encouraged to apply.
  
  

Pay Range And Benefits

• This role offers a competitive salary based on experience and applicant’s location, with a starting range of $75,000 to $115,000 per year.
• We offer a comprehensive health insurance package, including long term disability benefits. There is immediate eligibility to start contributing to our matched 401(k) plan upon hire, and more
  
  

Apply

• Please send your resume and cover letter to us at [email protected]