Senior DevOps Engineer
Role Overview
Encoura’s mission is to empower students and institutions to create meaningful connections so everyone can make the most informed decisions to achieve their goals. Since 1972, the Company has evolved its products and services to better represent the link between students and higher education institutions and to create the highest probability of student success.
Encoura’s expertise now spans enrollment, research, marketing, student success, and advancement and provides an unmatched combination of higher education experience and innovative solutions for colleges and universities. The Company also offers Encourage® — the nation’s largest free college and career planning program used by millions of high school students and educators nationwide.
It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. All applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.
Encoura endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans pursuant to applicable federal and state law. If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability and need an alternative method for applying, please contact the Talent Team.
Applicants from California, please review the CA HR Privacy Notice.
To review our privacy policy, please click this link: https://encoura.org/privacy-policy/
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About Us
Encoura’s mission is to empower students and institutions to create meaningful connections so everyone can make the most informed decisions to achieve their goals. Since 1972, the Company has evolved its products and services to better represent the link between students and higher education institutions and to create the highest probability of student success.
Encoura’s expertise now spans enrollment, research, marketing, student success, and advancement and provides an unmatched combination of higher education experience and innovative solutions for colleges and universities. The Company also offers Encourage® — the nation’s largest free college and career planning program used by millions of high school students and educators nationwide.
It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. All applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.
Encoura endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans pursuant to applicable federal and state law. If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability and need an alternative method for applying, please contact the Talent Team.
Applicants from California, please review the CA HR Privacy Notice.
To review our privacy policy, please click this link: https://encoura.org/privacy-policy/
Qualifications
- You hold a BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent, or a Bachelor’s in an unrelated field with at least 5 years of professional experience
- You have 5+ years of experience in DevOps with 3+ years using Azure core services (Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Virtual Network, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Bicep/ARM templates, Azure SQL Database, Azure App Service, Azure API Management, etc.)
- Experience installing, configuring, and managing database platforms and Azure-managed database services, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB Atlas
- Demonstrated expertise in using configuration management tools such as Terraform, Azure Bicep and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
- You have a strong understanding of Azure billing and cost modelling
- Ability to design, deploy, monitor and manage Kubernetes based systems
- You are familiar with the concepts of microservice architecture and how those concepts are implemented in Azure
- You champion Infrastructure as Code mentality and can take the lead in transformation from manual “hands-on” in Azure to Infrastructure as Code
- You have very strong scripting and automation skills – you believe you can automate just about everything
- You know how to use AI tools to vet ideas, validate work, and help automate tasks
- You strive to learn new technologies and look for ways to stay up to date in this rapidly changing industry
- Hands-on experience with troubleshooting, securing, and improving manually configured Azure environments
- Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and log aggregation at scale.
- Experience supporting application development teams who work in an iterative-based development environment using Agile/Scrum/Kanban
- You have an appreciation for pragmatism and simplicity in systems architecture
- Successful candidates will be required to complete and pass a CLEARTM identity verification as part of the pre-employment screening process. CLEARTM Candidate FAQ
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- The annual base salary range for this exempt position is $140,000–$155,000 and reflects the midpoint through maximum of the established range for this role. Encoura establishes compensation using national market data, internal equity considerations, and organizational budget factors to ensure fairness and consistency across the organization. Certain roles may also be eligible for variable compensation in addition to base salary.
- Employees in this role are eligible for Encoura’s comprehensive benefits package, which includes health insurance, retirement contributions, paid time off, and other programs that support employee well‐being.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with build & release automation tools and methodologies. Experience with TeamCity is a plus
- Background in working with multi-cloud operations between AWS and Azure preferred
- Current and relevant Azure cloud certifications preferred
About Encoura
Educational technology, marketing, and research organization serving colleges, universities, students, families, and K-12 educators.
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