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Senior Level Devops Engineer

Top Secret/SCI clearance required. Senior level career opportunity (10+ years experience) with a salary of $230,000. Occasional travel required. Full scope polygraph required. IT - Software position. Remote/hybrid work available with options in Annapolis Junction, MD, and Washington, DC. About LILT: LILT was founded by Spence and John, who met at Google working on Google Translate and saw the need for better AI-powered translation in the enterprise. Since 2015, LILT has focused on building cutting-edge language technology, investing early in Large Language Models to improve translation quality and meet the demands of global organizations. Today, LILT's Contextual AI Engine, Connector APIs, and Human Adaptive Feedback deliver accurate, nuanced translation across text, video, and speech in 100+ languages. Integrated with 100+ business systems, LILT helps enterprises scale global growth and deliver seamless multilingual experiences. We are trusted by Intel Corporation, Canva, the United States Department Of Defense, the United States Air Force, ASICS, and hundreds of global Enterprises. LILT is backed by visionary investors including Intel Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Redpoint. The Engineering Team at Lilt: Lilt is a high-performance, large-scale language translation system. We invest in and prioritize workflow and backend AI systems. Since the translation workforce is distributed worldwide, there are interesting cloud engineering problems to solve. We have a strong preference for building our own backend technology, so you'll be implementing and working with the latest natural language processing (NLP) techniques and ideas. Where you'll work Get the best of both worlds at LILT! Dive into dynamic in-office energy 2 days a week, sparking creativity and forging bonds with your awesome team. Then, seamlessly shift gears and crush your to-do list from the comfort of your home base for the rest of the week. It's the perfect harmony of productivity and personal freedom. This position is based out of our Washington D.C. hub where you will start as fully remote and then transition to hybrid once offices are opened in this location. Fully remote applicants will also be considered. What You'll Do

Lilt is seeking a world-class devops engineer to build highly reliable software systems at Lilt. Your job will be to apply your software talents to our infrastructure and operations needs, including bare-metal Linux deployments and commercial deployments in GCP and AWS. Our system requires low latency worldwide, so you'll continuously improve our multi-region configuration, and help us expand into new regions. You will collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to support new and on-going products. This position is based out of our Washington D.C. hub where you will start as fully remote and then transition to hybrid once an office is opened. Key Responsibilities

Support technical operations in our development and production systems Deliver infrastructure engineering projects to support company initiatives Collaborate with our research and development teams to deliver software fast and reliably Secure our platform infrastructure and harden our on-premise builds Ensure high uptime and fast, multi-regional server and DB performance for the lilt.com production system Work with engineering teams to set, measure, and reach SLIs and SLOs for SLAs Contribute to infrastructure and engineering roadmap planning, set and attain quarterly OKRs Execute on the roadmap in sprints, and adhere to SCRUM best practices Introduce and implement new technologies and best practices in InfoSec, DevOps and Site Reliability Support our self-managed customers on-site Skills and Experience

The candidate is required to have and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and to satisfy other security-related requirements. Minimum 3 years experience as Linux System Administrator, DevOps Engineer or similar position. Strong knowledge of at least one scripting language (e.g. Python, Bash). High proficiency with at least one configuration management/infrastructure as code (IaC) tool, preferably Terraform. Experience with GCP services such as Compute Engine, shared VPC, and data analytics or equivalents from other vendors. Solid understanding of Docker and hands-on experience with orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes or Swarm. Expertise in monitoring/alerting and maintaining high production availability Experience with CI/CD tools and concepts, such as Jenkins Preferred, but not required: Experience in DevSecOps best practices, MLOps, GCP Landzone and/or DB administration U.S. citizenship is a precondition of employment. The candidate is required to have and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and to satisfy other security-related requirements. Benefits

Compensation: Competitive salary, meaningful equity, 401(k) matching, and flexible time off plus company holidays. Medical Benefits: Employees receive coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance, and more. In addition, Lilt pays for basic life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability. Paid parental leave is provided after 6 months. Monthly lifestyle benefit stipend via the Fringe platform to allow employees to customize benefits to their lifestyle. Information collected and processed as part of your application process, including any job applications you choose to submit, is subject to LILT's Privacy Policy.