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Computer Programmer
Rockville, MD 20852
$75k - $80k
1 week ago
💻 Open SourceExplicitly requires vibe coding skills and the use of coding assistants for DevOps/SRE automation and tooling.
About the Role
Axle is hiring a Computer Programmer to design, build, and operate scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure platforms using DevOps and SRE practices. The role focuses on automation, CI/CD, observability, and enabling AI/ML workloads to improve reliability and developer velocity.
Job Description
Role
Axle seeks a Computer Programmer to build and optimize scalable cloud and hybrid platforms with a focus on DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). The role emphasizes automation, CI/CD, observability, reliability engineering, and enabling AI/ML workloads.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and operate scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments.
- Champion DevOps and SRE practices including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, observability, and reliability engineering.
- Build developer-friendly platforms (“golden paths”) to simplify deployments and improve velocity.
- Enable and optimize infrastructure for AI/ML workloads, including data pipelines, model training/inference environments, and GPU/high-performance compute.
- Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for applications, data, and ML workflows.
- Implement observability frameworks (metrics, logs, traces) and define/manage SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems; drive continuous improvement.
- Automate provisioning, configuration, patching, and lifecycle management of environments.
- Build and manage containerized and orchestrated platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Support cloud migration, modernization, platform standardization, and ensure security, compliance, backup, and disaster recovery.
- Evangelize DevOps practices and AI-driven tool integrations for code standards and shift-left automation.
- Mentor engineers and promote best practices in DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering.
Requirements
- 6+ years hands-on Linux experience (Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat), including containers, dependency management, and administration support.
- 4+ years automating IaC deployments to AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- 4+ years in DevOps / SRE roles supporting production systems.
- 4+ years with CI/CD and automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, GitHub Actions.
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar).
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or cloud-native equivalents).
- Proficiency using vibe coding and coding assistants to develop scripts, tools, and applications for DevOps/SRE use cases.
- Ability to debug, troubleshoot, and deploy SQL and/or NoSQL databases, object storage, and open-source stacks (Node.js, R, Python, .NET Core, Java desirable).
- Willingness to learn and adapt to new and emerging technologies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Cloud certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure) preferred.
- Certifications in Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, or networking (CCNA/CCNP or similar) preferred.
Benefits
- 100% Medical, Dental & Vision coverage for employees
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- 401(k) match up to 5%
- Educational benefits for career growth
- Employee referral bonus
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare FSA)
- Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)
- Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)