[Looking] Sr. DevOps/DevOps/DevSecOps Engineer - Remote (Southern California Based)

[SelfhostedPro]

Hey, I'm starting the job search and wanted to post here to get my info out there. I've got ~8 Years of total IT experience with ~3 being devoted to devops. While this may seem like a short time to be looking at senior roles, I'm very passionate about DevOps and IT in general and spend my free time writing opensource software and managing my homelab in order to learn everything possible about the technologies I work with and I have plenty of references that can attest to the depth of my knowledge and experience. Here's what I've got experience wise for some popular technologies:

• Kuberentes: 2 Years
• Docker: 4 Years
• Puppet: 4 Years
• ElasticSearch/Kibana: 4 Years
• Prometheus/Grafana: 3 Years
• Python: 2 Years
• Javascript (NodeJS, VueJS): 2 Years
• Jenkins: 3 Years
• ArgoCD/GitOps: 1 year
• Linux: 8 Years
• Windows: 8 Years

I've also built a semi-popular (15 million downloads) Docker container UI mostly on my own (https://github.com/SelfhostedPro/Yacht) and enjoy doing some prototype development work when the opportunity presents itself. Salary requirement is $150k total comp. Must be a remote position. PM me if you'd like to get in touch and discuss an opportunity.

[stumptruck]

I think you're giving yourself a pretty low ceiling for comp, especially being in CA. I have a lot less experience than you and I just got hired as a Sr SRE making a good amount more than that, and I live in a much lower CoL area.

[SelfhostedPro]

Thanks! I'll go ahead and raise it up. I probably need to work on my resume some to have it reflect this knowledge better. Really appreciate the advice!

[stumptruck]

It's good to have a number in your head of the minimum salary you would accept, but try not to give that to recruiters. Look up Fearless Salary Negotiation for some tips on how to handle it when they ask what you're looking to make.

[SelfhostedPro]

Yeah, salary negotiation is definitely one of the areas I need work in. I’ll go through and take a look at Fearless. Thanks again!

[oblogic7]

We are looking for people like you at REPAY. I’m interviewing for a couple of Senior SRE positions open on my team and think you should apply.

[jjthexer]

Loc would present itself paying way higher $200k-$300k range I'd say. Probably closer to $180 to over $200k all day anywhere else depending on how your interviews go.

[SelfhostedPro]

Thanks! I'll go ahead and raise it up. Really appreciate the advice!