DevOps Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Kansas City, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
As a DevOps Engineer at FireMon youll play a critical role in building and maintaining the infrastructure tooling and processes that empower our engineering teams to develop high-quality software quickly and confidently. Youll partner closely with developers engineers and stakeholders to streamline workflows eliminate bottlenecks and uphold the reliability and security of our systems.
Responsibilities
- Design build test and maintain the infrastructure and tooling that supports rapid reliable development and delivery of FireMons products
- Identify and automate repetitive manual processes across our build test and release pipelines to improve team-wide productivity
- Own and oversee code releases ensuring deployments follow established processes and meet quality standards
- Act as a bridge between stakeholders and development teams translating business needs into technical requirements
- Continuously evaluate and improve CI/CD pipelines development workflows and release processes
- Review and analyze code written by others providing constructive feedback and ensuring adherence to best practices
- Champion security across the SDLC proactively identifying vulnerabilities and ensuring systems are hardened against cybersecurity threats
- Diagnose and resolve technical issues developing patches and updates as needed
- Contribute to project planning and execution helping to scope prioritize and deliver initiatives on time
- Stay current with emerging tools technologies and industry trends as FireMons platform and ecosystem continue to evolve
- Work autonomously while contributing to a collaborative supportive engineering community
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field
- 4 years of experience in development operations or a similar role
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI/CD (preferred) Jenkins or CircleCI
- Proficiency in scripting and strongly typed languages including Python Bash Java and/or Go
- Experience with version control systems particularly Git; familiarity with GitLab-based workflows (merge requests protected branches) preferred
- Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools such as Terraform Terragrunt or Pulumi
- Experience with container runtimes such as Docker
- Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible (preferred) Puppet Chef or Salt
- Experience with Kubernetes (preferably AWS EKS) including Helm charts Kustomize and GitOps delivery tools like Flux CD
- Understanding of core networking concepts (DNS TCP/IP load balancing firewalls)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to produce clear technical documentation
- Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced evolving environment with shifting priorities
- A growth mindset eager to learn new technologies and apply them to real-world challenges
- Creative thinker who can translate technical knowledge into meaningful improvements across the product
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management PKI and dynamic credentials
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring stacks (Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry)
- Experience with AWS services such as EKS VPC IAM/IRSA Route53 S3 EFS and Transit Gateway
- Exposure to on-premises hypervisors such as Nutanix AHV/Prism Central
- Experience with Kubernetes ecosystem tooling: Karpenter External Secrets Operator Cilium Envoy Gateway
- Familiarity with security scanning and compliance tools (Trivy Checkov Gitleaks)
- Experience with PostgreSQL administration
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
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About Company
FireMon's security policy management platform provides real-time visibility and control over your hybrid IT environment.
