About BlueLabs
BlueLabs is a leading provider of analytics services and technology dedicated to helping our partners do the most good with their data. Our team of analysts, scientists, engineers, and strategists hail from diverse backgrounds yet share a passion for using data to solve the world’s greatest social and analytical challenges. Since our inception we’ve worked with more than 400 organizations ranging from government agencies, advocacy groups, unions, political campaigns, and international groups.
In addition, we service an ever-expanding portfolio of commercial clients in the automotive, travel, CPG, entertainment, healthcare, media, and telecom industries. Along the way, we’ve developed some of the most innovative tools available in analytics, media optimization, reporting, and influencer outreach.
About the team
The Engineering team at BlueLabs supports application access, asset management, and broader operational logistics. We work with a number of internal stakeholders including the Data Science, Insights, Civic Technology, and Ripple teams. Our work supports the underlying infrastructure and data pipelines which allow the rest of the teams to conduct innovative analyses, propose innovative improvements in government operations, and hone messaging for important campaigns. We work in changing, ambiguous environments, so we embrace nuance, inclusivity, and complexity to deliver programs that work for the diverse groups of individuals who rely on us.
You’ll be working with a team of professionals with various work backgrounds and experiences who seek to make Blue Labs a more efficient, compliant, and positive place to work.
About the role:
As the Director of DevSecOps, you will lead our DevSecOps department, setting the strategic direction and ensuring the scalability, reliability, and security of our infrastructure. You will oversee a team of DevSecOps engineers, guiding them in building and maintaining a robust and efficient infrastructure that supports both our internal teams and our clients.
In this position, you will:
- Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the overall DevOps strategy, aligning it with BlueLabs' business goals and objectives.
- Team Management: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Infrastructure Design and Implementation: Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of cloud-agnostic infrastructure across multiple cloud providers, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness.
- Automation and Optimization: Drive automation initiatives to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and reduce manual intervention.
- Security and Compliance: Ensure adherence to security best practices and industry standards, including compliance with relevant regulations such as FedRAMP, SOC II.
- Monitoring and Performance: Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging systems to proactively identify and resolve issues, ensuring optimal performance and availability of our infrastructure.
- Collaboration: Work closely with other departments, including Engineering, Civic Tech, and Client Solutions, to understand their needs and ensure the infrastructure supports their goals.
What we are seeking:
- Proven Leadership: 8+ years of experience in DevOps, with at least 5 years in a leadership or management role.
- Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), containerization (Kubernetes ), and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and execute a long-term vision for the DevOps department, aligning it with the overall business strategy.
- Strong Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve complex issues in a timely manner.
- Familiarity with our toolset: Including ArgoCD for deployment purposes, a deep understanding of Kubernetes and Terraform.
- Willingness to get your hands dirty: We are firm believers that sometimes the best way to teach is to lead by example. When things go bump in the night the willingness to get involved yourself and help out with the rest of the team.
- A passion for lifelong learning: We fully believe that all our engineers should be continually growing and staying abreast of best practices, toolsets, and techniques.
The ability to successfully attain and maintain a Federal Public Trust background investigation that our government clients require; this includes a requirement that the individual has U.S. Citizenship or U.S. residency for three of the past five years.
What We Offer:
BlueLabs offers a friendly work environment and competitive compensation and benefits package including:
- Salary: $170,000 - $180,000 annually
- Premier health insurance plan
- 401K matching
- Unlimited vacation leave
- Paid sick, personal, and volunteer leave
- 13 paid holidays
- 15 weeks paid parental leave
- Professional development stipend & tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Supportive & collaborative culture
- Flexible working hours
- Remote friendly (within the U.S.)
- And more!
The salary range for candidates who meet the minimum posted qualifications reflects the Company’s good faith understanding and belief as to the wage range, and is accurate as of the date of this job posting.To protect the health and safety of our workforce, as a company policy, BlueLabs strongly encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning employment. BlueLabs adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations. Except where prohibited by law, applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment will be required to produce proof of vaccination status prior to their first day of employment; if not the offer may be rescinded or employment terminated.
BlueLabs will evaluate requests for reasonable accommodations for applicants unable to be vaccinated due to a religious belief, disability, pregnancy, or on an individualized basis in accordance with applicable laws.At BlueLabs, we celebrate, support and thrive on differences. Not only do they benefit our services, products, and community, but most importantly, they are to the benefit of our team. Qualified people of all races, ethnicities, ages, sex, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, gender identities, marital status, religions, veterans statuses, disabilities and any other protected classes are strongly encouraged to apply. As an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer, BlueLabs is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. BlueLabs endeavors to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified applicants with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If an applicant believes they require such assistance to complete the application or to participate in an interview, or has any questions or concerns, they should contact the Director, People Operations. BlueLabs participates in E-verify. EEO is the Law.
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