Grassroots Analytics

Grassroots Analytics' mission is to provide innovative data solutions to amplify forward-thinking voices, causes, and people.

Grassroots Analytics (“GA”) maintains a detailed database on more than 20 million active American donors, including data on net worth, ideological preferences, political donation history, non-profit donation history, demographics, and contact information.

Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer

Location: Washington, DC (on-site)

About Us

We’re building a next-generation data platform on Google Cloud Platform to power in-app

workflows and analytics for our users. You’ll join a small, cross-functional team responsible for

end-to-end service development, deployment, and operational excellence. You’ll have input and

ownership on all infrastructure design to CI/CD pipelines that enable us to successfully deliver a

quality product.

What You’ll Do

• Architect, provision, and maintain GCP infrastructure (Compute Engine, Kubernetes

Engine, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage)

• Design and manage Terraform configurations and modules for both staging and

production environments

• Build, enhance, and operate CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or

similar)

• Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting (Stackdriver, Prometheus/Grafana,

ELK)

• Automate repetitive tasks via scripting (Bash, Python, Go) and configuration

management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)

• Collaborate with developers to define deployment strategies, optimize performance, and

troubleshoot production issues

• Establish and enforce security best practices (IAM policies, VPC design, network

security)

• Lead incident response efforts and drive post-mortem analyses to improve reliability

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure and DevOps
• Deep expertise with Google Cloud Platform services and best practices
• Strong Terraform skills: writing modules, managing state, and CI integration
• Solid background in containerization (Docker) and orchestration
• Proven ability to build and maintain CI/CD workflows using industry-standard tools
• Experience with monitoring & observability stacks (Stackdriver, Prometheus, Grafana,

ELK)

• Proficiency in scripting/programming (Python, Bash, or Go) for automation and tooling
• Thorough understanding of networking, security, and IAM in a cloud context

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with SOC2 certification and standards
• Experience with Helm and Kubernetes operators
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio, Anthos)
• Knowledge of serverless patterns and frameworks (Cloud Run, Cloud Functions)
• Exposure to chaos engineering and resilience testing (Chaos Monkey, Litmus)
• Background in cost-optimization strategies on GCP
• Prior work supporting data pipelines or machine learning inference workloads

The salary range for this position is $150,000 – $180,000 plus benefits, with the possibility of signing and performance bonuses. This is a full-time, in-office position based in our office in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Candidates must be willing to work in-office.

We offer 33 days of PTO + two days for every year with GA; 11 federal holidays; and full office closure between Christmas and New Years. Additional benefits include healthcare, dental, and vision insurance; paid parental leave; mental health and sick days; 401K with employer match; profit sharing; and more.

Grassroots Analytics is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming environment where everyone is empowered to do their best work. Grassroots Analytics does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.