Lead Jobs at Blockchains

OUR VISION

In the new and exciting world of the decentralized internet, otherwise known as Web3, it is an individual’s fundamental right to own and control their digital identity. To ensure that the individual is paramount in Web3, we are developing a suite of applications to enable everyone to safely engage, take part, and transact in the emerging, decentralized world of the internet. Our platform centers on Web3 Identity and leverages that identity to provide individuals with secure digital asset storage and recovery, access to decentralized finance, the ability to prove ownership of their creations, and gateways to digital interactions and experiences – all to empower and benefit every Web3 user.

We believe that the decentralized nature of Web3 creates an opportunity for everyone to challenge the digital status quo—to own and control their identity, data, finances, creations, and future. This is the chance to get it right – to rally a movement of individuals so Web3 belongs to everyone, not to trillion-dollar companies. To fulfill this vision, we are seeking dynamic people who want to join us in leading the way to this new world.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

As the Lead DevOps Engineer, you will be at the helm of a DevOps team responsible for designing and implementing our automated processes and environments with tooling that accelerates the delivery of numerous core Blockchains products into production. This is a highly technical hands-on role, with responsibility for managing 2-3 other team members. Our solution is predominantly on-premise k8s and VM deployments, with some cloud work on AWS, Azure and GCP. You will not only support the DevOps pipelines with tools and security for development, test, QA, and delivery into production but also for creating, deploying, and maintaining our production environments that support millions of users worldwide. This role requires a passion for technology, creativity, and the ability to solve complex challenges without outside help. You will wear many hats and must love to learn.

You have a background in software development, creating Web services, scalable backend apps, and experimenting with new technologies so that you can work closely with our development teams. You understand modern DevSecOps best practices, have an opinion on where and why to use specific approaches and are eager to refine your craft to deliver numerous software deployments into production. You will use your experience to refine and enhance our development process to enable the fast-paced, bleeding-edge culture embraced by Blockchains. You have experience building highly scalable cloud-based and on-premise solutions using Docker, Kubernetes, and various languages will give you the insight to lean forward with constant improvements for all of our release pipelines. You will design and deploy new k8s clusters, support performance analysis and testing for scalability, and ensure Blockchains software deploys seamlessly into these environments. From creating and implementing systems software to analyzing data to improve existing ones, the DevOps team is an extension of our development teams, with a passion for making development and operations a beautiful and harmonious flow. You have a software engineering mindset, embrace modern security practices, and clearly understand various automation tools for developing CI/ CD pipelines. Other responsibilities include:

• Supporting the development and maturation of DevOps processes in alignment with the strategic vision of the organization. You are constantly seeking better ways of working and work with multiple teams to improve our development practices.
• Defining and leading implementation of the DevOps Team activities to meet the strategy and priorities of Blockchains’ Engineering department
• Managing and configuring Gitlab repositories and Gitlab CI pipelines, implementing git hooks and various scripts to automate tests and deployment
• Define and implement a gitops deployment strategy using ArgoCD or similar tools
• Configure and streamline deployments for test and production using Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and other tools
• Configure and manage k8s deployments on Nutanix Karbon
• Managing releases, including automating release documentation and integrating with Confluence, JIRA, and other tools to streamline deployments and support high quality software development
• Configure and manage artifact repositories, such as Docker images, software builds and test data sets using Artifactory, Nexus or similar tools
• Support software development teams in their daily work
• Configure and manage production deployments of PostgreSQL, MongoDB and other databases
• Deploy and maintain multiple blockchains, with nodes for Polygon and others
• Working closely as a partner with development teams, seeking ways to reduce development friction and enable on-demand releases into production through extensive automation that your DevOps team creates
• Monitoring and troubleshooting numerous on-premise and cloud deployments, creating and using various tools and dashboards to facilitate troubleshooting
• Continually identify, assess, and mitigate technology impacts to the organization and conduct effective process improvement initiatives designed to increase end-user satisfaction and minimize down time
• Integrating and automating quality assurance management into organizational life cycle processes
• Supporting and conducting internal audits, help mitigate findings and implement improvement measures

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

To ensure success, you must have a passion forall things Software, DevOps, and InfoSec. You can handle working at a fast pace, working closely with others, and have a “get it done” attitude. You must enjoy working with others, as there will be lots of interaction with other teams and departments. You are strong communicator and are comfortable leading and working with others. You have lots of experience writing software, and see joy in helping others develop, test and deliver software into production. You are passionate about modern software architectures, deployment strategies, and continuously seeking ways to improve the systems you support. You area diligent worker who is equallytechnicaland businessminded. You are knowledgeable in taking a risk-based approach to prioritize efforts. You can assist in leadingefforts to improve theoveralluptime and availability of systems.Youcanwork with numerous cross-functional teams in a fast paced, growing company.Most importantly, you lead by example and believe in continuous learning for your self and those around you.

The ideal candidate will also have the following skills or experience:

• Extensive experience creating, managing and deploying k8s clusters in production
• Solid understanding of Docker applications, creating highly scalable k8s deployments, with a strong background in using YAML, JSON and similar languages
• Experience leading and managing teams in a fast-paced, highly-collaborative environment
• Experience deploying and managing PostgreSQL and MongoDB in production
• Experience with delivering enterprise-class systems into production
• Knowledge and experience with C#, Go, Javascript or other higher order languages so that you can effectively interact with and support numerous development teams
• Solid scripting skills (shell/python) and proven ability to learn new ones on the fly
• Experience with monitoring and log collection systems (Prometheus, Loki, Grafana)
• Good understanding of networking infrastructure, network security, and protocols
• Familiarity with Key Management Processes and Hardware Security Modules (HSM’s)

YOUR EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

This position requires BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field. A minimum10 years as a DevOps Engineer or experience writing, delivering, and maintaining software in production. Minimum 5 years as a team lead or manager. A minimum of 5 years experience with Docker, Docker Registries, and configuring highly scalable k8s clusters. Previous experience with Web3, IPFS, and other decentralized applications is a plus. Previous experience with blockchain technologies is preferred.

Blockchains, Inc. (“Blockchains”) is proud to be a diverse workforce, and we are committed to inclusion and diversity to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants. Blockchains provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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