Senior DevOps Engineer

Job description

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our PISA DevOps team in Alexandria, VA. This is an amazing opportunity to work on several growing products in the Clarivate Intellectual Property Group. We would love to speak with you if you have experience in p roviding technical guidance by promoting excellence for C loud and DevOps practices! About You – Requirements for E xperience , E ducation , S kills , and A ccomplishments Bachelor’s Degree or hig her in C omputer S cience , IT, software engineering , or a related field or equ iv alent rel evant exp erie nce . At l east 5 + year s manag ing systems in a l arge-sca le pro duction environment . At leas t 5 + years of experience in developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, utilizing GitHub Actions , Jenkins or equivalent tool s . At least 5+ years of experience supporting Cloud Computing based services, preferably AWS. At least 5 years of experience in deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications using Kubernetes or similar tool . At least 5 years of experience in managing and provisioning Infrastructure as Code using Terraform . At least 5 years of relevant professional software development / sc ripting experience using Python , B ash or similar language . At least 5 years of proven experience implementing GitHub Copilot or building workflows with AI agents , LLM API ’ s. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder with an active Public Trust Clearance or the ability to obtain one. It would be great if you also had . . . Proven e xperience with AWS services ( EC2, EKS, ECS, EMR, EBS, RDS , Cloud F ront , etc .) OR with other sim ilar cloud platform ser vices . AWS Cloud Certification and / or Kubernetes Certification , AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, GitHub Actions Certification . Experience with Datadog or similar monitoring o bservability tool . Ability to support database servers like MongoDB , PostgreSQL , MySQL . Cloud Security experience to include vulnerability detection and remediation , access hardening , and automated security scanning and dependency management in GitHub workflows . Sof tware Engineering exp erience in a higher-level language such as Java or C ++. Ability to create project plans , budgets , presentations , and documen t ation invol ving different products and teams . What will you be doing in this role? Product Roadmap - Solutioning new deployments and product enhancements while maintaining existing systems to in clude functionality , performance and security . Pipeline Engin eering - Orchestrating and overseeing the implementation and maintenance of tools and infrastructure critical to the CI/CD pipeline . Dev eloper Support - Interact with the software development organization, gathering build requirements, providing status updates, and delivering DevOps assigned tasks. Observability & Monitoring - Monitor/measure the efficacy of the automation infrastructure and implement logging, met rics and alerting systems using tools like Datadog, AWS CloudWatch , Gi t Hub metrics , etc. Security & Compliance – Reduce security vulnerabilities across assigned systems and support required compliance certifications, ISO-27001, SOC2 Type I & II. AI Integration – Design , implement and optimize AI agentic services , leverage GitHub Copilot and pursue workflow automation enhancements . Infrastructure as Code – Manage and provision services using Terraform and support the creation and maintenance of source control systems using GitHub. DevOps Practices - Maintain consistent documentation , runbooks for all assigned tasks and ensure seamless cross-team knowledge sharing. Product you will be developing and supporting Derwent Patent Search and Derwent Patent Analytics are powerful tool s designed to streamline the patent research process. By leveraging advanced search capabilities and comprehensive analytics, DPS and DPA enables intellectual property professionals to efficiently uncover critical patent information, monitor industry trends, and make informed decisions. These innovative platform s support the entire lifecycle of patent management, from initial search to strategic analysis, ensuring users stay ahead in the competitive landscape of intellectual property. About T he T eam This is a great opportunity to become part of the wider PISA DevOps team with engineers worldwide , US , EU , Australia and In dia . You'll have the chance to work on impactful global initiatives and different projects, contributing to a team that values collaboration and innovation . We value deep technical expertise , strong owner ship , and thought ful colla boration across time zones and cul tures. Hours of Work This is a permanent full-time position, with core engagement hours within US EST time zone. This is a hybrid position , you will be expected to work from our Alexandria, VA office 2 days every week and must liv e with in a reasonable commu table dis tance to the office. We can also consider our Philadelphia, PA office At Clarivate, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. We comply with applicable laws and regulations governing non-discrimination in all locations.