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Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

Valar Atomics
Location
Torrance, California, United States
Posted
24 days ago
Department
IT & Enterprise Software
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering role
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS, Lambda, CloudFormation)
  • Working knowledge of Azure services (AKS, Azure DevOps, VNets, Azure AD)
  • Solid experience administering and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters in production environments
  • Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
  • Hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise including repository management and branch protection
Nice to have
  • Relevant certifications (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, Azure Administrator/DevOps Engineer Expert)
  • Prior military service in US Airforce or Navy in technical fields
  • Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux)
  • Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
  • Familiarity with policy-as-code tools (OPA, Sentinel)
What the job really is

As a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer at Valar Atomics, you will design, build, and maintain scalable and secure cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS, with some support for Azure. Your role involves managing Kubernetes clusters, developing CI/CD pipelines, and implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform. You will collaborate with various teams to enhance deployment processes and ensure system reliability while participating in on-call rotations for incident response.

Benefits
  • Competitive base salary
  • Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company
  • Comprehensive medical benefits
  • Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite
  • Generous PPE stipend
  • High-impact startup environment with significant ownership and autonomy
Things to weigh
  • This position is fully on-site in Torrance, CA; relocation assistance is not available.
  • No mention of remote work options or flexible hours.
  • The salary range is specified as $165,000 to $190,000, which may be a consideration for candidates evaluating compensation.
  • The role involves participation in on-call rotation and incident response, which may impact work-life balance.
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Freshness4/5
Career value4/5
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