Senior DevOps Engineer

Build Something Extraordinary

Plotly is a leading innovator in data visualization and analytics, specializing in empowering organizations to make data-driven decisions. Our flagship product, Dash Enterprise, is revolutionizing the way businesses interact with and harness their data. 

Your Role in the Plotly Story

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team. As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Plotly, you will play a critical role in overseeing our infrastructure, security practices and ensuring the efficiency and reliability of our cloud-based systems. This role requires a strong background in SOC2 compliance, cloud cost management, Kubernetes cluster management, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, customer support, and IT security.

Here’s a peek at what you’ll be working with:

• SOC 2 Type 2 compliance
• Python, Bash, Golang
• Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible
• Cloud cost management and optimization strategies
• Cloud security protocols, VPN
• Cloud management and provisioning
• Kubernetes clusters
• CI/CD pipelines
• Tier 2 support for infrastructure-related issues
• GCP, AWS, and Azure

Your responsibilities

• Assist with building and implementing the technical roadmap for IT, DevOps in collaboration with business stakeholders and individual team members.
• Manage and maintain SOC 2 Type 2 compliance standards within our infrastructure.
• Implement and optimize cloud cost management strategies.
• Ensure cloud and IT security protocols are in place and up to date.
• Oversee organization-wide IT services including onboarding, offboarding, and certificate management.
• Oversee and automate cloud management and provisioning, including Kubernetes clusters.
• Manage the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines
• Create documentation and self-service tools that empower developers to resolve common CI/CD issues
• Provide Tier 2 customer and internal support for infrastructure-related issues

What Your Bring to The Team

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, IT or similar role
• Experience with security compliance and cloud security (SOC 2 Type 2 compliance preferred)
• Experience with all three clouds: GCP, AWS and Azure.
• Proficiency in cloud cost management and optimization strategies.
• Hands-on experience managing clusters, containers (Kubernetes preferred).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus.
• Experience in managing cloud and IT security protocols.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Not Sure If You’re 100% Qualified?

At Plotly, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If this role excites you, but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We’d love to learn how your unique skills could make an impact!

What you can expect from us:

Health & Wellbeing

• Comprehensive health coverage
• Generous PTO 
• Parental leave top-up program

Growth & Future

• Stock options for all full-time employees
• Learning & development program
• Work alongside a dedicated team 

Flexibility & Community

• Remote-first work
• Home office support
• Employee led DE&I resource group
• Plotly Community Forum

Why Plotly?

Unleash your creativity and shape the future of data analytics! 

Founded by innovators and driven by our community of users and customers, we eagerly tackle every challenge, from crafting state-of-the-art UI for seamless data interaction to optimizing our graphing libraries and services for highly reliable performance. Our journey has only begun! 

We are a tight-knit and quickly growing team where each member can make an immediate, meaningful impact. We take on complex problems, work hard, and are firm believers in the open-source mission. At Plotly, you'll work alongside a diverse team of first-class engineers, developers, scientists, and builders that challenge the status quo and set a high bar. We encourage each member of our team to explore and expand their skill sets continually, and to approach every problem with curiosity and an open mind. Together, we make it possible for people everywhere to share data and insights that make real impacts in business and around the world.

Plotly is an equal-opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. If you require any accommodations, please let us know during the application process. 

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