DevOps Engineer

Invitae is dedicated to bringing comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine to improve healthcare for billions of people. Our team is driven to make a difference for the patients we serve. We are leading the transformation of the genetics industry by making genetic testing affordable and accessible for everyone to guide health decisions across all stages of life.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Invitae's patented chemistry and powerful bioinformatics software have placed us at the bleeding edge of the fight against cancer and other genetic diseases. You'll join a multidisciplinary team focused on creating tools for the democratization of personalized medicine.
The DevOps Engineer position is responsible for a variety of process and infrastructure initiatives, including development and enhancements for Archer’s flagship cloud-based genomics product, automating platforms supporting regulatory initiatives, enhancing existing pipelines to improve efficiency and long-term ecosystem... health, and developing new processes to enable telemetry, actionable alerts, and self-healing infrastructure.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a DevOps engineer at Invitae you will be working directly with teams of developers, bio-informaticians, and data engineers to develop an infrastructure platform that will power the future of personalized genetic medicine. Day to day work will be to embed within a team of developers and provide subject-matter expertise and infrastructure automation in support of that team’s work.
Job performance will involve a variety of activities including:
Ensure that Archer’s genomics platform is highly available, scalable, and maintainable
Maintain and extend existing configuration management deployments
Migrate existing deployment tools into a fully automated and managed process
Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate with the development team to streamline code deployment.Conduct systems tests for security, performance, and availability.
Extend and enhance existing CI/CD pipelines
Work directly with the DevOps and SRE engineers and software engineers to ensure system integrity
Monitor metrics and develop ways to improve telemetry gathering, reporting, and alerting
Follow best practices and procedures as established by both ArcherDx and industry
Review, understanding, and compliance with ArcherDX HIPAA Security policies and procedures
Safeguarding the privacy and security of protected health information and European Union personal data
Processing and handling of European Union personal data only as directed by ArcherDX for purposes of personalized molecular pathology
EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s degree in CS, engineering, software engineering, or related field, or equivalent working experience
Two years in an SRE/DevOps role, or related IT or operations field
Strong Linux and Bash skills
Proficient with configuration management tools (e.g. Salt, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
Proficient with AWS tools and infrastructure (EC2, S3, IAM, ECS, Lambda, and CloudWatch),
Proficient with CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins), and scripting languages (Python strongly preferred)
Proficient with IAC tools such as Terraform (preferred)
Proficient with containerized systems in a cloud environment
Familiar with Scrum and Agile development methodologies
Up-to-date on latest industry trends; able to articulate trends and potential clearly and confidently
Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management
Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
KEY ATTRIBUTES:
Solution-oriented attitude
Drive and determination
Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment
Ability to participate with others as a member of the team to ensure that demanding and difficult projects are handled smoothly and cooperatively to enhance the success of the projects and maintain strong relationships within all parts of the company.
Strong communication and presentation skills
Self-starter
Driven to perform
Self-directed: needs little explicit direction
Able to organize, prioritize, and delegate tasks to efficiently move projects forward.

EDUCATION:
BS/MS in computer science, information system, or related field and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Invitae offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes healthcare coverage, 401k, and a broad range of other benefits, outlined below:
Health, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage
Paid time off, holiday pay, parental leave, and other health and wellness supports
At Invitae, we value diversity and provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance