Staff Software Engineer, DevOps

As a Staff DevOps Engineer at Alto Pharmacy, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our infrastructure and DevOps practices. As the most senior member of the DevOps team, you will drive the strategic vision, ensuring our systems are resilient, secure, and scalable to support the growth of our pharmacy operations. This role requires an individual who can lead by example, innovate with cutting-edge technologies, and mentor a growing team of engineers to deliver best-in-class solutions.

Your Impact:

Strategic DevOps Leadership:

• Lead the development and implementation of DevOps best practices across the organization, ensuring streamlined workflows, optimized CI/CD pipelines, and high availability of systems.
• Champion a culture of automation, driving improvements in infrastructure, deployment, monitoring, and performance management across multiple teams.

Architecture and Infrastructure Ownership:

• Architect, design, and oversee the management of a highly scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Ensure our infrastructure is fully automated, leveraging infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Drive the adoption of containerization (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes) to ensure efficient resource utilization and ease of deployments.

Security and Compliance:

• Lead the design and implementation of security protocols to safeguard our infrastructure, ensuring compliance with healthcare and industry-specific regulations (HIPAA, SOC 2, etc.).
• Collaborate with security teams to integrate security testing into the CI/CD pipelines and ensure the highest level of protection for sensitive data.

Collaboration and Cross-functional Leadership:

• Work closely with development, QA, operations, and product teams to ensure seamless integration of infrastructure with application development, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement.
• Foster close collaboration with stakeholders, aligning infrastructure goals with business objectives and enabling the delivery of reliable and innovative pharmacy solutions.

Mentorship and Team Development:

• Lead, mentor, and inspire junior engineers, helping them grow their technical skills and understanding of DevOps methodologies and tools.
• Drive knowledge-sharing initiatives, cultivating a culture of innovation, learning, and continuous improvement within the team.

Continuous Innovation:

• Stay ahead of emerging trends in cloud computing, infrastructure as code, containerization, and security to ensure Alto Pharmacy leverages state-of-the-art solutions.
• Lead initiatives for infrastructure optimization, system performance enhancements, and cost-effective scaling strategies.

Key Qualifications:

• Experience: 12+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 8+ years focused on DevOps, infrastructure, and security in high-scale environments.
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead large-scale DevOps transformations and manage senior stakeholders, guiding teams through complex projects.
• Cloud Expertise: Deep expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and a track record of architecting and maintaining large, multi-region infrastructures.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Mastery in container technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes), with a strong ability to design and manage scalable containerized environments.
• Infrastructure as Code: Expert in infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible, with a passion for reducing manual intervention.
• Security Focus: Strong understanding of security best practices, especially in regulated industries (healthcare, finance), with experience implementing robust security protocols.
• Collaboration: Ability to work across multiple teams, breaking down silos and fostering a strong culture of collaboration and shared goals.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with Healthcare Systems: Familiarity with healthcare regulations and standards, such as HIPAA compliance.
• Automation Expertise: Proven track record of automating complex workflows and processes.
• Performance Optimization: Experience in optimizing system performance and reliability at scale.
• Advanced Security Certifications: Certifications like CISSP, CEH, or AWS Certified Security Specialty.

Additional Physical Job Requirements

• Reading English, comprehending, and following simple oral and written instructions. 
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.  Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. 
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound. 
• Frequent repeating motions required to operate a computer or phone that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Environmental Conditions: occasional exposure to low temperatures or high temperatures, outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind, and noisy environments.
• Physical Activities: 
• Occasionally ascending or descending stairs, ramps and the like.
• Moving about to accomplish tasks and/or moving from one worksite to another. 
• Adjusting or moving objects up to 20 pounds in all directions. 
• Operating motor vehicles.
• Occasional sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing/driving/flying

Salary and Benefits

Salary Range: $172,000 - $215,000

Commission Eligible: No

Equity Eligible: Yes

Travel: Yes -  Required up to 15% of the time  

Location Requirement: Employment at Alto is limited to individuals residing in the following states: California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Illinois, New York, Kansas, Texas, Maryland, Washington (WA), Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin.

Employment Requirement: Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.  At this time, Alto is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa.

Benefits: Full-time: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Group Life, AD&D, Employer paid STD/LTD, generous PTO and parental leave.  

Application deadline: September 30, 2024

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