DevOps Engineer
About The Role
You’ll be a key member of the Yello Infrastructure Group. As a DevOps Engineer you are responsible for automating AWS resources and code deployments. This team works closely with Software Engineering to remove bottlenecks and enable rapid development of mission critical applications. You’ll be part of a fast growing team that values hard work, experimentation, and a “learn and be curious” mindset.
How You'll Make An Impact
- Build, maintain, and run cloud infrastructure on AWS and other IaaS providers.
- Be responsible for the deployment, scaling, and performance of our applications through their entire lifecycle from development to production.
- Set standards and best practices for containerized applications and deployments.
- Build and maintain Jenkins and GitLab CI pipelines.
- Automate the deployment of containerized applications on Kubernetes using Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Helm.
- Manage GitLab and Jenkins services and workers.
- Automate AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform and custom scripts.
- Develop Chef cookbooks to build and configure EC2 instances and AMI images.
- Orchestrate operational tasks using Ansible playbooks.
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of professional Linux systems administration or DevOps experience
- Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Experience managing and maintaining CI/CD tools and pipelines, such as GitLab or Jenkins
- Experience with Docker and orchestration platforms such as ECS, Kubernetes, Mesos or Swarm
- Strong scripting skills with Ruby, Python, or Go
- Experience with systems configuration management, Chef, Terraform, or Ansible prefered
- Strong standardization, policy and process drive
- Must be able to sit or stand for continuous periods of time
- This role frequently communicates/interacts with individuals, must have strong written and oral communication skills
- Yello reserves the right to assign or reassign the responsibilities and requirements to this job at any time
Additional Information
We are the trailblazers in our space and we continually strive to learn and grow, but there is always time to celebrate a colleague's birthday or a recent success. We dress casually, have one of the best views in the city and the whole team sports Apple laptops. Our CEO Jason Weingarten and President Dan Bartfield always have their office doors open. And with opportunities for professional advancement, medical, dental and vision insurance, and a 401K match – Yello has you covered.
- Yello is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
- Candidates local to Chicago are preferred.
- You must be authorized to work in the United States.
- Must be able to sit or stand for continuous periods of time.
- This role frequently communicates/interacts with individuals, must have strong written and oral communication skills.
- Yello reserves the right to assign or reassign the responsibilities and requirements to this job at any time.