Senior DevOps Engineer

Assent is dedicated to tackling complex technical challenges with a global impact. Our multi-tenant SaaS platform empowers influential companies worldwide to gain deep visibility into their supply chains. This enables them to effectively manage risks, ensure compliance, and take concrete actions on critical issues such as forced labor, environmental sustainability, and ethical sourcing.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Assent, you will collaborate closely with our Cloud Operations and Engineering teams to architect, develop, and implement robust continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) solutions. Your responsibilities will include establishing and maintaining development and testing environments, as well as creating and managing configurations for all supporting software deployments. You will play a key role in automating and streamlining our code integration and deployment operations and processes.

You will be part of a high-trust CI/CD environment where every commit is deployed to production. This necessitates that your code is thoroughly testable, reliable, and production-ready. You will hold full ownership of system quality.

Our technology stack includes:

• Cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure
• Container orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
• GitHub for version control and collaboration
• Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• .NET 8 framework
• Tools like OpenTelemetry, Datadog, New Relic, and Kibana for comprehensive monitoring and observability

We prioritize maintainability, performance, and thoughtful design to enhance both developer velocity and customer experience.

Assent is committed to operating at the forefront of technology and welcomes innovative tooling that can improve customer experiences.

This role offers more than just an opportunity to write exceptional code; it's a chance to build and maintain the reliability of a global platform that enables companies to lead with purpose. You will work within a supportive team that empowers you to deliver with autonomy, confidence, and significant impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD systems to support high-frequency, reliable deployments.
• Write Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, and manage secure, scalable cloud environments.
• Maintain and manage AWS Resources, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Ansible.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Cloud Ops teams to design, implement, and support scalable infrastructure and services.
• Enhance observability through the use of OpenTelemetry, New Relic, and Kibana.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
• Develop strategies for scaling infrastructure to accommodate future growth, including capacity planning and load testing.
• Identify areas for improvement and implement solutions to enhance system performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Ensure all systems adhere to security best practices and corporate policies.

Qualifications:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, emphasizing proactive, clear, concise, and tactful communication.
• Post-secondary degree in Computer Science or a related field, coupled with at least 7 years of DevOps experience utilizing automated build/test/deployment tools and environments.
• Proven experience in automating application deployments on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Hands-on experience writing infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• Demonstrated proficiency in automation and scripting using Bash and PowerShell.
• Knowledge and experience with GitHub or similar orchestration tools.
• Solid understanding and experience with CI (Continuous Integration) and CD (Continuous Deployment) methodologies.
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).