DevOps Engineer

Quokka is an enterprise mobile security company, providing security and privacy solutions for mobile apps and devices used by millions globally. We envision a world where every mobile app and device is free from any exploitable issues before they are in the hands of end users. To realize that vision, we’re on a mission to discover and deliver actionable mobile security intelligence that enables proactive remediation of zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits. Organizations with the highest security standards trust our insights and technology, and we’ve worked with the US Federal Government since 2011. We’re growing our team to bring our defense-grade, privacy-first mobile endpoint protection and Mobile App Security Testing (MAST) solutions to millions more.  

As a DevOps Engineer, you will work with the team to develop and manage the systems and infrastructure within Quokka. You’ll be able to drive key decisions in the development process and make a real difference in our products. This position at Quokka will allow you to expand your knowledge base while getting work on new and exciting product offers in the mobile security space.

We’re a distributed team with offices in Silicon Valley and the Washington DC Metro Area, and every member of our lean team is working to protect the global mobile ecosystem. Join us if you’re excited about making an impact in a high-growth space!

What you will do in this role:

• Automate provisioning, deployment, and delivery within our Azure cloud environment
• Expand and maintain our application analysis pipeline 
• Collaborate with engineering teams to understand the needs of the product in operations
• Lead the effort in adapting best practices in continuous integration/delivery throughout the company
• Assist the development team in monitoring services in production and triaging issues as they come up
• Assist in establishing and maintaining build pipelines to push product into production
• Work within an agile development environment and participate in the scrum process

To be successful, we need someone in this role who has:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field (or foreign equivalent)
• Worked on large scale projects and codebases
• 4+ years of experience, prefer with working with Linux-based systems or as a DevOps role
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code products (such as Terraform)
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Experience managing/interfacing with cloud infrastructure (Azure is a plus)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Additional skills:

• Experience leading a team
• Experience with building and maintaining microservices oriented architecture

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Quokka

At Quokka, we recognize that innovation occurs with a strong team of people who are diverse in background, personality, talent and ideas. Experience comes in many forms and ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we continue to learn from each other is an integral part of our culture.

Quokka is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.