Senior DevOps Engineer

About the position

Radiant is seeking a driven Sr DevOps Engineer to lead software infrastructure, deployment and automation projects. In this role, you will collaborate across the entire org and work closely with the software team to design scalable, secure, and resilient DevOps practices, tools, and systems. The infrastructure you manage, pipelines you build, and analysis tools you design and maintain will be used to design, run, and analyze the first new reactor design in 50 years, and you will have the opportunity to build a strong foundation for production.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and maintain infrastructure across AWS and on-prem
• Own and optimize Kubernetes and Docker container orchestration to run simulations and internal tools
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines with Git, Argo, and other automation tools
• Build and maintain internal tooling to support developer workflows
• Lead by example, promoting best practices in DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud security across the organization

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of professional experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
• Expert-level proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform (or other IaC tools)
• Familiarity with Git and common CI/CD frameworks
• Comfort writing scripts or software applications for automation
• Ability to work from Radiant’s office in El Segundo, CA (greater Los Angeles) full-time

Nice-to-haves

• Highly self-motivated with strong communication skills
• Experience deploying and maintaining cloud-native applications in production
• Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring and observability tools
• Previous work in a highly regulated environment is a plus
• Passion for clean, maintainable code and empowering engineers via automation
• Interest in physics, hardware and electrical engineering

Benefits

• Substantial incentive stock plan for all full time, salaried employees
• 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans
• Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents
• 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents
• 100% top tier plan coverage, orthodontia extra, 50% for dependents
• Voluntary Life, Accident, Hospital, Critical Illness, Commuter and FSA are offered as employee contributed benefits
• Free snacks and drinks onsite
• Flexible PTO policy