Are you interested in applying your technical skills to identifying the next global infectious disease threat?

EcoHealth Alliance is seeking a DevOps engineer with database experience for our data science and research technology program. As part of a small team of developers, data scientists, and infectious disease scientists, you’ll deploy and maintain tools to predict the next pandemic and support research teams in the field. As our first and only DevOps engineer, you will drive the direction of our infrastructure. Our work ranges from data mining and machine learning algorithms to web development, design, and visualization. If you’re interested in working on those parts of the stack as well, you’ll have that opportunity. We currently use AWS for hosting and Ansible for deployment, and MongoDB.

The position is based at EHA headquarters in New York City (Manhattan). Local candidates are preferred, with possible relocation assistance available. Outstanding remote candidates will also be considered.

EcoHealth Alliance offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit package including health, dental, and vision coverage, and a 403(b) pension plan. EcoHealth Alliance is an equal opportunity employer.

To apply, please email your resume and a PERSONALIZED COVER LETTERas one document to dev-jobs@ecohealthalliance.org with the subject of ‘DevOps Engineer 2015’. In your cover letter, please briefly describe your past experience with programming, databases, and DevOps, and any experience with machine learning, natural language processing, and public health. Additionally please indicate how your skills and interests make you a great fit to work on a research-and-development oriented team at a health and conservation focused non-profit.

ONLY APPLICANTS WITH PERSONALIZED COVER LETTERS WILL BE CONSIDERED.