DevOps Engineer

Thanks for your interest in Oklo!  We are searching for a talented DevOps Engineer to join our team.

Position Description

DevOps Engineers at Oklo are self-directed and comfortable interfacing and supporting the infrastructure and automation needs of multiple teams, systems, and products.

Specific responsibilities may include:

DevOps Engineers contribute to many areas of Oklo’s software and infrastructure development, including, but not limited to:

• Interfacing with key stakeholders across different stages of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Designing and implementing automation, build, release, deployment, and configuration tools, workflows, and processes
• Identify areas for improvement including requirements generation, architecture definition, design, and implementation
• Maintain and monitor existing on-prem infrastructure and cloud infrastructure
• Investigate and respond to disruptions of the development tools or infrastructure
• Building tools to audit Oklo code repositories for their compliance with expected QA standards
• Educate users about the development tools and environment
• Develop and maintain user reference, tool and infrastructure configuration documentation

Minimum Qualifications

We think the following are good indicators of qualifications to do this job:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar, or 3+ years of equivalent industry experience required
• Proficiency in CI/CD and software development lifecycle principles, as well as in-depth knowledge of build/release systems, processes, and tools (GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix system administration
• Strong programming/scripting fundamentals (Python/Bash)
• Proficiency in Git, infrastructure-as-code (Ansible/Puppet/Chef, Terraform), and REST-API scripting
• Experience in containerization and cluster management technologies (Docker/Podman and Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of project management tools and Agile Scrum development processes (GitLab Tickets, Jira, Trello)
• A passion for building clean documentation for readers of varying technical depth

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with cloud concepts, specifically AWS Cloud services (VPC, EC2, S3, Route 53, IAM, CloudFormation)
• Familiarity with network terminology/infrastructure (switches, gateways, firewalls, TCP/IP, VLAN, DNS, etc.)
• Experience with modern security standards and tools
• Experience with unit tests, linting/static code analysis tools, integration testing, and code standardization
• Experience with server virtualization technology (VMware, openstack, KVM, qemu)
• Experience in RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL), non-relational (Redis), or web servers (Nginx, Apache)
• Experience with observability tools/platforms (Splunk, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka, Kinesis)
• Hands-on MacOS knowledge
• Familiarity with artifact repository tools (Artifactory/Nexus)

Who you are:

A startup person: You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us! There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.

Motivated: You are self-motivated. You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out. This isn’t about a fake or arbitrary “pieces of flair” mentality or lack of work-life balance! It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.

A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren’t about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren’t about pushing blame to others. We do incredible things because we work as a team.

An excellent communicator: We need a person who is not only technically competent but also a clear and upbeat communicator.

Creative: Being creative means that when things fall outside clear scopes or processes or problems arise without clear solutions, you are able to identify it as well as invent ways to solve a problem or fill a need without micromanagement. The successful person in this job will not only be creative, but also enjoy being creative and solving open-ended problems which may change day-by-day.

Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality. Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.

About Oklo compensation:

Salary: $68,000-$155,000

Salary may fall outside of the range provided and will be dependent on applicant experience.

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo is a California-based company developing clean energy plants to provide emission-free, reliable, and affordable energy using advanced fission. Oklo is a fast-growing startup with a history of reliable funding and milestones for more than 5 years.  Oklo’s first product is a microgrid scale powerhouse. The powerhouse can produce clean energy for decades without needing to refuel, and also has the capability to turn nuclear waste into clean energy.

Oklo received a Site Use Permit from the U.S Department of Energy, demonstrated fabrication of its fuel, was awarded fuel from the Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first accepted advanced fission license application to the regulator.

Oklo has been featured in Popular Mechanics, Wired, Architectural Digest, Hyperallergic, POWER Magazine, has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case, and was featured in the documentary The New Fire, among many other features.