Software Engineering
Staff DevOps Engineer
Bakersfield, CA
$205,000 to $261,000 a year
The employer is an applied machine learning company serving insurance and financial services clients.
We are hiring a Staff DevOps Engineer to join our software engineering team in Bakersfield. You will set technical direction on projects that matter to our customers. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is on site at our Bakersfield location.
What you’ll do
- Harden infrastructure and automate security patching
- Set up monitoring, alerting and dashboards for production systems
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that let teams ship safely several times a day
- Take part in an on-call rotation and lead incident reviews
- Operate Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades, scaling and cost control
- Manage cloud infrastructure as code with Terraform
- Mentor junior engineers and review their work
- Set technical standards and guide decisions across multiple projects
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience
- Hands-on experience with a major cloud provider
- Experience running containerized workloads in production
- Strong Linux administration and scripting skills
- A track record of leading projects from scope through delivery
Nice to have
- Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimization
- Kubernetes certification (CKA or CKAD)
Compensation and benefits
The pay range for this position in Bakersfield, CA is $205,000 – $261,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Employee assistance program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Life insurance
- Annual performance bonus
- Commuter benefits
- Paid parental leave
The employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
