DevOps Consultant - Ruby on Rails Environment

As a premier cloud consultancy we've had the privilege to transform systems and processes at leading brands in ways that push what's possible. We focus our consulting around CNCF (cloud native) open source projects combined with popular SaaS subscription products. About the Opportunity Our client is a remote-first SaaS startup (engineering team of ~10) in the outdoors recreation space, operating a Ruby on Rails monolith with a React frontend. They're looking for an experienced DevOps consultant to audit and optimize their existing systems, focusing primarily on GitHub Actions, Datadog integration, and Docker configurations. Primary Responsibilities GitHub Actions Optimization: - Audit existing GitHub Actions workflows for performance bottlenecks - Implement selective test running strategies to reduce build/test times - Modernize older GitHub Actions that may need updates or rewrites - Recommend best practices and configuration improvements - Reduce GitHub usage minutes through intelligent test selection Datadog Integration & Observability: - Review and improve existing Datadog setup - Enhance integration between Datadog components - Make alerting more actionable - Ensure proper connectivity between logs, traces, and monitoring - Analyze GitHub integration with Datadog for test monitoring - Recommend additional Datadog tools/features that could benefit the team Docker Local Development Environment: - Audit Docker configuration for local development - Identify opportunities for performance optimization - Recommend caching strategies for package managers (Yarn, etc.) - Evaluate Docker structure (base images, inheritance, etc.) - Simplify configuration where possible Additional Opportunities: - Security auditing and recommendations - Bugsnag observability optimization - Infrastructure review (Heroku, Redshift, S3) Requirements - Expert-level DevOps experience supporting SaaS applications - Strong experience with GitHub Actions workflow optimization - Extensive knowledge of Datadog implementation and configuration - Docker optimization expertise - Experience with Heroku, AWS (S3, Redshift) - Excellent communication skills for working with engineering teams - Self-driven with ability to propose solutions independently - Ability to put together internal presentations to advocate for DevOps best practices Nice to Have - Security auditing experience - Penetration testing capabilities - Background with monolithic Rails applications - Experience with Bugsnag

As a premier cloud consultancy we've had the privilege to transform systems and processes at leading brands in ways that push what's possible. We focus our consulting around CNCF (cloud native) open source projects combined with popular SaaS subscription products.