DevOps Engineer II

OpenGov is home to an exceptional team - passionate about our mission to power more effective and accountable government. By bringing the OpenGov Cloud to our nation's state and local government, we’re transforming communities so they can thrive! 

Imagine yourself being able to help small business owners open their doors faster, ensuring our tax dollars are accounted for, creating safer infrastructure, modernizing the permitting process, and assisting with disaster recovery. The work you do here every day has a meaningful impact on people's lives!

🌟 OpenGov is a 2023 Top Workplaces USA award winner and a Forbes America's Best Startup Employer 🌟

Join our smart, fun, and humble team to experience the most rewarding career of your life!

Job Summary:

As a DevOps Engineer at OpenGov, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining

scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure to support our SaaS solutions for

government agencies. You will work closely with our engineering team to improve

deployment processes, automate CI/CD pipelines, and ensure system stability. This role

offers an opportunity to work with modern tools and technologies such as GitHub Actions,

Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure, and monitoring tools like Grafana.

We value self-motivated individuals who enjoy working collaboratively, embrace clean code

and efficient processes, and share our commitment to creating impactful software.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain cloud infrastructure using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Build and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments.
• Optimize cloud services for performance, cost-efficiency, and reliability.
• Set up monitoring and alerting systems to ensure system reliability and quick issue resolution.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance infrastructure and deployment workflows.
• Follow and enforce best practices for security, reliability, and compliance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability Engineer, or Cloud Engineer role.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Basic knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent.
• Understanding of monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, or similar.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively.




This role is perfect for candidates eager to contribute to a supportive team environment while enhancing their skills in DevOps practices and cloud infrastructure management.

» Leadership: CEO Zac Bookman (MPA from Harvard and JD from Yale) is truly a mission-driven CEO. He was named one of the 100 most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, a Tech Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, and SF and Silicon Valley Business Times' 40 under 40 class of 2018!

» Growth: Record breaking growth with 1,800+ governments (and counting) using our products. Click here for read more.

» Culture: Winner of 2023 Top Workplaces USA award, Awarded Top 25 Cloud Companies to Work For, Winner of Forbes 2022 Best Startup Employers, 50 Best Workplaces award. Check out our Careers Video!

» Product: Named to the GovTech 100 (seven consecutive years), we are the leader in cloud software for our nation's cities, counties, and state agencies.

» Mission Driven: We are a technology company with a passion for the mission. We're powering more effective and accountable government.

Come join us and make a positive social impact!

OpenGov is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.