DevOps Engineer

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DevOps Engineer

You will be part of a team that builds platforms (Infrastructure and automation) and enables delivering data science projects. It's a cross functional team, and your area is MLOps/DevOps. You will have some support duties, but these are restricted to work hours/days or extreme escalation situations. As part of the ML Platform team, you will be expected work side by side to creatively identify, design, and implement platform solutions in AWS that reduce operational burden. You will be expected to achieve this by following the principles of "infrastructure as code", leveraging your knowledge of ML workflows & tooling, and building infrastructure, integrations, tooling, and services in collaboration both within and across teams . Automation and reduction of human effort and error are part of the DNA of the team.

Who You Are

You don't have to be an expert in everything. We are more interested in your ability to understand operational needs, in cheerfully helping to resolve problems, and in your desire and ability to improve your skills and help others succeed.

That said, you will need to come with experience related to operating production systems.

• Experience supporting teams across regions
• Experience operating production platforms using infrastructure & configuration as code
• Good at collaborating and communicating
• Able to code or script tooling to enable automation within the platform

To succeed you will also need:

• A degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field or equivalent experience
• A strong desire to learn how to operationally scale data science
• A willingness to learn new tools and skills

Experience in the following areas is helpful, but expertise in all of them is not required or expected, though you should be familiar with a few

• AWS
• Data Processing in the large (Spark, Python ecosystem)
• ETL Pipelines
• Familiarity with Data Science or Machine Learning
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Python
• Git
• Linux system administration
• Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform

Why Proofpoint

As a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and developing great teams is key to our success We are a multi-national company with locations in many countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint's amazing culture

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us

Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable pay and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes flexible time off, a robust well-being program that provides for 4 global wellbeing days per year, and a 3-week work from anywhere option.

Base Pay Ranges:

SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:

Base Pay Range: 105, ,660.00 USD

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:

Base Pay Range: 88, ,820.00 USD

All other cities and states excluding those listed above:

Base Pay Range: 79, ,410.00 USD

Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.

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Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.

We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers' sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.

Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.

We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today's advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

• Build and enhance our proven security platform
• Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
• Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
• Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That's why we're a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.