Job Specifications
Company: Restoration of America
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Job Summary
Position Overview: Restoration of America is seeking a DevOps Engineer I to join the team and support the building, securing, and maintenance of reliable infrastructure and deployment pipelines. This junior-to-mid-level role bridges development, security, and operations, with an emphasis on automation, early integration of security practices, and maintaining high system reliability in a fast-paced production environment. The role reports to the DevOps Tech Lead and includes ongoing mentorship and guidance.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices
Automate provisioning, configuration, deployment, and operational workflows
Manage compute, storage, networking, and virtualization resources
Integrate security scanning, compliance checks, and vulnerability management into CI/CD pipelines
Build, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (including potential AI/ML workflows)
Deploy and manage containerized applications and artifact repositories
Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions
Support incident response, troubleshooting, and low-frequency on-call rotation (with senior support)
Manage virtualization platforms and hybrid VM/container environments
Collaborate with software engineers on deployment, security, reviews, and documentation
Provide operational support and maintain runbooks
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
1–3 years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, Systems Administration, backend/cloud development, AI/ML engineering, or security roles
Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash/Shell, Python, or similar)
Hands-on experience with Git, CI/CD platforms, containers, and orchestration concepts
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools and virtualization/cloud compute resources (e.g., Proxmox, VMware, Hyper-V, AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute Engine, or similar)
Familiarity with monitoring/logging solutions, Linux/Unix administration, and basic networking
Understanding of agile methodologies and DevOps principles
Preferred Qualifications
Exposure to security scanning tools and common vulnerabilities/best practices (OWASP, NIST)
Some exposure to data pipelines, orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, Airbyte, or similar), or AI/ML pipelines/MLOps practices
Use of AI-powered tools to enhance productivity (e.g., Copilot, automation assistants, code generation)
Experience with traditional development languages and frameworks (e.g., .NET/C#, Java, or similar)
Experience with secrets management, policy-as-code, or GitOps practices
Deeper knowledge of container orchestration, service meshes, or distributed tracing
Background in managing artifact repositories and software composition analysis
Familiarity with compliance frameworks and incident management tools