- Location–Colorado, United States
- Company–Pax8
- Job Type–Remote, Full-time
- Experience level–Entry level
About the job
Pax8 is the leading cloud-based technology marketplace, simplifying the cloud journey for our partners by integrating technology, business intelligence and proactive service to deliver an unparalleled experience. Serving thousands of partners through the indirect sales channel, our mission is to be the world’s favourite place to buy cloud products. We are a fast-growing, dynamic and high-energy startup organization, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business. Culture is important to us, and at Pax8, it’s business, and it IS personal. We are passionate, creative and humorously offbeat. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best.
We Elev8 each other. We advocate for our partners. We Innov8 continuously. We Celebr8 life.
No matter who you are, Pax8 is a place you can call home. We know there’s no such thing as a “perfect” candidate, so we don’t look for the right “fit” – instead, we look for the ad. We encourage you to apply for a role at Pax8 even if you don’t meet 100% of the bullet points. We believe in cultivating an environment with a diversity of perspectives, in hopes that we can all thrive in an inclusive environment.
We are only as great as our people. And we have great people all over the world. No matter where you live and work, you’re a part of the Pax8 team. This means embracing hybrid- and remote work whenever possible.
Position Summary:
The DevOps Engineer I is a sharp, disciplined, self-starter with the ability to work independently or as part of a project. They handle planned project work, team ticket triage, and tools and access support for Engineering staff. The Engineer I monitors the performance of the pipelines and supports the development of applications and services. They handle tasks that are a hybrid of trusted DBA functions, release management and troubleshooting of supported systems. The Engineer I is available for after-hours work as required to support availability, releases, and maintenance.
Essential Responsibilities and Percentage of Time Spent (includes, but is not limited to):
- Enable developers to operate within a consistent and secure SDLC.
- Develop and maintain Pax8 cloud infrastructure and services using developer-focused principles.
- Support the continuous development, integration, and deployment lifecycle of Pax8 services.
- Support the health and reliability of Pax8 services using monitoring, metrics, and alerting.
- Participate in DevOps meetings and activities, including scrum ceremonies and collaborative troubleshooting.
- Participate in on-call and support rotation.
Ideal Skills, Experience, and Competencies:
- At least one (1) to three (3) years of experience supporting application development, preferably microservices and a Java-based web platform.
- Programming/scripting language skills in Python, AWS CLI and Bash preferred.
- Experience supporting AWS services.
- Maintenance of IaC and configuration management using Terraform and Git.
- Maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and ArgoCD.
- Understanding of networking principles and technologies.
- Experience with basic PSQL database administration tasks and query support.
- Experience working in a Lean/Agile environment using tools such as Jira, ClickUp, Asana, and/or similar.
- Focus on meeting project commitments with predictability and urgency.
- Strong presentation, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Strong desire for automation.
- Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.
- Ability to take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
- Ability to gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
- Ability to manoeuvre comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
- Ability to anticipate and adopt innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.
Required Education & Certifications:
- A./B.S. in a related field or equivalent work experience.
Work Environment:
Professional office environment. Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, printers, and filing cabinets. Remote and/or hybrid work at Pax8 requires all employees to have adequate secure and private internet service.
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Physical Demands:
A sedentary role that primarily involves sitting/standing.
Travel Requirements:
Infrequent travel is expected of this position.
Compensation:
- Qualified candidates can expect a salary beginning at $82,000 or more depending on experience
