What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer position at FireMon?
As a DevOps Engineer at FireMon, you'll play a critical role in building and maintaining the infrastructure, tooling, and processes that empower our engineering teams to develop high-quality software quickly and confidently. You'll partner closely with developers, engineers, and stakeholders to streamline workflows, eliminate bottlenecks, and uphold the reliability and security of our systems.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and maintain the infrastructure and tooling that supports rapid, reliable development and delivery of FireMon's products
- Identify and automate repetitive manual processes across our build, test, and release pipelines to improve team-wide productivity
- Own and oversee code releases, ensuring deployments follow established processes and meet quality standards
- Act as a bridge between stakeholders and development teams, translating business needs into technical requirements
- Continuously evaluate and improve CI/CD pipelines, development workflows, and release processes
- Review and analyze code written by others, providing constructive feedback and ensuring adherence to best practices
- Champion security across the SDLC, proactively identifying vulnerabilities and ensuring systems are hardened against cybersecurity threats
- Diagnose and resolve technical issues, developing patches and updates as needed
- Contribute to project planning and execution, helping to scope, prioritize, and deliver initiatives on time
- Stay current with emerging tools, technologies, and industry trends as FireMon's platform and ecosystem continue to evolve
- Work autonomously while contributing to a collaborative, supportive engineering community
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 4 years of experience in development operations or a similar role
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI/CD (preferred), Jenkins, or CircleCI
- Proficiency in scripting and strongly typed languages, including Python, Bash, Java, and/or Go
- Experience with version control systems, particularly Git; familiarity with GitLab-based workflows (merge requests, protected branches) preferred
- Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, or Pulumi
- Experience with container runtimes such as Docker
- Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible (preferred), Puppet, Chef, or Salt
- Experience with Kubernetes (preferably AWS EKS), including Helm charts, Kustomize, and GitOps delivery tools like Flux CD
- Understanding of core networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to produce clear technical documentation
- Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment with shifting priorities
- A growth mindset — eager to learn new technologies and apply them to real-world challenges
- Creative thinker who can translate technical knowledge into meaningful improvements across the product
- Experience with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management, PKI, and dynamic credentials
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
- Experience with AWS services such as EKS, VPC, IAM/IRSA, Route53, S3, EFS, and Transit Gateway
- Exposure to on-premises hypervisors such as Nutanix AHV/Prism Central
- Experience with Kubernetes ecosystem tooling: Karpenter, External Secrets Operator, Cilium, Envoy Gateway
- Familiarity with security scanning and compliance tools (Trivy, Checkov, Gitleaks)
- Experience with PostgreSQL administration