Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Renaissance Learning is a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, providing solutions used in over one-third of US schools and more than 100 countries worldwide. The DevOps Engineer II role on the Platform Team focuses on supporting the transition to a platform-centric model by building and scaling a highly available distributed SaaS platform. Key responsibilities include infrastructure-as-code, data pipeline development, containerized application management, developer tooling, and integrating AI tooling into platform workflows.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to infrastructure-as-code initiatives using CloudFormation and Terraform
- Develop and maintain data pipelines
- Design, build, and maintain containerized applications
- Build and improve developer tooling to enhance team productivity
- Work with event-driven systems like Kafka or Kinesis
- Explore and integrate AI tooling into platform workflows
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve infrastructure and platform needs
- Participate in the on-call rotation to ensure prompt resoultion of any customer-facing incidents
- Support CI/CD pipelines which ensure the prompt release of high quality software
Skills
- 4 years of experience in software development
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure
- Experience building or working with containerized applications
- Familiarity with data pipeline development and maintenance
- Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform
- Experience with developer tooling and automation
- Strong knowledge of a scripting language such as Python, shell, etc
- Interest in or experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar)
- Strong self-starter mentality with demonstrated experience tackling open-ended challenges and rapidly ramping up on new systems
- Comfortable with uncertainty; able to independently define approach, identify dependencies, and drive work to completion without detailed specifications
- BS in Information Systems or Computer Science, related field experience, or both
- Experience with AI tooling and integration
- Interest or experience in functional programming languages such as Haskell, Scala, Clojure, etc
- Experience writing deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions
- Experience with logging and reporting systems (Datadog, New Relic, etc)
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Growth mindset with eagerness to learn new technologies, tools, and platforms as needed
Benefits
- World Class Health Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Telehealth
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match
- Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off
- 12Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs
- ***Benefits listed apply to eligible U.S. employees in accordance with Renaissances benefits eligibility criteria. Contractor and other non employee roles are not eligible for Renaissance employee benefits.***
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