NOIRLab is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a key role responsible for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the critical infrastructure and services that support observatory operations. This technical leadership position combines hands-on engineering with strategic contributions.
What You'll Do
- Develop, deploy, configure, test, and maintain DevOps services.
- Design and develop DevOps infrastructure deployment and provisioning solutions.
- Design and implement monitoring, reporting, and service health tools.
- Develop and maintain configuration management solutions.
- Build test automation frameworks in collaboration with engineering teams.
- Optimize performance and ensure high availability of observatory infrastructure.
- Create tools that enable teams to maximize infrastructure capabilities.
- Lead or collaborate on incident response to resolve critical outages and operational issues.
- Provide technical guidance and support to upper management for informed decision-making.
- Mentor and support less experienced engineers.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What We're Looking For
- 9+ years of experience as a technical specialist in computing and networking environments.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Ruby, Go, or Rust).
- Experience with unit testing frameworks (pytest, rspec, go test, cargo test).
- Experience designing and deploying large-scale distributed systems.
- 5+ years of experience using distributed version control systems (Git or Mercurial), including code reviews and pull requests.
- 5+ years of experience with microservices and distributed architectures (containers, Kubernetes, serverless technologies).
- Extensive experience with the full software development lifecycle using Agile methodologies.
- Extensive experience with GitHub, Jira, and issue-tracking systems.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
- Fluent spoken and written English.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers.
- Clean driving record.
- CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) certification is required.
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code.
- Contributions to open-source projects.
- Experience working within SRE, Platform Engineering, or DevOps teams.
- Fluency in Ruby or Go.
- Familiarity with Terraform, Foreman, and Helm chart development.
- Experience with CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Travis CI).
- Experience with software-defined storage (e.g., Ceph).
- Production experience with Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible.
- Experience with monitoring and logging systems such as Prometheus, Grafana, Icinga, Kafka, Logstash, Splunk, OpenSearch, and Kibana.
- Extensive experience with Enterprise Linux distributions (AlmaLinux, Fedora, etc.).
- Ability to lead across organizations and complex engagements.
- AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect Pro, DevOps Engineer Pro, SysOps Admin, Developer Associate).
- GCP Certification.
- Red Hat certifications (RHCSA, RHCE) or other Linux certifications.
- CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist) certification is highly desirable.
Technical Stack
- Languages: Python, Ruby, Go, Rust
- Version Control: Git, Mercurial
- Infrastructure & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Terraform, Foreman, Helm
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Travis CI
- Storage: Ceph
- Configuration Management: Chef, Puppet, Salt, Ansible
- Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, Icinga, Kafka, Logstash, Splunk, OpenSearch, Kibana
- Operating Systems: AlmaLinux, Fedora
Team & Environment
You will work closely with cross-functional teams in Chile and internationally within a multicultural and collaborative environment committed to scientific and operational excellence, safety, integrity, and continuous improvement.
Benefits & Compensation
- Paid time off.
- Retirement plan contributions.
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
- Very attractive work environment.
Work Mode
This position offers a hybrid work mode and is located in La Serena, Chile.
This Institute promotes an Equal Employment Opportunity workplace that includes reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified, disabled applicants and employees.
