System Operations Engineer

GovWorx

System Operations Engineer evolving DevOps practices for GovWorx, improving public safety technology solutions. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency and responsiveness.

Posted 5/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $160,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Amazon RedshiftAWSCloudKubernetesMySQLPostgresTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Produce clear diagrams, documentation, and implementation plans for our operational systems / processes.
Follow company architectural guidelines and industry best practices when developing operations frameworks / systems.
Ability to automation that can build and deliver software artifacts.
Ability to write Infrastructure as Code to support our environment.
Ability to develop monitors, alerts, and on-call solutions to ensure we are responsive to customer issues.
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including support and customer success.
Providing consistent and meaningful progress and performance updates to senior management and the Executive Leadership Team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

U.S. Citizenship required.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
Minimum of 5 years of experience as an individual contributor working in DevOps/Cloud Operations, preferably within SaaS or technology-driven organizations.
Experience writing Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, Cloud Formation Templates, CDK, etc.
Experience with Relational Databases such as MySQL, Postgres, etc.
Alternative datastores such as OpenSearch, Redshift, etc. are a major plus.
Strong understanding of web development frameworks and architectures.
Strong understanding of containerization; Kubernetes a plus.
Strong understanding of Amazon Web Services; Amazon GovCloud a plus.
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in a remote environment.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Offers Bonus
Benefits & Flexible Time Off

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Hard Skills & Tools

Infrastructure as CodeTerraformCloud Formation TemplatesCDKRelational DatabasesMySQLPostgresOpenSearchRedshiftKubernetes

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcommunicationinterpersonalcollaborationindependence