Who we are:
Are you looking for a company where you can make an impact on people's lives, be a part of a supportive and inclusive culture, and challenge the status quo? CommunicateHealth is a growing health communication firm with a passion for human-centered design. Our mission is to improve lives by designing health information that’s easy to understand and use. CommunicateHealth team members are committed to this mission – and to helping each other do big things every day. Together, we design inspiring solutions that transform the way people think about health.
We are looking for a creative senior DevOps engineer to manage the transition between project planning and web application deployment. In this role, your duties will include supervising developers, developing communication products and configuring systems, and performing diagnostic tests throughout the stages of development. You will also be required to forecast project timelines and cost. The Senior DevOps Engineer will be responsible for mentoring and teaching existing team members. As such, the ideal candidate must have experience clearly explaining solutions to complex problems and demonstrate the ability to lead, coach, and support the rest of the team. You are passionate about building accessible products and proactively seek opportunities for thought leadership in the field.
Responsibilities: (you’ll be
We care
At CommunicateHealth, we acknowledge that our employees are the best and brightest, and we want to compensate you accordingly!
Excellent benefits
Are you looking for a company where you can make an impact on people's lives, be a part of a supportive and inclusive culture, and challenge the status quo? CommunicateHealth is a growing health communication firm with a passion for human-centered design. Our mission is to improve lives by designing health information that’s easy to understand and use. CommunicateHealth team members are committed to this mission – and to helping each other do big things every day. Together, we design inspiring solutions that transform the way people think about health.
We are looking for a creative senior DevOps engineer to manage the transition between project planning and web application deployment. In this role, your duties will include supervising developers, developing communication products and configuring systems, and performing diagnostic tests throughout the stages of development. You will also be required to forecast project timelines and cost. The Senior DevOps Engineer will be responsible for mentoring and teaching existing team members. As such, the ideal candidate must have experience clearly explaining solutions to complex problems and demonstrate the ability to lead, coach, and support the rest of the team. You are passionate about building accessible products and proactively seek opportunities for thought leadership in the field.
Responsibilities: (you’ll be
- Review and sign off on code quality and standards for dev tasks and deliverables
- Consult with client and internal corporate teams on the security and infrastructure needs
- Determine and oversee development priorities and resources, including setting quarterly team goals Work closely with project managers and directors to estimate timeline and level of effort for dev tasks
- Build the development team capabilities, including coaching and mentoring other developers
- Design and implement development workflows, including unit testing, regression testing, static code analysis, build and deployment processes
- Respond to security vulnerabilities or CVEs — assess impact, recommend remediation, and implement
- Grow application monitoring and evaluation tool monitoring capabilities
- Standing up new environments and ensuring consistency with existing environments
- Configuring and maintaining backups so systems can be restored quickly in case of failures.
- Solving problems in ways that drive towards simplicity of architecture and operations
- Ability to travel (1-2 times per year to DC) Ability to pass a Tier 4 U.S. federal government investigation to obtain U.S. government credentials/badge.
- Familiarity with a broad portfolio of AWS infrastructure tools (S3, EC2, CloudFront, Route 53) and experience with cloud infrastructure management and automation technologies (Selenium, Chef, Puppet)
- Experience working with Apache Solr and Apache Zookeeper
- Scripting (shell, JS, python) skills for monitoring and automation
- Experience optimizing applications and databases, both stand-alone and in distributed systems to maximize performance
- Passionate understanding of and commitment to building accessible products
- Demonstrated communication skills, including giving and receiving feedback and expressing complex ideas clearly and succinctly
- Recently active Federal government credentials / badge
- Experience with Drupal (9+) and WordPress installations
- Experience with SQL scripting and SQL command line operations
We care
At CommunicateHealth, we acknowledge that our employees are the best and brightest, and we want to compensate you accordingly!
Excellent benefits
- Open paid time off policy
- 401K with 3% company match
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans (CH pays 85% for individuals and 80% for families and couples)
- Parking and commuter reimbursement (Rockville office)
- Up to 6 weeks paid parental leave (up to 6 additional weeks of unpaid leave) and flexible schedules for working parents
- Life insurance base plan of $50,000
- Flexible schedules, including Summer Fridays
- Weekly all-staff Creative Time
- Standing desks
- Gym membership reimbursement (included with company-sponsored health insurance plan)
- $1,500+ of professional development annually
- Company support for applying to and presenting at professional conferences
- Individual coaching and mentoring, including access to CH principals
- Pro-bono and community work that align with the CH mission
- Company-sponsored trainings throughout the year