Lead DevOps​/Cloud Engineer

Mathematica applies expertise at the intersection of data, methods, policy, and practice to improve well-being around the world. We collaborate closely with public- and private-sector partners to translate big questions into deep insights that improve programs, refine strategies, and enhance understanding. Our work yields actionable information to guide decisions in wide-ranging policy areas, from health, education, early childhood, and family support to nutrition, employment, disability, and international development.

Mathematica offers our employees competitive salaries, and a comprehensive benefits package, as well as the advantages of being 100 percent employee owned. As an employee stock owner, you will experience financial benefits of ESOP holdings that have increased in tandem with the company’s growth and financial strength. You will also be part of an independent, employee-owned firm that is able to define and further our mission, enhance our quality and accountability, and steadily grow our financial strength.

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Benefits at a Glance

As a Lead Dev Ops/Cloud Engineer, you will create and manage an automated Dev Ops release management pipeline for an expanding product platform. You will lead the establishment of the right tooling and processes that result in a fully automated release management pipeline. The pipeline will include: the automated build process, environment setups, testing scripts, deployments, and production operational metrics/debugging information.

The ideal candidate is an experienced Dev Ops professional who enjoys working on building and deployment infrastructure, employs Infrastructure as Code (IaC), has a command of scripting languages, and possesses strong communication and presentation skills. You will have an opportunity to contribute to the advancement of existing systems as well as the ability to contribute to new portfolio offerings all with focus, growth, and adoption of Dev Ops best practices.
Responsibilities:

• Lead all maintenance, update, and deployment schedules, change communication and roll-out success
• Drive operational excellence through better documentation, refined processes, and better measuring of results
• Drive continuous monitoring and alerting around infrastructure, server, and application availability & performance
• Lead our Dev Ops practices to deliver high quality software more quickly using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CICD) pipelines from code commit to production deployment
• Build and share visible metrics around: hosted health, cost, performance, quality, and uptime
• Collaborate with vendors, ITS, Security and Compliance teams to advance product development team’s roadmap
• Design infrastructure that is secure and cost optimized
• Lead a growing Cloud Operations team consisting of AWS Cloud Engineers, Dev Ops Engineers, and DB experts

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