What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer position at Stenograph?
The Company
Stenograph LLC is a world leader in the court reporting industry and has been in business for 85 years. Stenograph provides a full suite of products and software for dictation and transcription applications. The company offers shorthand writing machines and computer-aided transcription software for the information technology needs of the court reporting and captioning communities. The company also provides training materials and professional development courses for students and court reporting professionals. The company markets its products through its sales force and distributors in the United States and internationally. Stenograph is solely owned by The Heico Companies, LLC, a privately held, $2B revenue company that specializes in acquiring distressed assets, improving their performance, and holding them for the long term.
Heico has a history of success. Since its founding over 40 years ago The Heico Companies has grown from a single business to over 78 separate companies through a strategic acquisition policy, and by reinvesting its earnings into internal growth and new prospects. Historically talented at restoring distressed companies, Heico strategically targets acquisitions that will complement its ever-growing portfolio of companies in manufacturing, construction, and industrial services.
These four core operations are organized into groups: Applied Solutions Group, Construction Solutions Group, Industrial Technologies Group, and Metal Processing Group. Once acquired, new Heico companies are assigned to a group and run on a stand-alone basis, allowing for great independence as well as the opportunity to share knowledge about markets, production processes, and management practices across other Heico groups and companies.
Heico continues to seek out new opportunities and maintain its standard of success. The Heico Companies has remained a privately held company since its creation and maintains a majority ownership in each of its operations.
More information about the overall organization can be found at www.heicocompanies.com.
The Position
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to architect, automate, and maintain secure, scalable infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, while supporting cloud modernization and AI/ML system scaling. This role emphasizes automation, reliability, security, and collaboration across engineering, QA, and operations teams.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and optimize cloud infrastructure for scalability, security, and Examples: AWS, Azure, GCP and similar.
- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) for repeatable, automated Examples: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline software delivery and ML model
Examples: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps.
- Monitor and maintain system health with proactive observability and alert for applications and AI services. Examples: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog.
- Ensure security and compliance through identity management, encryption, and policy
Frameworks: SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA.
- Support cloud migration and modernization strategies, including containerization, serverless adoption, and ML pipeline automation. Examples: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Kubeflow, MLflow.
- Scale AI systems by deploying ML models in production environments and optimizing inference performance. Examples: AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, GCP AI Platform.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across software, hardware, and networking
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align business and development
Experience
- 7-10 years in DevOps engineering with strong cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with progressive deployment tools (ArgoCD, FluxCD).
- Exposure to microservices, multi-region deployments, and modern PaaS
- Understanding of security and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA).
- Familiarity with container security solutions (Trivy, Cosign).
- Experience troubleshooting complex systems (software and hardware).
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or strong equivalent experience in cloud architecture and operations (Azure, AWS, GCP).
- Proficiency in IaC frameworks and automation scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
- Familiarity with container orchestration, networking fundamentals, and security
- Understanding of monitoring, alerting, and incident response
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts
- Certifications in cloud or DevOps (AWS/Azure/GCP) are a
- Exposure to microservices, multi-region deployments, and modern PaaS
- Knowledge of ML pipeline tools (Kubeflow, Airflow, MLflow) and model monitoring
- Position is hybrid, with onsite location in Downers Grove, IL.
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary with a range of $120,000-$140,000.
- Hybrid schedule: 3 days in-office, 2 days remote
- Health, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
- Paid time off and company holidays.
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