Devops Implementation Engineer

Who we are…
Modern Campus empowers 2,000+ higher education institutions to thrive when transformation is required to respond to lower student enrollments and revenue, rising costs, crushing student debt, and administrative complexity.
The Modern Campus learner-to-earner lifecycle platform power solutions for web content management, conversational text messaging, catalog and curriculum management, career pathways, student engagement and development, and non-traditional student management. The result: innovative institutions engage their modern learners for life, while providing modern administrators with the tool needed to streamline workflows and drive high efficiency.
Learn how Modern Campus is leading the modern learner-to-earner movement at moderncampus.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
What’s the role?
We are looking for an experienced DevOps Implementation Engineer you will be responsible for supporting and automating product implementation and integration projects. You will utilize best practices for provisioning, monitoring, and managing our client production environments on Amazon’s AWS platform.
The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge of DevOps products and processes and keep yourself up-to-date with the latest AWS offerings. You have a strong technical and automation background and have experience with tools such as Terraform and Ansible. You will be working in an operationally focused capacity as well, with access to production systems, taking pride in the availability, efficiency, and security of all systems.

• Spearhead the technical aspects of client implementations, including system integration, configuration, and optimization, ensuring seamless deployment and operational success.
• Establish and monitor project milestones, collaborating with both internal teams and clients to ensure timely delivery. Collaborate on project ownership to ensure responsibilities are clearly allocated and understood.
• Continuously assess and improve the implementation and integration processes to enhance efficiency, reduce risks, and ensure client satisfaction.
• Utilize automation tools and define practices to streamline the implementation process, reducing manual effort and increasing the reliability and scalability of client solutions.
• Develop comprehensive technical documentation and provide training to internal teams, ensuring a thorough understanding of the implementation processes and systems.
• Engineer and automate infrastructure and configuration management tasks – including (but not restricted to) application deployment, infrastructure creation, integration tooling, disaster recovery, security hardening, and application of security patches.
• Resolve and repair critical infrastructure and application issues as needed. Coordinate and communicate with impacted departments and customers.
• Work in an agile environment where features and projects are completed in defined sprints.
• Participate in the on-call rotation.

What you offer…

• University degree in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years of work experience in infrastructure management with 3+ years in DevOps automation
• Expert in Linux administration. Extremely comfortable with the command line and use of tools to manage, provision, deploy, and diagnose Linux systems
• Have a history of excellent direct client support, solving problems, meeting project deadlines, and meeting client needs to maintain strong relationships with clients.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks as a project owner.
• Practical hands-on experience with core AWS services such as EC2, S3, Glacier, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudTrail, Route53 etc.
• Practical experience with core web technologies such as DNS, IPSEC, SFTP, Apache, Nginx, Tomcat/TomEE, SSL, SAML 2.0
• Practical experience working with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB)
• Practical experience monitoring complex infrastructures, analyzing logs, and troubleshooting application performance with tools such as CloudWatch, Zabbix, AppDynamics, DataDog, and ELK.
• Practical experience with development build environments and tools such as Jenkins, Ant, Maven, and Git.
• Practical hands-on experience with implementation in languages and tools such as Bash, Python, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services like ECS, ECR, Fargate, RDS, Cognito, Kinesis, and OpenSearch is a bonus
• Aptitude for constantly learning new technologies, highly desired.
• Motivated, hardworking and flexible

What we offer…

• The base salary range* for this full-time position is between $80,000 - $150,000
• Remote first workplace – and you are located in anywhere in our employees get things done!
• Rewards and recognition programs
• Learning and development opportunities
• You will make a difference every day for universities trying to grow and students trying to learn.

What we believe…
At Modern Campus, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply for our positions. Modern Campus is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to bring on hires regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status (for US candidates). If you require accommodations during any part of the interview process due to a disability, please let our recruiter know.
Please note that selected candidates for this role will be required to complete a background check which includes resume verification, criminal record and references check.