AWS Engineer

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Summary

New Visions for Public Schools develops and implements scalable approaches to achieving strong and equitable outcomes for students in urban public schools. We currently support over 150,000 students in over 300 schools.

Our digital products help simplify complex managerial challenges so that school leaders and educators can focus on supporting their students to graduate school and have a successful post-secondary career.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Create and maintain fully automated CI/CD pipelines for code
  • Actively manage, improve and monitor cloud infrastructure on AWS, EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, and RDS; including backups, patches, and scaling
  • Build and deploy docker containers to break up monolithic app into microservices improving developer workflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speed
  • Deployment using Linux, Bash, AWS tools, CloudFormer, Terraform, AutoScaling
  • Automated build and deployment using Jenkins to reduce human error and speed up production processes

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Work directly with the DevOps team and Senior DevOps manager to test system integrity
  • Design and implement build, deployment, and configuration management
  • Test implemented designs
  • Build and test automation tools for infrastructure provisioning
  • Handle code deployments in all environments
  • Monitor metrics and develop ways to improve
  • Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on development and operations
  • Brainstorm for new ideas and ways to improve development delivery
  • Consult with peers for feedback during testing stages
  • Build, maintain and monitor configuration standards
  • Maintain day-to-day management and administration of projects
  • Manage CI and CD tools with team
  • Document and design various processes, update existing processes
  • Improve infrastructure development and application development
  • Follow all best practices and procedures as established by the company

Required Skill Set and Knowledge Base:

  • Configuration management & build Pipelines (jenkins/teamcity or aws ci/cd )
  • Git
  • Python / Bash
  • SQL
  • Linux
  • Networking
  • Docker (or other container tech)
  • AWS (EC2 , S3, IAM, VPC, Route53, RDS, CloudFormer, CodePipeline, AutoScaling...)

Requirements and Qualifications

  • Previous experience (3-5 years) in software development, infrastructure development or development and operations
  • Experience with Linux infrastructures, database SQL (postgres or other SQL db ) , CI/CD tools, scripting such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, R.

Nice to Haves

MongoDB or NoSQL , NodeJS , Any Analytic Tools , SingleSignOn , Directory Services

Workflow methodologies

Scrum/Kanban , Agile workflow methodologies

 

New Visions for Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Technology we use

  • Engineering
    • JavascriptLanguages
    • PythonLanguages
    • RLanguages
    • SqlLanguages
    • TypeScriptLanguages
    • ReactLibraries
    • AngularFrameworks
    • Angular.JSFrameworks
    • DockerFrameworks
    • Node.jsFrameworks
    • AWS RedshiftDatabases
    • MongoDBDatabases
    • PostgreSQLDatabases
    • Apache AirflowDatabases
    • AWS (Amazon Web Services)Services

Location

Our office is next to Grand Central in Midtown Manhattan. The location is easy to get to, and surrounded with the best lunch places, Irish bars and great restaurants. It is the perfect place for an evening with your work friends!

What are New Visions for Public Schools Perks + Benefits

New Visions for Public Schools Benefits Overview

Employees benefit from generous PTO, 100% coverage of medical and dental premiums, with a considerable cost share for dependents; a 403b plan with contributions equal to 8% of salary after one year of service that vests over time; gym reimbursement of up to $400 a year; employee referral awards of $1,000 per hire; flexible scheduling and telecommuting options (applicability varies); and much more.

Culture
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Hybrid work model
Remote work program
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Mean gender pay gap below 10%
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
8% employer contribution after 12 months
Child Care & Parental Leave
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Vacation + Time Off
Generous PTO
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Floating holidays
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Company-sponsored happy hours
Mother's room
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Paid industry certifications
Personal development training

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