Principal DevOps Engineer - Ad Hoc LLC

Principal DevOps Engineer

We are continuously sourcing for talent while we await anticipated job openings. Candidates who apply to this role understand we may not have an immediate opening and wish to be considered for future opportunities.

This is a remote position.

Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.

Work on things that matter

Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people 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 thinks about and uses technology.

Built for a remote life

Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We've designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that's welcomed.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren't heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports a wide range of customers that span the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, Library of Congress, and the Social Security Administration. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serves as an expert in DevOps Engineering; providing organizational oversight of best practices
• Exhibits a in-depth understanding of DevOps Engineering and utilizes their expertise to support the business unit via new business or organic growth opportunities
• Demonstrates significant technical competence and ownership to broad audiences while driving progress on company strategic objectives within the business unit
• Mentors, guides, and coaches other DevOps engineers at the company, with a focus on technical excellence and leadership
• Architects and designs engineering tooling systems and cloud infrastructure that enable teams to scale quickly and reliably
• 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
• Champions collaboration with teams across the business unit to identify DevOps needs and delivers solutions to advance medium and long-term technology goals
• May support hiring, onboarding and career development activities
• May represent the company publicly inclusive of writing blog posts, generating marketing materials, presenting at conferences, and taking part in panel discussions
• May work cross-functionally to support data analytics activities within other business units
• Understanding of the business unit's current labor mix, with the ability to identify primary skills and experiences; supports the key personnel identification process
• Extensive understanding of government and practice market conditions in order to drive organizational improvements and innovation

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's/ Master's degree in computer science or other highly technical, scientific disciplines and 10+ years of experience
• Ability to program (structured and OO) with one or more high-level languages, such as Python, Java, C/C++, Ruby, and JavaScript
• Experience with cloud storage technologies as well as dynamic resource management frameworks (Mesos, Kubernetes, Yarn)
• A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
• 5+ years of experience with Cloud Architecture, preferably AWS
• 10+ years of experience with operations of enterprise systems with over a million users
• 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps
• 3+ years of experience with microservices
• 5+ years of experience leading teams
• 3+ years of experience with Agile

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior government contracting experience highly preferred

Benefits:

• Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Use What You Need Vacation Policy
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service

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 the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, and others like it across the country, 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 $140,000 - $150,000 Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.

Job reference: PRINC001684