NXT1 Careers

The NXT1 Cloud Company (dba NXT1) is an early stage startup based outside Baltimore Maryland. That means you will have a significant impact on our flagship solution, LaunchIT, a platform purpose-built for software vendors (B2B) to rapidly build and securely launch cloud-native serverless SaaS. By joining us in this early stage, you’ll also have the opportunity to participate in equity ownership when our valuation still has a lot of room to grow! 

LaunchIT provides day 1 protection, scale, and maturity for any SaaS. You have the opportunity to build and grow your experience and LaunchIT’s features and capabilities by expanding on what we’ve started. We want this role to be a unique opportunity for a person who wants to experiment with us, directly impacting the product and the future of the business.

Will you be the NXT1 to make a difference?

We’re looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer to join our team either Full Time or Part Time (to start) as we launch SaaS significantly faster and cheaper than traditional approaches. Reporting directly to our co-founder & CTO, Darren House, you will design, build, test, and validate cloud products, tools, and integrations. This includes creating and maintaining a cloud DevSecOps system and processes; creating hybrid cloud and on-premises automation workflows using AWS native services; working collaboratively with our partners to bring cloud products to market; and assisting in developing the technical and API guides for cloud products. 

Your top priority on Day 1 will be to focus on enhancing our game changing platform LaunchIT, where you will:

• Be NXT1’s DevSecOps expert with AWS cloud native services
• Lead the development of cloud products for NXT1
• Create and maintain a DevSecOps process for NXT1

This role is an integral part of the entire LaunchIT team where, as our amazing Cloud Developer Engineer, where you will: 

• Be a subject matter expert in AWS cloud native software development best practices,
• Have proven experience working with:
  • GitHub, Actions, Secrets, OAuth, GitHub Apps, Deploy Keys
  • Serverless Framework, Laravel, PHP, NodeJS, Python
  • AWS Serverless services
  • CloudFormation, Lambda, Step Functions, Code Pipeline and Code Build
• Have experience developing with technologies like:
  • Identity technologies, such as AWS IAM, SSO, Cognito, MFA, OIDC and SAML
  • Data discovery technologies such as AWS Glue, Macie
  • Data protection technologies, such as KMS, Cloud HSM, KMIP and PKCS
  • Containers using Fargate containers and Fargate services
  • AWS native ML services, such as Comprehend, Textract, SageMaker
• Be a US Citizen.
• Identify, design/develop, and manage new platform development initiatives.
• Envision, develop, and implement effective cost, performance, availability, and security improvements in the existing platform codebase.
• Assist with product documentation as new features are built or existing features modified.
• Leverage AWS native tools to build DevSecOps observability tooling, dashboards and automations.
• With guidance of the Marketing Director, envision, enhance, and create developer related marketing content (blogs, webinars, etc) about the AWS technologies and the LaunchIT platform.

It would be great if you’ve got…

• Experience with AWS Systems Manager, CloudWatch, X-Ray, Services
• Have knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework and OWASP Top 10.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional certification.
• Experience developing with Microsoft Azure
• Writing experience; technical documents, blogs, social media

The responsibilities and duties of this position described here are representative of those an employee must perform. This is not a comprehensive list and other duties may be assigned.

It is NXT1’s practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant because of sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or sexual preference, pregnancy or maternity, genetic information, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This practice applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, hiring, training, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, layoff, Company-sponsored education, social and recreational programs, and treatment on the job. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform the NXT1 recruiter so that we can discuss appropriate alternatives available.

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