Senior DevOps Engineer

We are looking for aSeniorDevOps Engineerto join ourPISADevOpsteam inAlexandria, VA. This is an amazing opportunity to workon severalgrowing products intheClarivateIntellectual PropertyGroup. We would love to speak with you if you haveexperience inprovidingtechnical guidance by promoting excellence forCloud and DevOps practices!

AboutYou–RequirementsforExperience,Education,Skills,andAccomplishments

• Bachelor’sDegreeorhigherinComputerScience,IT,softwareengineering,orarelatedfieldorequivalentrelevantexperience.  

• Atleast5+yearsmanagingsystemsinalarge-scaleproductionenvironment.

• Atleast5+yearsof experience in developing andmaintainingCI/CD pipelines, utilizingGitHub Actions,Jenkinsor equivalent tools.

• At least5+ years of experience supporting Cloud Computing based services, preferably AWS.

• Atleast5yearsofexperienceindeploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications using Kubernetesor similar tool.

• At least 5 years of experience in managing and provisioningInfrastructure as Code using Terraform.

• Atleast 5yearsofrelevant professional software development/scriptingexperienceusingPython,Bashorsimilarlanguage.

• Atleast 5yearsofprovenexperienceimplementingGitHubCopilotorbuildingworkflowswithAIagents,LLM API’s.

• Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder with an active Public Trust Clearance or the ability to obtain one.

It would be great if you also had . . .

• ProvenexperiencewithAWSservices(EC2, EKS,ECS, EMR,EBS, RDS,CloudFront,etc.) ORwithothersimilarcloudplatformservices.

• AWSCloudCertificationand/orKubernetesCertification, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional,GitHubActionsCertification.

• ExperiencewithDatadogorsimilarmonitoringobservabilitytool.

• Abilityto supportdatabaseserverslikeMongoDB,PostgreSQL,MySQL.

• CloudSecurityexperiencetoincludevulnerabilitydetectionandremediation,accesshardening,andautomatedsecurityscanninganddependencymanagement inGitHubworkflows.

• SoftwareEngineeringexperiencein ahigher-levellanguagesuchas JavaorC++.

• Abilitytocreateprojectplans,budgets,presentations,anddocumentationinvolvingdifferentproductsandteams.

What will you be doing in this role?

• ProductRoadmap-Solutioningnewdeploymentsandproductenhancementswhilemaintainingexistingsystemstoinclude functionality,performanceandsecurity.

• Pipeline Engineering-Orchestrating and overseeing the implementation and maintenance of tools and infrastructure critical to the CI/CD pipeline.

• Developer Support-Interact with the software development organization, gathering build requirements, providing status updates,and deliveringDevOpsassignedtasks.

• Observability & Monitoring-Monitor/measure the efficacy of the automation infrastructureandimplementlogging, metrics and alerting systems usingtoolslike Datadog, AWS CloudWatch,GitHub metrics,etc.

• Security & Compliance–Reduce security vulnerabilities acrossassignedsystems and supportrequired compliance certifications,ISO-27001, SOC2 Type I & II.

• AIIntegration–Design,implementandoptimizeAIagenticservices,leverageGitHubCopilotandpursueworkflowautomationenhancements.

• Infrastructure as Code– Manage and provision services using Terraform and support thecreationandmaintenance of source control systemsusing GitHub.

• DevOps Practices-Maintainconsistent documentation, runbooksfor all assigned tasksandensureseamless cross-team knowledge sharing.

Product you will be developingand supportingDerwent Patent SearchandDerwent Patent Analyticsarepowerful toolsdesigned to streamline the patent research process. Byleveragingadvanced search capabilities and comprehensive analytics,DPS and DPAenables intellectual property professionals to efficiently uncover critical patent information,monitorindustry trends, and make informed decisions.Theseinnovative platformssupport the entire lifecycle of patent management, frominitialsearch to strategic analysis, ensuring users stay ahead in the competitive landscape of intellectual property.

AboutTheTeamThis isa great opportunityto become part of the widerPISA DevOps team withengineersworldwide,US,EU,Australiaand India.You'llhave the chance to work on impactful global initiatives anddifferentprojects, contributing to a team that values collaboration and innovation.We valuedeeptechnicalexpertise, strong ownership, and thoughtfulcollaborationacross timezones and cultures.

Hours of Work

• This is a permanent full-time position, with core engagement hours withinUSESTtime zone.

• This is ahybridposition,you will be expected to work from ourAlexandria, VAoffice2days everyweekand mustlive within areasonablecommutabledistanceto theoffice. We can also consider our Philadelphia, PA office