DevOps Engineer IV

Planet DDS is a leading provider of a platform of cloud-based solutions that empowers growth-minded dental businesses. Now serving over 13,000 practices and 118,000 customers in North America, Planet DDS delivers a comprehensive suite of solutions, including Denticon Practice Management, Cloud 9 Ortho Practice Management, and Apteryx Cloud Imaging. Planet DDS is dedicated to enabling dental support organizations (DSOs) and groups to grow and thrive with technology that delivers seamless integrations, improved workflows, and future-proof scalability.

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer IV, who is passionate about cloud infrastructure, and an expert in Azure with hands-on experience in DevOps, CICD, IaC Terraform. This is a highly visible and influential role with the opportunity to work with the engineering leadership across the company. You will work with a distributed team in US, UK, and Bangladesh that currently supports our applications built on top of Azure and AWS. You will drive efficiency across the engineering organization by optimizing cloud spend and influencing the architecture along the way.

Job Duties

  • Build out the IaC platform using Terraform
  • Modernize the deployment pipeline
  • Lead and guide the team in identifying and implementing new technologies.
  • Build and maintain highly available systems.
  • Participate in on-call rotations supporting production applications
  • Establish and maintain best practices for cloud security, compliance, and cost optimization.
  • Participate in code and design reviews to ensure the quality and maintainability of code.

Skills and Qualifications

  • 8-11 years’ experience providing Infrastructure as Code, scripted solutions for deploying software, application security, containerization, creation of CI/CD pipelines that ensure quality software delivery.
  • Strong knowledge of Azure (AWS, GCP experience a plus)
  • At least 2 years’ experience in each of: Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Windows, Linux
  • Strong background in scripting (Terraform, Powershell, Python, Databases, etc.)
  • Background in high-quality software development and delivery
  • Ability to analyze and provide timely solutions to increase efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, contain costs, improve quality, increase security and improve maintainability across development processes and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant major (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or similar) or equivalent years of experience

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Telehealth
  • 401(k) and 401(k) match
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • FTO or Vacation
  • Sick Time
  • Employee Well-Being program
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Employee Referral program
  • Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs

Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is also eligible for variable pay as part of the total compensation package.

PLANET DDS CORE IDEOLOGY:

To encourage measurable progress toward our vision and make the best decisions on behalf of employees and customers, we adopted a set of common values:

  • Collaborative – Working independently and across teams, we create scalable solutions to enable company growth
  • Empathetic – We are educated on the experience of our customers and feel vested in their success
  • Accountable – We feel ownership for the quality of our work and take pride in the positive outcomes
  • Trustworthy – We operate with integrity and honest, making promises we know that we can keep
  • Ambitious – We are driven by our ability to make a long-term, positive impact on the lives of dental market leaders

Planet DDS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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