DevOps Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

NextAxiom is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer / Systems Administrator to own and improve the infrastructure, automation, tooling, and operational practices that support software development and delivery. The role is intentionally weighted toward DevOps engineering: approximately 80% of the position focuses on CI/CD, build and release automation, developer environments, infrastructure automation, deployment reliability, and developer enablement, with approximately 20% focused on core systems administration and corporate IT support.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience supporting enterprise software development environments, including Java, JavaScript, and TypeScript ecosystems, Git-based delivery workflows, cloud and container technologies, and configurable or low-code application platforms. Practical experience working with drag-and-drop development tools, visual application builders, workflow designers, or similar low-code/no-code development environments is required.

LOCATION AND WORK ARRANGEMENT:

Location: HQ in San Francisco

Work Arrangement: Onsite (Financial District, San Francisco)

Why NextAxiom

You will join an elite engineering team working on our latest innovation in collaboration with a top Department of Energy national laboratory and the largest energy providers in the US. Our mission is to help the nation meet its net-zero energy goals while making electricity production safer and more cost-effective.

Product

The state-of-the-art Dynamic Work Execution Platform (DWEP) is built on the premise of digitizing work itself. Computer-guided work digitalizes business processes, instructions, procedures, and forms and is defined using drag-and-drop, no-code tools, including integration to enterprise systems. Work is performed on mobile devices or desktops, with full offline and concurrent user support. Real-time monitoring tools and work portals provide granular visibility and access to all work performed across the enterprise

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

DevOps Engineering & Software Delivery - Primary Focus (~80%)

• Own, administer, and continuously improve software development, build, test, release, and deployment infrastructure supporting proprietary enterprise software platforms.

• Design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines that provide reliable, repeatable, traceable, and efficient software builds and releases.

• Manage Git repositories, branching and merge strategies, versioning practices, build triggers, artifact handling, and release workflows.

• Support and optimize development environments for Java, JavaScript, and TypeScript applications, including build automation using Maven and/or Gradle, Node.js, npm, and related tooling.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning, environment configuration, deployment activities, recurring operational tasks, and release processes using scripting and infrastructure-as-code practices where appropriate.

• Build and maintain containerized development and deployment environments using Docker and related technologies.

• Manage application servers, databases, middleware, build agents, artifact repositories, and other services required throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Coordinate software release packaging, version management, environment promotion, deployment, rollback, and release validation activities.

• Monitor build and deployment environments for reliability, availability, performance, capacity, and failure trends; proactively resolve recurring issues.

• Partner closely with software engineering and QA teams to reduce deployment friction, improve developer productivity, strengthen testability, and shorten feedback cycles.

• Support configurable, metadata-driven, low-code, or drag-and-drop development environments and the applications created within them, including configuration promotion, environment management, dependency handling, and release support.

• Help establish standards and guardrails for visual development tools so that drag-and-drop configurations, workflows, integrations, and application changes can be managed consistently across environments.

• Integrate security controls into development and deployment workflows, including credential management, access controls, vulnerability remediation, dependency hygiene, and secure configuration practices.

• Develop and maintain operational dashboards, logging, alerting, and monitoring needed to diagnose build, deployment, application, and infrastructure issues.

• Document build, deployment, configuration, recovery, and environment-management procedures and identify opportunities for continued automation and process improvement.

Systems Administration & Corporate Infrastructure - Supporting Focus (~20%)

• Administer Windows systems that support development and corporate operations.

• Maintain core enterprise services such as Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft 365, DNS, DHCP, VPN, identity and access management, and related services.

• Support cloud and virtualized infrastructure, including routine system maintenance, operating system upgrades, patching, capacity management, and availability monitoring.

• Maintain appropriate cybersecurity controls, including firewalls, endpoint protection, MFA, privileged access, vulnerability remediation, and security monitoring.

• Support employee endpoints, secure remote access, software deployment, and device configuration as needed, with emphasis on scalable and automated administration rather than manual help-desk activity.

• Maintain backup and recovery capabilities for source code repositories, servers, databases, development systems, and other critical services; periodically validate restoration procedures.

• Troubleshoot network, connectivity, VPN, firewall, and infrastructure issues and coordinate with external service providers when necessary.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years of relevant experience in DevOps, build/release engineering, software infrastructure, platform engineering, systems engineering, or a closely related role, with substantial hands-on responsibility for software delivery environments.

• Demonstrated experience designing, administering, or improving CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, or comparable platforms.

• Strong working knowledge of Git version control, branching strategies, automated builds, release management, and deployment workflows.

• Hands-on experience supporting Java development environments and JavaScript/TypeScript build environments, including Maven and/or Gradle, Node.js, and npm.

• Experience with Docker and containerized development or deployment workflows.

• Experience with scripting or automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or comparable languages.

• Required hands-on experience with drag-and-drop development tools, low-code/no-code platforms, visual application builders, workflow designers, or other configurable development environments. Candidates should understand how visually configured applications, workflows, rules, and integrations move through development, testing, and production environments.

• Experience supporting enterprise SaaS, configurable enterprise applications, or software product development organizations.

• Working knowledge of Windows Server and Linux administration sufficient to support development and production infrastructure.

• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, routing, and secure connectivity.

• Experience with SQL databases and application-supporting middleware.

• Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills.