Devops Engineer I

Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.

Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe. 

Want to know more? See more of what we do here .

Job Summary

The DevOps Engineer I will play a significant role in the development, automation, and security across our diverse company portfolio. We presently use a diverse number of systems like Chef, GitLab, GitLab-CI, Terraform, and Kubernetes to automate the testing and delivery of both our Windows and Linux based hosted applications; with plans to consolidate on a standard set of tools leveraging GitLab-CI and Kubernetes where possible. The DevOps Engineer I will have a basic understanding of full-stack application development, testing, continuous integration, a passion for security, and experience working in an agile software development environment.

• Support the software development process by identifying inefficiencies, recommending solutions, automating delivery, and implementing testing
• Assists with troubleshooting issues related to deployments
• Escalation support for the SRE team
• Provisioning and maintenance of systems, load balancer configs, firewall rules, databases and other automation driven infrastructure tasks
• Automate CI/CD pipelines to build and deploy our software

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and/or relevant experience
• 1+ years Software Engineering or Operations support
• Effective communication skills for working across support and engineering departments
• Basic understanding of programming scripting languages
• Basic understanding with cloud hosting such as AWS or Microsoft Azure
• Basic understanding of virtualized environments
• Basic knowledge of source control management GitHub, GitLab preferred
• Passion for security and identifying opportunities to improve security and testing

• We area globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.

• At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be a part of our journey. A few culture highlights include –
• Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices
• Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work life balance and current affairs.
• Embracing diversity & fostering a culture of ideation, collaboration & meritocracy
• We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee population 

• Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and its constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers with meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.
• Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers power an unmatched Subscriber Network that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.
• Want to know more? See more of what we do here . 

• We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here .

• Phone screen – Speak to one of our talented recruiters to ensure this could be a fit.
• Coding – Take a quick coding test online.
• Hiring Manager/Panel interview – Talk to the hiring manager so they can learn more about you and you about Granicus. Meet more members on the team! Learn more and share more.
• Reference checks – Provide 2 references so we can hear about your awesomeness.
• Verbal offer – Let’s talk numbers, benefits, culture and answer any questions.
• Written offer – Sign a formal letter and get excited because we sure are!

• Along with the challenges of the job, Granicus offers employees an attractive benefits package which includes –
• Hospitalization Insurance Policy covering employees and their family members including parents
• All employees are covered under Personal Accident Insurance & Term Life Insurance policy
• All employees can avail annual health check facility 
• Eligible for reimbursement of telephone and internet expenses
• Wellness Allowance to avail health club memberships and/or access to physical fitness centres
• Wellbeing Wednesdays which includes 1x global Unplug Day and 2x No Meeting Days every quarter
• Memberships for ‘meditation and mindfulness ‘apps including on-demand mental health support 24/7 
• Access to learning management system Say., Udemy Learning Premium account membership & many more
• Access to Rewards & recognition portal and quarterly recognition program
• Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. 

·Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.

·Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies. 

Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit! 

The Team

- We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Culture

- At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be

a part of our journey.

- A few culture highlights include – Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices

- Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and

sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs. 

- Microsoft Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.-=- - We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee

population 

The Impact

- We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here .

Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.