Compensation Overview

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A Sr. DevOps Engineer at Aya Healthcare is responsible for the design, testing, deployment, maintenance and documentation of technology and automation for the operation of a secure and highly available infrastructure environment. This infrastructure environment is vital to the continuity of business operations, as well as for the availability of services to our customers, therefore a Sr. DevOps Engineer will primarily work to improve the efficiency, security, and availability/reliability of the infrastructure.

You will work independently in a highly collaborative remote-work environment with daily meetings to communicate progress and challenges on projects. You should be efficient and comfortable being a member of a team and have ability to multi-task, while maintaining structure and organization. The ideal candidate for this job is highly resourceful, excels at problem solving, and is a superb communicator. 

Who We Are: 

We’re a $10+ billion, rapidly growing workforce solutions provider in the healthcare industry. We deliver tech-enabled services that help healthcare organizations meet and manage their contingent labor needs. We build and manage tech-enabled marketplaces for national and local healthcare talent and deliver contingent labor management solutions through our proprietary software platform.

At Aya, we’re obsessed with creating exceptional experiences for our clients, clinicians and employees. In fact, we put employee satisfaction above all else. Our team members are responsible for incomparable customer experience and we know that happy employees are critical to maintaining happy clients. We foster an entrepreneurial, high-energy, low-bureaucracy culture and value innovative thinking and creative problem solving. We embrace diversity in thought and backgrounds unified by a commitment to high achievement. When you join Aya, you’ll be surrounded by teammates who care about you as an individual and leaders who will help you grow both personally and professionally.

Responsibilities:

• Provide experienced leadership in developing solutions for highly scalable, highly available, Azure Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) infrastructure patterns and platform integrations. 
• Manage, build, configure, administer, operate, and maintain all components that comprise our Azure DevOps environment. 
• Leverage the Azure Well-Architected Framework and Azure Blueprints as a foundation to create best-in-class Terraform IaC module libraries. 
• Act as a key member of the infrastructure architecture team to identify optimization opportunities throughout the infrastructure. 
• Define, document, and enforce configuration standards and governance through IaC 
• Develop, test, deploy, and optimize DevOps IaC code deployment pipelines and practices. 
• Provisioning automation using CI/CD (Azure DevOps Pipelines) and IaC (Terraform) tooling. 
• Serve as technical escalation point for our support teams, QA, developers, and product managers. 
• Work with our development team to integrate products into a DevOps managed environment. 
• Develop and maintain scripts to automate tool/service deployments to our Azure Cloud environment through Azure DevOps Pipelines and Releases. 
• Assist in reviewing and maintaining security posture through facilities such as Azure Secure Score and CIS Benchmarks 
• Participate in software releases and deployments. 
• Contribute to design, update, refinement, and documentation of operational processes. 
• Provide technical mentorship and educate team members as a subject matter expert on IaC, containerization, and CI/CD 
• Brainstorm new ideas and ways to improve product delivery and efficiency. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience 
• 5+ years using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to automate infrastructure deployment and configuration – preferably Terraform. 
• 5+ years designing and building platforms in Azure Cloud or similar Cloud native offerings 
• 3+ years working with Azure architecture, configuration, and management 
• 5+ years working with CI/CD pipelines (build, deploy, test) – preferably Azure DevOps Pipelines and/or GitHub Actions 
• 2+ years working with Docker and experience with deploying/maintaining containerized infrastructure in an orchestration environment, preferably Kubernetes. 
• Experience with IaC deployment of AKS/EKS/GKE architecture is highly desired 
• Thorough understanding of Azure Security and Networks (Virtual Networks, NSGs, NAT, peering, Azure Firewall, hub-and-spoke network concepts) 
• Experience designing and building integrated pipelines (e.g., testing approaches, artifact management, environment management, etc.) 
• Strong experience with one or more IaC SAST tools such as Snyk, tfsec, Checkov, or terrascan 
• Knowledge of the Gruntworks Terraform toolset such as Terragrunt and Terratest 
• Hands on experience designing/implementing complex Terraform workflows using Azure DevOps Pipelines or GitHub Actions 
• Demonstrable experience with the following technologies:  
  • Microsoft Azure Platform-As-A-Service (PaaS) products such as Azure SQL, App Services, Container Apps, Functions, and other Serverless services
  • Understanding of Microsoft Identity, Access Management, and Encryption products including Azure AD, AADS, IAM, RBAC, Management Groups, and KeyVault
  • Microsoft Azure Operational and Monitoring tools, including Azure Monitor, Azure Network Watcher, App Insights, and Log Analytics 

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Helm Templates 
• Experience with Microservices deployment and release management 
• Experience with cloud based APM and monitoring tools such as DataDog, NewRelic, AppDynamics, or Dynatrace 
• Extensive experience with scripting and debugging on Linux and Windows environments 
• Experience with automated Change Management and related methodologies 
• Expert analytical/quantitative, problem-solving, and deductive reasoning skills, with demonstrated experience performing advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex technical issues 
• Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills and ability to work either independently or in a team environment to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines 
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present findings, conclusions, alternatives, and information clearly and concisely 
• Experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, vendors with demonstrated ability to build effective relationships through trust and diplomacy 

What We Offer:

• Free premium medical, dental, life and vision insurance 
• Generous 401(k) match 
• Aya also offers other benefits to those that are eligible and where required by applicable law, including reimbursements and discretionary bonuses 
• Aya provides paid sick leave in accordance with all applicable state, federal, and local laws. Aya’s general sick leave policy is that employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. However, to the extent any provisions of the statement above conflict with any applicable paid sick leave laws, the applicable paid sick leave laws are controlling 
• Celebrations! We hit our goals and reward ourselves.  
• Company-sponsored virtual events, happy hours and team-building activities are always on the horizon — plus, you get a special treat on your birthday! 
• Unlimited DTO — we believe in time off!  
• Virtual yoga, meditation or boot camp classes offered daily 

Compensation: Aya reasonably anticipates the pay scale for this position to be an annual salary of $190,000 to $210,000.  

The pay scale for this position may vary if applicant possesses experience outside of what Aya reasonably anticipates for this position. Bonuses are subject to the role and your manager’s discretion. 

Aya is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO), including Disability / Vets, and welcomes all to apply. Please click herefor our EEO policy.