Senior DevOps Engineer

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

TerraPower's IT team is responsible for the design, implementation, and management of all IT systems from data center infrastructure to enterprise applications. This role is the technical lead for TerraPower's DevOps practice, working with IT, software, and AI engineering teams on the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of the platforms and pipelines used to build, secure, and deliver software.

The Senior DevOps Engineer owns the enterprise DevOps toolchain (GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Xray) and is accountable for maturing DevOps practices across the organization. The role operates as an internal platform engineer: it delivers reusable, versioned automation (infrastructure as code, configuration management, and pipeline templates) that other teams consume to build and deploy consistently. Responsibilities include building repeatable and auditable CI/CD pipelines with end-to-end traceability, managing third-party software packages, and coaching engineering teams to adopt these practices. The Configuration Management Specialist will ensure processes and standards are in place to ensure work and quality meets the required standards

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong analytical skills, sound technical judgment, and the ability to influence and build strong relationships across teams. Candidates should have experience supporting users and development teams in an enterprise environment and a track record of raising the technical standard of the teams they work with.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own and mature TerraPower's DevOps practices: define standards, identify gaps, and drive adoption of CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and secure-by-default configuration across IT and software engineering teams.
• Take end-to-end ownership of the design, deployment, maintenance, and optimization of enterprise DevOps platforms, including GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, and JFrog Xray, ensuring they are highly available, secure, and support an efficient, collaborative development environment.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins that automate build, test, and deployment, with traceability from source code to deployed artifact.
• Internalize and govern third-party packages and dependencies through Artifactory, and use Xray to scan and manage them, to meet security, regulatory, and software supply chain requirements.
• Teach and coach software engineers on CI/CD, deployment automation, and code traceability, raising engineering teams' confidence and consistency in releasing code.
• Perform code reviews, including Python and PowerShell, for AI and Information Technology teams, ensuring quality, security, maintainability, and adherence to standards.
• Operate as a platform engineer delivering reusable automation artifacts, such as infrastructure-as-code modules, Ansible roles and playbooks, pipeline templates, and installation and provisioning frameworks for Windows Server and Linux, that enable teams to deploy consistently, securely, and with less manual effort.
• Deploy and manage Azure resources end-to-end as code using patterns that are repeatable, auditable, and reusable across projects and environments.
• Mature the organization's Ansible footprint and Ansible Automation Platform, including standards, content structure, credential and access controls, and enablement of other teams to run and contribute automation.
• Support information security software audits by providing evidence, documentation, and remediation for the DevOps toolchain, pipelines, and package management controls.
• Develop scalable automation frameworks that improve service health, manageability, reliability, and monitoring, and document them so other teams can adopt them without direct involvement.
• Perform regular maintenance including application patching, app/plugin updates, upgrades, and configuration changes for DevOps platforms.
• Act as a technical leader and mentor to DevOps and engineering staff, promoting skills development and continuous improvement.
• Author functional and technical documentation, including install procedures, environment configurations, and pipeline standards.
• Own, triage, investigate, and resolve service issues with enterprise DevOps applications, serving as a tier 3 escalation resource.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, information security, software engineering, and AI, to align DevOps initiatives with broader organizational goals.
• Demonstrate end-to-end expertise and technical ownership in several of the following areas:
• Software delivery tooling – GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, Artifactory, Xray
• Cloud technologies – Azure (PaaS and IaaS)
• Data center technologies – Windows Server, VMware
• Infrastructure automation and infrastructure as code for Windows Server/Linux
• Software supply chain and package security
• Containers
• Virtualization
• Storage
• Networking
• Disaster Recovery
• Follow internal best practices for approval of application access and changes

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Seven (7) years of experience with DevOps enterprise technologies; GitHub Enterprise and Jenkins preferred
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead for DevOps practices, with a track record of successful project delivery and of mentoring and growing other engineers
• Ability to set strategic DevOps objectives and execute actionable plans to achieve them
• Deep understanding of core DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and release traceability
• Experience conducting code reviews in Python and PowerShell
• Experience supporting security or compliance audits of software and infrastructure
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to build productive working relationships and influence teams outside of your own
• Experience with these technologies:
• Ansible, including Ansible Automation Platform (Puppet or Chef also valued)
• Azure, including deploying infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform)
• Git
• GitHub Actions and Jenkins
• Artifactory or another artifact repository, and software composition analysis tools such as Xray
• Linux RHEL 8-10.x
• PowerShell
• Python
• Windows 2019-2025

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• College Degree
• Experience with containers and container platforms, including Docker
• Experience with applications running in a primarily Windows Server environment
• Experience with SQL technologies and backend application databases; experience with graph databases a plus
• Experience building and publishing reusable automation content (e.g., Ansible collections, Terraform modules, pipeline templates) for internal consumers
• Experience with AWS or another cloud PaaS provider in addition to Azure
• Solid understanding of configuration, deployment, management, and maintenance of cloud-hosted systems, including auto-scaling, monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting and disaster recovery
• Experience establishing software supply chain controls, such as internal package repositories, vulnerability scanning, and artifact provenance, in a regulated environment
• Proficiency with source control, continuous integration, and testing pipelines
• Experience with these technologies:
• Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform
• Azure
• Docker
• GitHub Enterprise
• JFrog Artifactory and Xray
• Linux RHEL 8-9
• SQL, MySQL, or PostgreSQL

Job Functions:

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds.
• Repetitive work: Prolonged
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hours/day
• Travel required 0-10%

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job details

Salary Range: $145,661 - $189,170

*Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individual’s qualifications experience. This range is specific to Washington State.

Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• Life and Disability
• Gender Affirmation Benefits
• Parental Leave
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
• 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

TerraPower Career and Benefits information: https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/