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Theradex Oncology is a full-service CRO, conducting early and late-phase oncology trials in the U.S, Europe and Asia. Theradex Oncology was founded in 1982, when we were awarded the Clinical Trials Monitoring Contract for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Our ongoing association with NCI continues to be a strong basis for our operations. Our focus is cancer. We fully understand the science behind each potential cancer therapy and the challenges that come with moving therapies from mice to man. Theradex Oncology has designed and managed more than 250 early and late-phase oncology trials to date. Our mission is to assure that new discoveries in cancer drug development have the very best opportunity to be of benefit to mankind with a vision to improve treatment and make cancer a livable disease.   

AWS Certified DevOps Engineering Professional (DOP)  

We are seeking an experienced and active Professional Level Certified DevOps Engineer who wants to be a key contributor to help drive and support our long term strategic initiatives as we migrate into AWS. You must have a current professional level AWS DevOps Engineer Certification to be considered for this role.

• Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to deploy software releases and updates; identify and implement improvements to that process 
• Work with developers to optimize code in order to take full advantage of the efficiencies of cloud computing 
• Setup of application performance monitoring and alerting dashboards with the respective toolset, as well as automated health check of applications and services 
• Support and troubleshoot technical problems, incident management and provide root cause analysis 

• On-prem to cloud infrastructure migration planning, provisioning, and configuration, along with maintenance and updates as needed 
• Setup and maintain source code management tools, repositories, workflows, pipelines, and process automation with the applicable DevOps toolset 
• Implement and enforce security policies and procedures 

​​Interaction​ 

Interacts with Infrastructure, Cloud Application Developers, and Senior Management. 

​​Key Responsibilities ​ 

The primary responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following: 

• Design, deploy, automate, maintain, and manage AWS Environments / Services 
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform to manage AWS resources 
• Ensure AWS systems are reliable, secure, scalable, and compliant 
• Resolve problems across multiple application domains and platforms using system troubleshooting and problem-solving techniques 
• Automate different operational processes by designing, maintaining, and managing tools (Such as Terraform) 
• Provide primary operational support and engineering for all Cloud and Enterprise deployments 
• Develop policies, standards, and guidelines for IAC and CI/CD that teams can follow 
• Review AWS billing and assess cost optimization options on a regular basis 
• Collaborate with application owners on migrating/redesigning existing on-prem applications to AWS  
• Work closely with the development team to integrate their project changes and ensure that project deliverables are achieved effectively 
• Develop and maintain design and troubleshooting documentation 
• Leverage GitHub for version control and source code management 
• Perform code reviews, suggest ways to improve efficiencies 

​​Level of Education ​ 

Professional Certifications:

• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional (Required) 
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional (Preferred but not required) 

Bachelor's degree preferred 

​​Prior Experience​ 

A minimum of 5 years of work experience as a DevOps engineer or in similar roles. 

​​Skills and Competencies ​ 

Tech Stack 

• AWS 

• EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) 
• S3 (Simple Storage Service) 
• VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) 
• Lambda 
• RDS (Relational Database Service) 
• DynamoDB 
• IAM (Identity and Access Management) 

• Cloud Formation 
• CDK (Cloud Development Kit) 

• Terraform 
• Jenkins 
• CI/CD Pipeline knowledge 

Qualifications 

• Extensive CI/CD experience 
• Experience working with APIs 
• Extensive AWS experience and follows a well-architected model approach 
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or equivalent software-engineering role 
• Strong experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, etc. 
• Strong experience in using Terraform for infrastructure automation 
• Expertise in open-source technologies, containerization (e.g., Docker), microservices, and relational databases. 
• Strong experience with automation and configuration management tools, such as Jenkins and Ansible 
• Knowledge of C# 
• Working knowledge of programming languages such as Python, Java, and Shell scripting 
• Problem-solving attitude with an ability to work in a fast-paced environment 
• Excellent communication skills and a team-oriented mentality. 
• Development and testing skills 

• Have a very strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform) 
• Experience working with version control systems (e.g. GitHub) 

​​Additional Requirements​ 

Willing to work outside of standard business hours and weekends (when required). 

What  We Offer

We offer a supportive culture that puts people first. We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, STD/LTD, company matched 401(k), very competitive tuition reimbursement, generous vacation/sick plans, flexible work schedules, employee discounts and much more.   

Sponsorship or relocation is not offered for this position.

Theradex is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Recruitment agencies are not being utilized for this position.