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Senior DevOps Engineer

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Are you ready to make a lasting impact on literacy?

At Really Great Reading, we are building a bright, diverse, and passionate team dedicated to leading the industry in improving literacy scores nationwide. With nearly two decades of leadership bringing the Science of Reading to thousands of schools, we design innovative products, training, and materials that transform how educators teach and how students learn. Here, we empower our team with the tools, support, and professional growth opportunities they need to thrive in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment—where your work truly makes a difference.

Why This Role Matters

Really Great Reading is at an exciting and important inflection point. Over the next 18 months, we’re transitioning from our existing AWS infrastructure to a brand-new platform built on Google Cloud Platform — a move that will strengthen the foundation beneath the tools and content educators rely on every day.

The engineering team has built a strong GCP foundation, and now we’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to carry this work forward: someone who can keep our AWS environment stable and secure through its sunset phase while actively contributing to the reliability, security, and growth of our new GCP platform.

This role sits at the heart of how we serve schools and students — because great infrastructure is what lets great instruction reach the classroom.

The Role

As Senior DevOps Engineer, you’ll own day-to-day operational stability across both environments during a critical transition window. You’re equally comfortable managing a mature cloud environment responsibly and helping to shape the practices of a newer one. You bring a pragmatic, operations-first mindset, and you know that good documentation and strong communication are as important as good code.

What You’ll Do

Keep AWS Stable Through Its Sunset

  •     Ensure the stability, performance, and security of our AWS production environment through end of life
  •     Monitor critical services, respond to incidents, and maintain high availability
  •     Optimize AWS costs thoughtfully during the transition period

Maintain and Evolve Our GCP Platform

  •     Handle day-to-day operations across GCP services — monitoring, security hardening, and observability
  •     Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines to support reliable, efficient deployments
  •     Manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) with a focus on best practices, reviews, and continuous improvement
  •     Support deployments and data migrations as needed

Champion DevOps Culture

  •     Promote and model best practices in IaC, GitOps, observability, and security
  •     Document processes clearly and support teammates in understanding and using shared tools
  •     Contribute to a culture of operational rigor, async collaboration, and continuous learning

What You Bring

Required

  •     5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering
  •     Strong expertise in AWS (EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, and related services)
  •     Significant hands-on experience with GCP (Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud SQL, IAM, VPC, Cloud Logging)
  •     Proficiency with Terraform — modules, state management, and best practices
  •     Solid production experience with Docker and Kubernetes
  •     Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, and IAM
  •     Experience with at least one CI/CD platform (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or similar)
  •     Comfortable scripting in Bash, Python, or Go
  •     Excellent written communication and ability to thrive in a fully remote, async environment

Nice to Have

  •     AWS and/or GCP certifications (Solutions Architect, Professional Cloud Architect)
  •     Experience in EdTech or education-focused organizations
  •     Familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog, Grafana, or Prometheus
  •     Knowledge of compliance frameworks relevant to education: FERPA, COPPA, or SOC 2

Physical Requirements

This is a fully remote role. Team members work primarily at a computer and regularly engage in video conferencing, document review, and digital collaboration. The ability to work at a screen for extended periods, use standard input devices, and participate in virtual meetings is required.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Really Great Reading is an equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive, high-performing workplace that reflects the diverse students, educators, and communities we serve. We believe diverse perspectives strengthen innovation, improve learning outcomes, and advance educational equity nationwide.

All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

 

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