Senior DevOps Engineer, Cloud

Benefits Overview

A career at CoBank can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on the people and communities where we do business. When you choose a career with CoBank, you make a difference by standing for something that matters. In order to be the best, we hire the best!

Remarkable Benefits Offered by CoBank

• Careers with a purpose.
• Time-Off Packages, 15 days of vacation, 10 paid sick days and 11 paid holidays
• Competitive Compensation & Incentive
• Hybrid work model: flexible arrangements for most positions
• Benefits Packages, including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
• Robust associate training and development with CoBank University
• Tuition reimbursement for higher education up to $10K
• Outstanding 401k: up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution
• Community Impact: United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution
• Associate Resource Groups: creating a culture of respect and inclusion
• Recognize a fellow associate through our GEM awards

 

Job Description

Are you a seasoned professional with a passion for technology and a knack for solving complex business challenges? Do you excel in a dynamic, collaborative, and inclusive work environment? At CoBank, we are on the lookout for Senior DevOps Engineers who share our zeal for crafting state-of-the-art products through advanced automation across AWS and on-premises infrastructure, while also embracing cutting-edge technologies. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you play a crucial role in bridging development and operations teams, ensuring the seamless delivery of top-notch software products within the cloud ecosystem. As a Senior DevOps Engineer at CoBank, you will be responsible for managing CoBank's AWS footprints through Infrastructure as Code and Pipeline as Code. You will play a critical role in automating and optimizing our infrastructure to ensure smooth deployment and operation of our applications. The Senior DevOps Engineer will design, implement, and manage CoBank's AWS footprints using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation. Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or Azure DevOps. Monitor and troubleshoot issues related to infrastructure and application deployment. Collaborate with developers and other cross-functional teams to ensure smooth operation of applications. Implement best practices for security, scalability, and reliability in the infrastructure.

Essential Functions

1. Manage and maintain CoBank's AWS footprints 2. Implement Infrastructure as Code and Pipeline as Code practices 3. Monitor and optimize system performance 4. Automate deployment processes 5. Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems 6. Troubleshoot issues related to infrastructure and deployments 7. Collaborate with teams to ensure best practices are being followed 8. Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends in DevOps

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, information systems or a relevant discipline. preferred

Work Experience

5 years of experience in DevOps/SRE/Cloud engineering/IT Operations/SysAdmin role required 3 years of experience supporting a cloud service; preferably AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure required

 

1. Ability to apply independent judgement on most decisions, and to work with minimal guidance.

2. Routinely uses significant judgement on moderate-to-complex business problems.

3. Demonstrates strategic thinking and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

4. Experience in team leadership.

5. Strong collaboration skills across departments.

6. Advanced, hands-on experience with AWS services, including AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Config, IAM, VPC, Transit Gateway, and Service Control Policies preferred.

7. Any AWS/Azure/GCP Certification (developer, solution architect, networking, infrastructure) preferred.

8. Strong expertise in designing and managing multi-account AWS environments following best practices for governance, cost management, and network segmentation.

9. Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK, with a focus on automating AWS account provisioning and network infrastructure preferred.

10. Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub or Azure DevOps.

11. Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash, or GO to support automation and configuration management tasks.

12. Familiarity with container orchestration and deployment using ESK preferred.

13. Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools such as CloudWatch, AWS Config Rules, and third-party monitoring platforms for complian