Principal DevOps Engineer - Infrastructure (Remote)

This is a remote position.

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people's needs and transform their experience of government.

Work on things that matter

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We've helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we're also changing how the government approaches technology.

Built for a remote life

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren't heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable the VA to increase the use, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities:

Principal DevOps Engineer serves as a subject matter expert, while serving as an individual contributor that provides mentorship associated with engineering competencies. A Principal DevOps Engineer exhibits influential skills to shape future work streams within the current customer base, while maintaining a strategic vision to successfully pursue new business opportunities. With limited oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for cohesively integrating industry software engineering and DevOps trends and devising a plan for adoption within programs, as well as the business unit. A Principal DevOps Engineer serves as a representative of the business unit, effectively communicating strategies to a diverse audience. Primary expectations of a Principal DevOps Engineer include:

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  Serves as an expert in DevOps Engineering; providing organizational oversight of best practices

  
  
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  Exhibits a in-depth understanding of DevOps Engineering and utilizes their expertise to support the business unit via new business or organic growth opportunities

  
  

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  Demonstrates significant technical competence and ownership to broad audiences while driving progress on company strategic objectives within the business unit

  
  
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  Mentors, guides, and coaches other DevOps engineers at the company, with a focus on technical excellence and leadership

  
  
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  Architects and designs engineering tooling systems and cloud infrastructure that enable teams to scale quickly and reliably

  
  
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  Effectively communicates on existing systems, design decisions, past performance, and a major history of the projects that they've been part of for bid-writing, tech demos, and other potentially client-facing communications

  
  
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  Champions collaboration with teams across the business unit to identify DevOps needs and delivers solutions to advance medium and long-term technology goals

  
  
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  May support hiring, onboarding and career development activities

  
  
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  May represent the company publicly inclusive of writing blog posts, generating marketing materials, presenting at conferences, and taking part in panel discussions

  
  
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  May work cross-functionally to support data analytics activities within other business units

  
  
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  Understanding of the business unit's current labor mix, with the ability to identify primary skills and experiences; supports the key personnel identification process

  
  
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  Extensive understanding of government and practice market conditions in order to drive organizational improvements and innovation

  
  

Basic Qualifications:

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  Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field and 10+ years of experience

  
  
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  10+ years of experience in platform engineering or a related role

  
  
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  Proficiency and certifications in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

  
  
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  Experience with automation tools like terraform, Ansible, or Puppet

  
  
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  Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines

  
  
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  Extensive experience with large systems, leading large teams, and understanding interactions between people, systems, and processes

  
  
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  In addition to expectations for Staff DevOps Engineer, awareness of new industry trends in DevOps tools and concepts

  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior government contracting experience

To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:https://adhocteam.us/join

Benefits:

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $175,000 - $180,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.