Scientific Programmer IV (DevOps)

ECS is seeking a highly experienced Scientific Programmer (DevOps) to work remotely.

The Scientific Programmer is technical and can communicate with science teams and leadership. This is a senior and self-managed person who has a high attention to detail and ownership of his/her tasks through closure. The ideal candidate will have experience with GitLab, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform or AWS CDK, Jira, Confluence, or Bitbucket.  

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• Non-Supervisory Role  

 Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Strong communication skills: Ability to communicate clearly, respectfully, and calmly—both verbally and in writing—with a wide range of stakeholders (e.g., PhDs, scientists, developers, managers, and business stakeholders)
• Documentation mindset: Demonstrated willingness to document actions, decisions, assumptions, and open questions in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and similar platforms. Able to be clear, concise, and explicit about uncertainties.
• Critical thinking and constructive challenge: Confidence to ask questions, incorporate feedback, and respectfully push back on ideas that appear incorrect, with a focus on reaching the best possible solution.
• Software and cloud development knowledge: Working knowledge of software development and cloud concepts. Deep expertise is not required, but the candidate must be willing to learn from guidance, self-teach as gaps are identified, and continuously improve.
• Experience with non-serverless architectures: Familiarity with non-serverless infrastructure such as EC2, containerized workloads, and related compute models.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) exposure: Some hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK, Azure Bicep, or equivalents), even if limited.
• Architecture comprehension and feedback: Ability to review AWS architecture diagrams, ask clarifying questions, mentally model the system, and provide constructive, co-architectural feedback to ensure solutions are fit for purpose.
• Diagramming and visual communication: Experience creating architecture diagrams (AWS-focused preferred) to clearly communicate ideas and designs beyond written explanations.
• Strong sense of ownership (absolute requirement): Takes responsibility for their work end-to-end. Proactively monitors and fixes issues without being asked, seeks improvement independently, and treats failures as learning opportunities. Ownership is defined by accountability and growth—not perfection.

Salary Range: $80,000 - $120,000

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