DevOps Engineer

About Velsera

Medicine moves too slow. At Velsera, we are changing that.

Velsera was formed in 2023 through the shared vision of Seven Bridges and Pierian, with a mission to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of life-changing insights.

Velsera provides software and professional services for:

• AI-powered multimodal data harmonization and analytics for drug discovery and development
• IVD development, validation, and regulatory approval
• Clinical NGS interpretation, reporting, and adoption

With our headquarters in Boston, MA, we are growing and expanding our teams located in different countries!

What will you do?

• Work very closely with DevOps Team Leads and Architects to contribute to automation of product deployments, operational processes and procedures.
• Work with industry standard automation and configuration management tools
• Regularly solicit feedback from team members and across departments
• Owns smaller features, from technical design to delivery
• Evaluate tools, processes and practices
• Handle critical incidents by shadowing senior team members
• Provide support and contribute to troubleshooting, remediation of production incidents and events related to all onboarded applications, AWS infrastructure, CI/CD tools and processes.
• Contribute to cost optimization initiatives for infrastructure deployed on Cloud platforms.
• Enable visibility for the platform, application, infrastructure health by implementing the right monitoring strategy.

Requirements

What do you bring to the table?

• Very good knowledge of Linux/Unix system administration and internals
• Good knowledge of Bash
• Familiarity with Python/Go
• Have working knowledge of Network design and implementation
• Have experience maintaining an infrastructure on top of major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Have working experience with IaaC tools, preferably CloudFormation Template, Terraform, Ansible
• Familiarity with monitoring tools, preferably Prometheus, CloudWatch, Grafana
• Experience in container management solutions like AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service, Amazon Elastic Container Service etc
• Experience working with NoSQl/SQL databases
• Experience with ELK stack
• Familiarity with orchestration
• Familiarity with Microservice architecture
• Experience in configuration and setup of automated CI/CD pipelines via tools like Jenkins, AWS CI/CD etc

• 4 – 5 years of experience as a DevOps/Systems/Software Engineer
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or Equivalent
• Fluent English language skills, written and verbal

Benefits

• Flexible Work & Time Off - Embrace hybrid work models and enjoy the freedom of unlimited paid time off to support work-life balance.
• Health & Well-being - Access comprehensive group medical and life insurance coverage, along with a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health and wellness support.
• Growth & Learning - Fuel your professional journey with continuous learning and development programs designed to help you upskill and grow.
• Recognition & Rewards - Get recognized for your contributions through structured reward programs and campaigns.
• Engaging & Fun Work Culture - Experience a vibrant workplace with team events, celebrations, and engaging activities that make every workday enjoyable.
• & Many More...