DevOps Engineer at Alarm.com

Centennial, Colorado, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Technology, IoT, SecurityIndustries

Requirements

3+ years of related DevOps experience
B.A. or B.S. (or higher level degree) in Computer Science or a similar engineering program with strong academic performance preferred
Experience with Cloud Platforms and virtualization Technologies: VMWare, Azure and AWS
Experience with Configuration Management and IaC tools: Ansible/AWX, Puppet, Terraform
Knowledge of Linux operating systems like Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Experience with containerization concepts and technologies: Docker, K8s, AKS, Rancher
Familiarity with Server Monitoring & Application Performance Monitoring solutions. E.g. PagerDuty, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, New Relic, Dynatrace, AppDynamics
Knowledge of automation frameworks and CI/CD tools: Bamboo, GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy, Jenkins, Atlassian, GIT, ArgoCD
Familiarity with secrets and artifact storage technologies like Vault and Artifactory
Familiarity with programming and scripting languages: Bash, C#, Python, Go
Familiarity with multi-tiered escalation and on-call procedures
Ability to work both collaboratively and individually within a team environment
Exemplary passion for automating complex processes and running Infrastructure as Code
Self-directed approach with a high degree of initiative to investigate and resolve issues
Familiarization with security tools, patch management, benchmarks and compliance frameworks (preferred)
Knowledge of Windows Server operating systems, applications and services including IIS, SQL Server, PowerShell (preferred)
Experience implementing messaging systems: Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ (preferred)

Responsibilities

Design and develop tools and frameworks to enable continuous code integration and automated infrastructure management across all layers in the cloud – Servers, Storage, Network, Operating Systems, Management infrastructure Applications, and Monitoring and Alerting
Provide technical direction to Engineering teams on best practices for deploying software in the cloud
Develop a full understanding on the operation and architecture of the Alarm.com cloud and provide innovative solutions to increase reliability, performance and predictability in our operations
Evaluate, architect, implement and migrate on-premises complex workloads to hyperscaler infrastructures – AWS, Azure
Embrace DevOps activities to increase consistency and visibility into change management
Troubleshoot issues and participate in on-call support, ensuring stability and performance of the production environment
Work closely with various groups within Operations, Software Engineering, and Quality Engineering to drive efficiencies. Including authoring of runbooks and key alert metrics, and overall health and stability of monitoring
Support application deployments and the entire SLDC
Other duties as assigned

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

AWSAzureDevOpsCI/CDInfrastructure AutomationCloud MigrationMonitoringAlertingTroubleshootingRunbooks

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What salary can I expect for the DevOps Engineer role?

This information is not specified in the job description.

Is this DevOps Engineer position remote or office-based?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What key skills are required for the DevOps Engineer position?

Required skills include 3+ years of DevOps experience, proficiency with cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform, Linux OS knowledge (Ubuntu, Red Hat), containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

What is the team structure or work environment like at Alarm.com for this role?

The role involves working closely with Engineering, Quality Engineering, Cloud Operations, Security, and Release Management teams, serving as the main liaison to deliver automation solutions across the infrastructure lifecycle.

What makes a strong candidate for the DevOps Engineer role?

A strong candidate has 3+ years of DevOps experience, a degree in Computer Science or similar, and hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible), Linux, containers (Docker, K8s), and CI/CD pipelines.

Alarm.com

Integrated smart security solutions for businesses

About Alarm.com

Alarm.com offers smart security solutions for small to medium-sized businesses, integrating security, lighting, locks, video surveillance, and energy management into one app. This allows businesses to efficiently monitor and control their premises, benefiting from features like video monitoring and energy-saving smart thermostats. The company partners with authorized service providers to sell and install their systems, which come with low upfront costs and ongoing service fees. Alarm.com aims to provide comprehensive security management that helps businesses operate more effectively.

Tysons, VirginiaHeadquarters

2000Year Founded

$158.6MTotal Funding

IPOCompany Stage

Energy, Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries

1,001-5,000Employees