About St. Jude

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is recognized for its positive work environment, earning Glassdoor Employee Choice Awards and inclusion on its "Best Place to Work" list. Join a world-class pediatric research hospital where professionals are united by a commitment to improving the lives of children with catastrophic diseases. Our collaborative culture provides every team member, regardless of role, with the resources, support, and encouragement needed for career advancement.

Senior Staff DevOps Engineer

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Staff DevOps Engineer to develop, monitor, and support the cloud-based platform for St. Jude Cloud web applications. You will be part of an agile development team, working alongside application development teams to build the necessary infrastructure, create code deployment pipelines, and establish monitoring and alerting rules to ensure platform stability.

This role requires staying current with emerging technologies, platforms, frameworks, and methodologies to ensure the St. Jude Cloud platform meets and exceeds industry standards. Expertise in one or more of the following areas and familiarity with most is expected:

• Azure Infrastructure utilizing Terraform and Crossplane for Deployments
• Azure Kubernetes Service for Application Orchestration (PHP, Ruby, and Python)
• Istio Service Mesh and Cilium
• Docker and Helm
• Github and Actions for CI/CD
• Continuous Monitoring and Alerting using Grafana, Datadog, and/or other tools

The St. Jude department of Computational Biology is a global leader in mapping the genetic landscape of pediatric cancers. We have developed state-of-the-art computational infrastructure, established analytical pipelines, and possess deep genomic analysis expertise, evidenced by high-impact publications in top-tier journals like Nature, NEJM, JAMA, Nature Genetics, and Nature Methods.

Our department offers a highly interactive environment with cross-departmental collaboration opportunities, access to high-performance computing clusters, a cloud computing environment, innovative visualization tools, automated analytical pipelines, and mentorship from faculty scientists experienced in data analysis, management, and delivering high-quality results for competitive projects. This position is located in Memphis, TN, with relocation assistance available. Remote work may be possible for qualified candidates.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, information science, business, or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience in computer science, data science, information science, business, or related field.
• Master's degree with 6+ years of experience in computer science, data science, information science, business, or related field.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm highly preferred.
• Experience in Github Actions or another continuous deployment tool highly preferred.
• Experience with Istio or another service mesh highly preferred.
• Experience in Terraform or another IaC tool preferred.
• Experience in Azure or another cloud platform preferred.
• Experience in Datadog or another continuous monitoring tool preferred.
• Exposure to FluxCD or another GitOps tool preferred.

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $114,400 - $216,320 per year. Compensation decisions are based on factors such as skill set, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and business needs.

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St. Jude is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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