Sr. SRE/DevOps Engineer

Sr. SRE/DevOps Engineer

Why Join Fortress

Fortress is the AI-powered cybersecurity company, defending critical infrastructure, government agencies, and their supply chains against cyber threats and mission risks.

The Fortress Approach: Comprehensive. Collaborative. Conclusive.

Our Core Commitments:

Relentless Execution

Unwavering Positivity

Commitment to Quality

Strategic Stewardship

Unified Collaboration This is Fortress. Built to protect what's Absolutely Critical.

Fortress. Absolutely Critical.

What you can expect as a Sr. SRE/DevOps Engineer at Fortress:

As a Sr. SRE/DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for modernizing our deployment processes by transitioning our traditional Ansible deployments to containerized deployments in AWS and on-premises environments. You will also be responsible for improving our existing CI/CD efforts and infrastructure for developers. In this role, you will work closely with development and QA teams to ensure smooth transitions and provide technical guidance to team members.

You will be tasked with automating infrastructure provisioning, monitoring relevant systems for availability and performance, and handling code deployments in all environments. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in an SRE/DevOps role, be highly skilled in deployment technologies such as Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins, and Terraform. Join us and take part in building an environment for anyone in the company to test drive a release anywhere in the development lifecycle, while implementing tools to monitor and alert with respect to service level metrics and objectives.

Responsibilities Include:

Transition applications from traditional (non-containerized) Ansible deployments to containerized, orchestrated deployments in AWS (Amazon Web Services) and on-premises environments.

Build upon current CI/CD efforts to support different deployment strategies. (Blue/Green, Canary, etc.)

Support Development/QA/UAT efforts by building an environment for anyone in the company to test drive a release anywhere in the development lifecycle.

Improve upon common infrastructure for developers, such as CI/CD pipelines, log/application monitoring, cluster management, and configuration management.

Migrate application secrets and configuration from Ansible Vault to Hashicorp Vault.

Automate infrastructure provisioning during deployment.

Handle code deployments in all environments. (cloud, on-premises)

Implement tools to monitor and alert with respect to service level metrics and objectives.

Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on development and operations.

Monitor relevant systems for availability and performance.

Available to support daytime and after business hours release activities. Minimum Qualifications:

5+ years hands-on experience in an SRE/DevOps role supporting production systems.

Production experience supporting Linux-based infrastructure and administering services on AWS (RDS, VPC, ECR, CloudWatch, Cloud Formation, Lambda, API Gateway and on-premises.

Demonstrable experience with deployment technologies such as Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins and Terraform. (or similar technologies)

Focused on documenting changes so anyone on the team can come up-to-speed on changes quickly.

Experience implementing rolling upgrades. (canary, blue/green, etc.)

Strong scripting and tooling skillset. (Bash, Python, JS, etc.)

Self-motivated, resourceful and a persistent problem-solving aptitude. Preferred Experience:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience in reporting (Asset/Service Billing, Project, SLA)

Project Management Experience

Professional documentation, presentation, and planning skills

Excellent time management skills and proven ability to multi-task competing priorities

SOC, NERC CIP, and other compliance standards knowledge a plus Education:

BSc/Ba in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline Employee Benefits:

Remote and Hybrid working environment

Competitive pay structure

Medical, dental, vision plans with employees covered up to 90% with highly progressive options for dependents and families

Company paid life, short- and long-term disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401(k) match

Flexible Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Access to thousands of Learning & Development courses that range from mental health and wellbeing, stress, and time management to an array of technical and business-related courses Employment Perks:

We provide each employee with professional growth opportunities through succession planning, up-skilling, and certifications

Tuition and certification reimbursement

Employee Referral Programs

Company Sponsored Events

Fortress is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Fortress Information Security takes part in the E-Verify process for all new hires.

For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will have to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Pay Range: $150,000 - $180,000 per year