Senior DevOps Engineer

Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimization (ES&O) is the leading global energy storage optimizer. Our mission is to deliver integrated energy solutions that build a resilient, intelligent, and flexible energy infrastructure - unlocking the way to an optimized renewable future. By integrating renewables, energy management technology, and storage with traditional energy resources, we reinvent clean energy production from the largest and most complex grids to the most remote and essential microgrids. We play a key role in Wärtsilä’s vision towards a 100% renewable energy future through flexibility, reliability, and integration and a more sustainable world for us all.

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our growing software team located in our software development center in Herndon, VA, USA. 

In this role, you will be responsible for the deployment, management, and optimization of our data warehouse infrastructure. You will collaborate with data engineering, data science, and software engineering teams to ensure scalable, reliable, and high-performance data solutions are designed, implemented, and maintained. 

Responsibilities 

• Design, deploy, and maintain data warehouse infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance. 
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and testing of data solutions. 
• Maintain durable queues data. 
• Deploy and maintain services running in Kubernetes. 
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize ETL/ELT workflows and database performance. 
• Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to implement data modeling best practices and improve query performance. 
• Manage data warehouse integrations with other enterprise tools, including analytics platforms, data lakes, and internal and external data sources. 
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) for consistent environment setup. 
• Ensure robust security and compliance measures, including access control, data encryption, and regular audits. 
• Support data science product deployments data pipelines. 
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, workflows, and standard operating procedures. 
• Support requests to DevOps. 
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and tools in the data engineering and DevOps space. 

Requirements 

• 4+ years of experience in DevOps or related roles focused on data warehouse technologies. 
• Strong knowledge of data warehouse platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, or Azure Synapse). 
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). 
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions). 
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Scala, Python, Bash, TypeScript, NodeJs, or similar languages. 
• Experience with ETL/ELT tools and frameworks (e.g., Airflow). 
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi). 
• Knowledge of big data storage, optimization, and data modeling best practices. 
• Strong understanding of security and compliance standards for data warehouses. 
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and experience with GKE. 
• Experience with Apache Spark. 

Desired Experience 

• Experience with real-time data streaming and durable queues (e.g., Kafka, Spark Streaming, Google Pub/Sub, NATS). 
• Certifications in cloud platforms or data warehouse technologies. 

Educational / Professional Requirements 

• B.S. Degree in Computer Science or equivalent years of industry experience.

Last application date: 03/01/2025 

Why you and us:

You will be a part of a global organization with local presence and work in an exciting and dynamic working environment with highly motivated and skilled co-workers. We offer interesting and challenging work tasks, as well as personal and professional development in a great team. If you feel excited by being a part of this working environment and think your personal skills and qualities match the job requirements, we look forward to receiving your job application. At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.

We are not accepting unsolicited submissions from 3rd party recruitment agencies.

Successful applicant must be authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship. We look forward to hearing from you. Qualified candidates must apply online: https://www.wartsila.com/careers

Individuals hired for positions that require on-site customer interactions and/or in-person travel may be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or other country-specific vaccinations, unless otherwise prohibited by law. Wärtsilä North America values our employees. We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Wärtsilä North America is an EOE/AA employer.

Effective January 2025, Wartsila companies in the USA will implement a new hybrid work model. Most employees who live within 40 miles of an office will work 2 days per week in office. This model will provide our employees the flexibility of working from home, while also providing the benefits of in-person collaboration twice a week. We will be happy to provide more information during your interview process.

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