DevOps Engineer

SAGE Dining Services is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our fantastic team. In this pivotal role, you will connect our Systems and Software Engineering teams, collaborating to implement seamless deployment processes within our AWS infrastructure. You ll also play a key role in creating and maintaining our AWS environment using configuration management tools.

Our ideal candidate will bring a wealth of expertise in Linux systems administration, including user management, filesystems, services, network configurations, and security best practices. A Linux certification, such as CompTIA Linux+, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), is highly desirable.

SAGE's home office is in Lutherville, MD, but this position is fully remote. Candidates must live in the United States and must be authorized to work in the United States and will be employees of SAGE. This is not a 1099 position. In addition, the person taking this position will be required to travel to the SAGE Home office each quarter.

You would be joining an amazing company! SAGE's accolades this year include the Daily Record's Empowering Women Award and Maryland's Most Admired CEO Award, as well as Newsweek's List of America's Greatest Workplaces 2024. In 2022, SAGE was recognized as the Food Service Operator of the Year by the International Food Service Manufacturers Association, otherwise known as the Silver Plate Award.

All finalists must complete a technical assessment to evaluate their technical abilities further.

The video in this ad shows you what SAGE does every day in private schools and colleges across North America.

Salary Range: $120,000.00 -$145,000.00 Salary

Time Commitment: Full Time

• Health/Life/Dental/Vision/Disability/401(k) matching
• Discounting buying program/EAP
• Salary commensurate to experience.
• Collaborative environment with room to grow.
• New position on the team with opportunity to aid in the formulation of tasks.

• Help maintain a world-class SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Cloud Infrastructure.
• Software Engineering teams in simplifying development process (abstraction, right-sized capacity and scalability, A/B testing and deployment, simplifying environments, and rapid recovery).
• Own the build & deploy lifecycle; drastically reduce build, deploy & rollback times while simultaneously reducing risk and exposure.
• Ensure security of data, network access and backup systems Implement and improve monitoring and alerting.
• Integrate and improve configuration management (mostly Ansible, some Puppet).
• Work collaboratively and demonstrate teamwork, dependability and confidentiality.
• Help maintain a world-class SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Cloud Infrastructure.
• Own the build & deploy lifecycle; reduce build, deploy & rollback times while simultaneously reducing risk and exposure.
• Ensure security of data, network access and backup systems.
• Implement and improve monitoring and alerting.
• Integrate and improve configuration management.
• Stay aware of the latest cybersecurity practices and tools.

• Minimum 5 years of production-level experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
• Significant experience with Linux systems administration, including the management of users, filesystems, services, network configuration, and security best practices.
• Proven record of building robust and secure architecture within AWS.
• Ability to present and communicate architecture in diagrams and documentation.
• Experience with the following technologies: Kubernetes and container orchestration tools, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions, scripting languages including Bash and Python, and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch.

About SAGE

Working for SAGE means being part of a community. You'd work alongside creative, enthusiastic Team Members who share your passion for culinary excellence. You d also make a difference in an academic community and bring excitement to the dining hall with made-from-scratch, Chef-inspired recipes that delight students, faculty, staff, and parents.

SAGE embraces the uniqueness of everyone in our family: Team Members, suppliers, guests, and client communities. Our diversity fuels our innovation, which drives our growth. Every voice matters.

Guided by our founding principles of respect and partnership, we offer fulfilling careers for Team Members, market access for small local suppliers, and a joyful celebration of inclusiveness and multiculturalism through the fresh, authentic, and yummy foods we serve.

Positions at SAGE provide competitive wages and benefits, with hours that offer a better work-life balance than those at a restaurant. We create careers, not just jobs, with significant opportunity for growth and promotion. Team Members learn SAGE Standards and enhance their skill set through extensive training in food safety, allergen awareness, and preventing eating disorders.

SAGE has enjoyed steady, organic growth for the past 30 years, and we now serve independent schools and private colleges across North America. We continue to grow and raise the bar in food service for the educational market to create exceptional dining experiences that delight the senses, inspire minds, and foster community. Come, rise with us!

Successful final candidates for the position may be required to fulfill location-specific health and safety requirements.

This job advertisement should not be misconstrued as an offer of employment or a comprehensive listing of position responsibilities/expectations.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

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