DevOps Engineer I

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

This position will support with the design, development, testing and maintenance of infrastructure as code and containerized product applications.

Essential Functions

• Contribute to the development life cycle including requirements analysis and design.

• Support and document software functionality.

• Analyze code and results from automated build and deployment jobs to find causes of errors and revise as needed.  Escalate complex issues or errors to Sr. level DevOps team members.

• Participate in designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging new and existing configuration management (Chef and Ansible) and Infrastructure as code.

• Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.

• Consult with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.

• Proactively monitors health of environment.

• Prepare performance summary documents

• Maintain inventory of infrastructure

• Execute, produce and report test metrics

• Participate in and follow change management processes.

• Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation.

• Support to UAT/production applications as needed.

• Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.

• Minimum of 2 or more years prior DevOps, software engineering or related experience or one or more years of related internship experience and/or relevant certifications.

• Must be able to work different schedules as part of an on-call rotation.

• Ability to work on multiple projects and general understanding of software environments and network topologies

• General understanding of Linux Administration (CentOS and/or RHEL)

• Demonstrable technical design skills

• Familiar with modern application design

• Solid understanding of an iterative software development process

• Ability to use Unix/Linux command line programs and create/edit scripts

• Knowledge of one or more of the tools – Chef, Ansible, puppet.

• Knowledge of one or more of the tools – IAC, Containerization and orchestration (Terraform, Docker & Kubernetes)

• Knowledge of one of the cloud infrastructure providers – AWS, GCP and Azure

• Background and drug screen.

Preferred

• Typically aligns with a minimum of 2 or more years of related experience and/or specialized certifications.

• One or more years of related internship experience

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 50 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

The base pay scale for this position in:

Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL in USD per hour is: $42.00/hr. - $46.00/hr. (salary equivalent $87,360/year - $95,680/year)

New York, NY/ San Francisco, CA in USD per hour is: $46.00/hr. - $54.00/hr. (salary equivalent $95,680/year - $112,320/year)

Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate’s education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness 

•  Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.

• Paid Time Off – Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.

• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave

• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process!

Early Warning Services, LLC (“Early Warning”) considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees. 

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