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Senior DevOps Engineer We are seeking a part time DevOps Engineer as part of our Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services career path to build and operate the technical foundation for a modern digital platform. This role will combine cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and backend engineering to support the development and production delivery of secure, scalable, and reusable digital services. Initially, this role will focus heavily on establishing cloud infrastructure, development environments, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, security controls, and observability needed to support reliable application delivery. As the infrastructure matures, the role will expand into hands-on backend development, API and system integrations, and ongoing production and operational support. This is a fully remote role. At Fearless, this Senior Consultant collaborates with cross functional teams to align the technical vision, implementation, and quality of software systems across development, reliability, testing, and operations. This role will possess the skills to be able to bridge business objectives with technical execution in software development, infrastructure, security, and testing at an advanced application level of proficiency. The Sr. Consultant role will work on projects that allow them to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable solutions while mentoring engineers, fostering collaboration, and aligning stakeholders with product and project goals. Fearless Responsibilities in this Role: Design, configure, and maintain cloud infrastructure across development, testing, staging, and production environments. Establish and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent technologies. Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting automated application build, testing, deployment, validation, and rollback. Automate environment provisioning and application deployment to improve reliability, repeatability, and release velocity. Configure and support networking, storage, compute, containers, and application runtime environments. Implement automated quality gates, security scanning, and deployment validation. Establish centralized logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and operational dashboards. Implement and support secrets management, encryption, identity and access management, role-based access controls, and audit logging. Support vulnerability remediation, security reviews, penetration testing remediation, and other security and compliance activities. Support backup, recovery, failover, disaster recovery, and operational-readiness practices. Monitor application and infrastructure health and troubleshoot production, deployment, performance, and integration issues. Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis. Partner closely with application engineers to move code through environments and into production. Contribute hands-on to backend services, APIs, microservices, and system integrations as infrastructure needs decrease. Support secure data exchange, API integrations, and service orchestration. Create and maintain deployment procedures, infrastructure documentation, operational runbooks, and support documentation. Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical planning, estimation, release coordination, and production cutovers. The Impact You Will Create in this Role: Fearless Impact: Fosters collaboration with cross functional teams by taking the initiative and driving conversations Coach, mentor, and develop peers that elevate team capability and technical expertise using clear and persuasive communication of engineering solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences Earn the trust of your customer and teammates by delivering world class services. Drive accountability and delivery by ensuring project objectives are not only met on time but aligned with client priorities and Fearless standards of excellence. Anticipate risks and implement proactive solutions to keep initiatives on track. Take ownership of risk management by monitoring deliverables across the team, identifying issues early, and coaching teammates on mitigation strategies while keeping leadership informed. Shape client engagement and intelligence-gathering efforts by actively cultivating relationships with stakeholders, synthesizing insights across the client organization and partner ecosystem, and providing Fearless leaders with actionable recommendations that inform strategy and strengthen delivery outcomes. Fearless Customer Impact: Deliver expected outcomes relative to high quality code and maintainable systems Offer and implement innovative solutions that include engineering best practices through new tools, frameworks and methodologies Lead and align stakeholders with product and project goals that advance customer satisfaction as well as Fearless' objectives, strategy, and mission Serve as a trusted advisor in your area of expertise Work Experience Project Skill and Experience Requirements: Minimum of 6 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or related roles. Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining cloud infrastructure and application environments. Demonstrated experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent technologies. Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated build, test, deployment, and rollback processes. Experience with cloud networking, storage, compute, containers, and environment provisioning. Experience implementing monitoring and observability through centralized logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerting. Hands-on experience implementing cloud and application security practices, including secrets management, encryption, IAM, vulnerability management, and access controls. Experience supporting production applications, including incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and operational readiness. Strong backend software engineering experience, including development or support of APIs, services, or microservices. Experience supporting integrations and secure data exchange between applications or services. Experience working closely with application engineers to deploy and operate software in production. Experience documenting infrastructure, deployment processes, and operational procedures. Experience delivering software using Agile development practices. Ability to work during the project's required 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Mountain Time working schedule.
Preferred Experience:
  • Experience with event-driven architecture and service orchestration patterns.
  • Experience with container orchestration platforms and microservices deployment strategies.
  • Experience supporting complex digital modernization initiatives.
  • Experience working within environments with significant security, privacy, or data-protection requirements
  • Fearless Skills and Competencies:
  • Analytical Thinking: The ability to observe and interpret information, break down complex problems into parts, identify patterns/relationships and draw logical conclusions to develop effective solutions.
  • Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole.
  • Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands and resilience to setbacks.
  • Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery.
  • Consultative Advising: Identifies and articulates client challenges, scopes projects and aligns recommendations to business goals and client expectations.
  • Communicating with Influence: Capable of crafting and delivering clear, persuasive messages that integrate data insights and structured narratives, tailored to the strategic needs of diverse audiences to drive effective decision-making.
  • Managing Priorities & Client Alignment: Skillfully negotiates and manages conflicting priorities to strategically align decisions, enhancing service delivery and client satisfaction.
  • Required Level of Proficiency:
  • Advanced Application: You can perform the actions associated with a skill without assistance. You are recognized within your immediate organization as "a person to ask" when difficult questions regarding required skills arise.
Physical Requirements:
  • Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
  • Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.
  • Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
  • Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).Benefits Life at Fearless:
  • Are valued as a whole person—not just a job title
  • Get matched with work that plays to your strengths and passions
  • Are supported by coaches, not micromanagers
  • Have the autonomy and clarity to make decisions and drive impact
  • Join a community that celebrates equity, curiosity, and innovation
  • Do work that matters—every day
  • We believe in flexibility, growth, and balance. Our benefits and culture are designed to support you in doing your best work—while making space for what matters to you outside of it. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Fearless, we
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