About Element 84

Element 84 is a woman-owned small business that works with public, private, and non-profit sector clients to develop geospatial data processing pipelines & build software that helps answer big questions about our health, our infrastructure, and our changing planet. We solve challenging problems across a wide range of industries, but our super power is cloud-based geospatial data processing, remote sensing, and Earth science systems. Our headquarters is located in Alexandria, VA and we have a satellite office in Philadelphia, PA. Element 84 also supports a large remote workforce from a variety of other states.

A Few Other Things You Should Know

1. Element 84's values are: We Invest in Each Other, We are Reliable, and Our Work Benefits our World.

2. Element 84 works on meaningful projects that are challenging—from a technical, people, and team perspective. We make an impact on large projects through our leadership and expertise, both formal and informal.

3. Element 84 values life outside of work. We offer parental leave for everyone and support each other through family challenges like medical problems, adoptions, and new babies.

4. Element 84 has had a flexible work schedule since our founding in 2010.

5. Element 84 is committed to fostering a culture of curiosity and respect for all individuals as we constantly strive to create a work environment where everyone feels welcome and supported.

About You

You are curious about the world, are constantly learning, driven to lead (formally or informally), and have a strong work ethic. You're interested in solving impactful problems in science, medicine, and other projects that have a societal good. You can work independently or with a team, prioritize your projects, and be effective without micromanagement.

You'll care about writing. Our team is remote and written communication is essential. In addition to caring about a well-crafted email and a succinct conference abstract, you understand that good writing is good design and engineering.

About the Role

Element 84 is seeking an experienced and motivated DevOps Engineer with a strong background in building and maintaining reliable, scalable cloud systems in AWS and Azure and a proven record of utilizing infrastructure as code in complex deployments to support our innovative projects.

In this role, you'll be instrumental in the design, implementation, and operation of cloud-native solutions for complex operational systems, collaborating closely with technical teams and customers.

The ideal candidate will possess expertise in designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise-grade software within cloud environments, with a strong emphasis on Azure specific environments. While direct experience with geospatial applications isn't required, a curiosity and aptitude for working in this domain will be beneficial.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborating with development teams for the design and implementation of robust, scalable, and secure cloud-native solutions on Azure and AWS.

• Developing and maintaining infrastructure-as-code to manage and provision infrastructure across numerous Azure and AWS accounts, ensuring consistency and efficiency.

• Maintaining and optimizing CI/CD automation pipelines to facilitate rapid and reliable software deployments.

• Collaborating with security experts to translate organizational security requirements into secure and compliant cloud implementations.

• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle from user story generation, through design, development, automated testing and operational support

• Improve quality by actively participating in code-reviews and adhering to team quality standards.

• Own execution of small-medium sized features with higher-level technical support

• You describe the details of your work fluidly and accurately to technical peers

Qualifications

Here are the guidelines we're looking at to gauge experience and skillset:

Required Qualifications

• 4-6 total years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, including 2+ years working with Azure Tools and Environments.

• Proven experience provisioning, configuring, and managing secure, scalable cloud environments within Microsoft Azure, utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles

• Hands-on experience deploying and maintaining workloads using core Azure tools and services (such as Azure Pipelines, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Bicep, Azure Monitor, and Microsoft Entra ID)

• Writing and maintaining infrastructure as Code (Cloudformation, Terraform, CDK)

• Working experience with deploying and managing containerized applications and platforms in Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Docker, etc.

• Ability to clearly document and communicate architectural concepts, cloud architecture patterns, and tradeoffs at multiple levels, including delivering presentations, creating visual designs, and writing white papers

• Experience working with an Agile Development software team

• Experience with infrastructure monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch, ELK stack, New Relic, Splunk, etc.)

• Strong experience with data engineering tools and technologies (SQL, NoSQL, DynamoDB, Postgres, Redshift, Athena, Glue, etc.)

• Strong experience with Linux environments

• Working experience with cloud architecture patterns and tradeoffs (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)

• Working understanding of code and script (Python, Go, Javascript, and TypeScript)

• Experience with web server technologies (Nginx, Puma, Unicorn, and/or Tomcat)

• Outstanding all-round communication skills and ability to work collaboratively and proficiently in a remote environment

• An AWS foundational level certification (e.g. Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, AWS Cloud Practitioner or AI Practitioner) or willingness to obtain one

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Generative AI technologies

• Experience working in regulated contexts (e.g., NIST 800-53, PCI, HIPAA)

• Experience developing on MacOS X

• Experience with authentication and authorization technologies (e.g., SAML, SSO, AWS Cognito, JWT, OAuth, OPA, Ranger).

• Demonstrated ability to proactively learn and integrate new technologies into existing workflows.

• Familiarity with geospatial data processing, analysis, or visualization tools and concepts.

This position requires that applicants be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or at any time in the future, and be able to pass a general background check.

Additional Information

Benefits

Paying attention to who we are as a company–people, family members, friends, and colleagues–is our primary focus at Element 84. There are lots of ways to run a company, and, for us, we prioritize wanting to come to work, being around people we enjoy, taking on big things with people you trust, and sharing our achievements as a team.

• You’ll get credit when things go right and we’ll have your back when things go wrong.

• We only take on work that is challenging and right for us. There are projects we will turn down and the team has a say.

• We may be a small company, but we have big company benefits meant to support the idea that we're here for the long term and happiness comes from much more than where you work.

• We have an extraordinary retention rate because we hire extraordinary people. We hope that’s you.

The salary range for this position is $120,000-$150,000. Actual compensation offered to candidate will be finalized at offer and may be above or below the posted range due to skill level, experience, industry-specific knowledge, education/certifications, or geographic location. Base salary represents just one component of the Element 84 total compensation package. Employees will also receive a number of benefits as listed below. Other compensation for this position may include bonus eligibility (dependent on employee performance and company profits).

This is a full time, salaried position. Please submit your information, resume and cover letter if you are interested. Remote candidates are encouraged, but your home office must be less than 100 miles from either Element 84’s Alexandria, VA or Philadelphia, PA hub.

Benefits Offered

• Competitive medical, dental and vision benefits

• Life Insurance, Short & Long Term disability insurance

• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Insurance

• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) retirement plans with a fixed 3% of salary employer contributions (paid regardless of employee participation)

• Health savings account with a company contribution

• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care and transportation)

• Company-paid parental leave after one year of employment

• Flexible work schedules

• Paid employee assistance program

• 6 paid floating holidays

• 4 weeks + 1 day paid Vacation Time Off per calendar year (prorated first year)

• 40 hours paid Sick Leave

• Cell phone stipend

Element 84 is an equal opportunity employer.