Senior DevOps Engineer

This is a US-based position, our offices are located in Fort Collins, CO. This position can be in-office, remote* (in approved US states), or a hybrid of the two.

About Madwire

• We specialize in “Making a Difference”, we call it “Mad.” It’s in our blood. Our manifesto. Our calling. We love Mad. 
• We are a world-class digital marketing company, growing small-and medium-sized businesses through a single, powerful platform. 
• We provide technology and talent, with Marketing360 as our powerful software backed by the professional marketing services that the team at Madwire has to offer. 
• We are a collaborative group, and everyone has some kind of talent that fits into our greater puzzle. 
• Joe and JB Kellogg are rated the top CEO’s by Glassdoor 3 years straight.
• We are an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company in America for 8 years straight.
• We are rated in the Top 50 Family -Owned Colorado Companies for 11 years straight.
• We were rated #2 on Entrepreneur 360 (2017).
• We were rated the #1 Best Place to Work by Glassdoor (2016).
• We are rated a Top 10 Marketing Company by Inc. 5000 (2014).
  

Company Culture

At Madwire, we believe in attracting the absolute best individuals in their field. For the past ten years we have offered a dynamic working environment full of compassion, energy, and a whole lot of fun. Our current employees enjoy a collaborative, supportive, and dynamic working environment. We go hard because our customers demand that we put out the best possible products. On the other hand, we definitely know how to have fun. Hard work, an amazing culture, engaging technology, helping small business succeed, what could be better?

Who you are

• You are an expert troubleshooter and powerful builder.
• You are an infrastructure aficionado.
• You are motivated to get the job done and done excellently. Execution Excellence is our standard and our standard is non negotiable.
• You are a passionate human: passionate about making a difference in the world, passionate about helping teammates succeed.
• You are thorough in your work.
• You are curious and ready to learn. Like the clients we represent, our teammates are entrepreneurs. The most successful people at Madwire are those willing to put in the time it takes to become an expert for small business digital marketing.
• You comfortably navigate between tasks, willing to learn, and teach others.

Position Summary

• DevOps engineers are vital to Madwire’s mission because they are responsible for the stability and reliability of our software products.

Primary Responsibilities

• Help maintain the infrastructure for Marketing 360, the #1 marketing platform
• Debug and monitor existing services and help resolve problems
• Contribute to infrastructure initiatives to optimize reliability and reduce operational costs

Supervisory Responsibility

• No supervisory responsibilities

Travel

• Occasional travel may be required, but is not a significant part of the job.

Requirements

• 5+ yrs professional experience as a Senior DevOps engineer (or similar) working with GCP and AWS
• Extensive experience in the configuration, management and automation of Kubernetes clusters
• Experience with Git and CI/CD tools like CircleCI or GitHub Actions
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform or Pulumi
• Extensive understanding and experience in configuring firewalls, security groups, and networking
• Ability to work in a team environment within a fast-paced product team
• Excellent communication skills

Preferred Education/Experience

• Experience with delivery of a SaaS product
• Understanding of micro-services and related architectures
• Development experience, ideally with either Go, JS/TS, Bash or Python is a plus
• Working knowledge of relational and / NoSQL databases

Benefits

This position offers a competitive salary, great health benefits, 401(k), and a great work environment.

Salary Range

$120,000 - $180,000 annual DOE

Benefits 

Employee Health Benefits

Healthcare coverage is available through UMR. Ancillary coverage options provided by Guardian for dental, vision, life, critical illness, long term disability, and hospital indemnity. Madwire also provides employer paid life and short term disability through Guardian. Eligibility to enter Madwire’s plan is effective on your first day of employment.

401(k)

Madwire offers a 401k plan through Nationwide. Eligibility to enter the plan is first of the month following 60 days of employment. Madwire will match 50% of employee contributions up to 6% effective after one year of employment. 

Paid Time Off

Madwire’s PTO policy offers unlimited vacation along with 5 sick days, and 10 paid holidays per year. Eligibility to participate in this policy is effective with your first day of employment.

Approved States*

We are currently hiring in the following states: AK, AZ, AR, CO (outside of Denver county for entry level positions*), FL, GA, HI, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WV, WI, WY. Please note that it may take up to 2 months to authorize work in some states. Please let the hiring manager know what state you live in so we can plan accordingly.

We Don’t Discriminate

Madwire is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practice laws. Madwire strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. All Madwire employees, other workers and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits and termination of employment.

Madwire complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law. Consistent with those requirements, Madwire will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability, if such accommodation would allow the individual to perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.