Associate DevOps Engineer

Position Overview

Are you passionate about technology and eager to solve intricate business challenges? At CoBank, you will immerse yourself in an innovative tech landscape catering to real farm credit customers. As an Associate DevOps Engineer, you will bridge development and operations while leveraging automation tools across AWS and on-premises infrastructure. Collaborating with agile teams, you will design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in the cloud. The typical base pay range for this role is between $75,000 - $91,920. Compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support for engineering automated solutions, including continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines, automated testing practices, and robust monitoring.
• Collaborate with senior engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver cloud-based solutions with high performance, security, and scalability.
• Utilize programming languages (Bash, PowerShell, Python) and work with container orchestration services (ECS, Docker, Kubernetes) alongside various AWS tools.
• Develop solutions to enhance quality, delivery speed, and efficiency by prioritizing automation technologies.
• Support production issue resolution with prompt troubleshooting and after-hours assistance as needed.
• Engage with program owners and business units to implement enhancements and adopt best practices across the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Experience with Cloud Computing principles with a focus on AWS services.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Git, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Understanding of networking concepts, including VPC, subnets, security groups, load balancers, and VPNs.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work effectively in an agile and collaborative environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with additional cloud platforms such as GCP or Microsoft Azure.
• Any AWS, Azure, or GCP certification (developer, solution architect, networking, or infrastructure).
• Experience with container orchestration services and Infrastructure as Code approaches.

Benefits & Perks

• Careers with a purpose.
• Time-Off Packages: 15 days of vacation, 10 paid sick days, and 11 paid holidays.
• Competitive Compensation & Incentive
• Hybrid work model: Flexible arrangements for most positions.
• Benefits Packages including Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance.
• Robust associate training and development with CoBank University.
• Tuition reimbursement for higher education up to $10k per year.
• Outstanding 401k: Up to 6% matching, an additional 3% non-elective contribution, and Student Loan Match.
• Community Impact initiatives such as United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day, and Associate Directed Contribution.
• Associate Resource Groups to foster a culture of respect and inclusion.
• Recognition programs including GEM awards.