Hello! Are you ready to Work from Home and transform your career?

We're looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Senior DevOps DBA Engineer to join the engineering team at Modus. Want to help our client’s build awesome solutions to accomplish their goals and vision? Are you interested in working from home with some of the best talent on the planet? Then keep reading.

About You

You love being in charge of optimization and automation across multiple platforms and applications. Driving consistency for deployment and build processes is second nature for you. If you walk the line between software development and IT operations, we want to speak to you!. We use modern tools, which means you’ll have the opportunity to work with software like Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services, Heroku, Ansible, Terraform and much more. 

You have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or other related field and/or discipline and 3+ years of experience and demonstrated proficiency in database Development supporting complex information technology systems. You are familiar and comfortable working in the ed-tech industry with enterprise applications, working in an agile environment. You are an expert implementing and migrating Cloud migrations to AWS and working knowledge of Cloud platforms and tools, specifically AWS serverless. You have experience in designing domain models and developing data models with NoSQL databases (DynamoDB/ Mongo DB) as well as implementing and maintaining them, also developing software using Node.js or other interfaces to NoSQL databases. You are no stranger to utilizing RDBMS database systems in the cloud (eg.:  PostgresSQL, AWS Aurora, etc).

You will be implementing the database management system, managing the development and implementation of the data model, and support the developers as they begin to use the database. You will provide refinement and enhancements with analytic techniques such as Map/Reduce, High Performance Computing, and Cloud Services such as Amazon AWS and maintain detailed database designs which include data and process models, program specifications, control specification, structure charts, module definition, and unit and usage definitions. You will monitor applications supported by the client’s database servers using industry standard monitoring and troubleshooting tools and actively contribute to ongoing process improvement, innovation planning, best practice implementation, and risk management.

You love learning. Engineering is an ever-evolving world. You enjoy playing with new tech and exploring areas that you might not have experience with yet.  You are self-driven, self-learner willing to share knowledge and participate actively in your community.

Having overlap with your team is critical when working in a global remote team. Modus requires all team members to overlap with EST morning hours daily. In addition, reliable high speed internet is a must and having a machine to work in that meets the following criteria:  Mac running Mac OS or a Windows machine running Windows 10Pro.

Linux is required, one of the following: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or higher, Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS 6 or higher, Fedora 25 or higher, Debian 8.0 or higher.

Additionally, as part of this role you will be expected to adhere to our customers information security requirements. This includes but is not limited to installing BitDefender endpoint security, provided by Modus Create on the machine you will be connecting to the clients network and systems with. BitDefender provides the following features: AntiVirus/AntiMalware, Intrusion detection systems, Blocking of Phishing/compromised websites, Full Disk Encryption (using native tools to the operating system), Disables external storage, Automatic patch deployment and Windows risk management.

Things You Might Do

Modus is a fast-growing, and remote-first company, so you'll likely get experience on many different projects across the organization. That said, here are some things you'll probably do:

• Give back to the community via open source and blog posts
• Travel and meet great people- as part of our remote-first lifestyle, it's important that we come together as needed to work together, meet each other in person and have fun together. Please keep that in mind when you apply.
• Teach and be taught: Modus creates active teams that work in internal and external projects together, giving opportunities to stay relevant with the latest technologies and learning from experts worldwide
• Interact directly with internal and external clients to represent Modus and its value

Why Modus Create:

Our Benefits may vary according to the Country you are located in, so please reach out to our recruiter in case you have any questions.

If you become a contractor we offer:

• Competitive compensation
• 100% Remote work (could vary according to the client's needs)
• Travel according to client's needs
• The chance to work side-by-side with thought leaders in emerging tech

Do you have what it takes? Apply today!

About Modus Create

Modus Create is a digital product agency that accelerates digital transformation. We use high performing small teams, emerging technology, and “new school” product development tools and methods to accelerate business outcomes. We support our clients across four core delivery areas: business and product strategy consulting, customer experience, cloud services, and Agile software delivery. 

Driven by a team of world-class talent, we have been recognized by the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies 5 years in a row, the Washington Business Journal list of Fastest Growing Companies in the Washington, DC area two years in a row, and a top company for remote work by FlexJobs. We’re also an official partner to Atlassian, AWS, Cloudflare, GitHub, InVision, Ionic Framework, and Vue.js!

Based on the model of an open source team, Modites work remotely, and are located across the globe. That’s allowed us to hire the best talent in the world, no matter where they live. Our highly collaborative, autonomous, and effective working environment is fueled by a team unified by a love of continuous learning. Our years of thought leadership including books, whitepapers, blog posts, conference and MeetUp talks, demonstrate our commitment to sharing what we’ve learned. 

We encourage every Modus employee to do the same. Our company is a platform for the growth of our employees. Through working with our distributed team of experts on challenging projects, every person that joins the Modus team can expect to continue growing and learning every day. This is your chance to be part of building something great.