<div><strong>Get Involved!<br></strong><br></div><div>Samaritan's Purse has an incredible opportunity for a <strong>Cloud Engineer </strong>to join our <strong>Information Technology </strong>department. This fully <strong>remote (or on-site) </strong>role is part of the Samaritan Ark Cloud Services team, with a strong focus on Site Reliability. As a Cloud Engineer, you'll play a vital part in enabling ministries to spread the Gospel by ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our cloud platforms. We run a fully on-premise, open-source environment, and you'll focus on maintaining self-hosted tools that empower developers and operators. Don't miss this unique opportunity to serve Jesus while working with modern reliability practices and open-source technologies. Come and use your gifts daily to advance the Gospel!</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>A day in the life of a Cloud Engineer (SRE):&nbsp;</strong></div><div>At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.&nbsp;</div><div>In the role of Cloud Engineer, you will have the opportunity to:</div><ul><li>Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.</li><li>Build, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure platform services that support the deployment and operation of ministry-critical workloads in our private cloud platform. Utilize various Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist in optimizing engineering builds.</li><li>Provision and automate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines using Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD tools to support development and production environments.</li><li>Monitor applications and infrastructure performance and respond to incidents as part of an on-call rotation, supporting root cause analysis and long-term remediation.</li><li>Contribute to internal tooling and documentation to improve team productivity, technical consistency, and system knowledge-sharing.</li><li>Assist in evaluating cost implications and supporting optimization efforts for cloud resource usage; coordinate implementation efforts across stakeholders and vendors as needed.</li><li>Assist in the evaluation and adoption of emerging cloud technologies, advocating for improvements in resilience, cost, and maintainability.</li><li>Actively participate in team ceremonies, including stand-ups, retrospectives, and planning meetings, fostering continuous improvement and shared accountability.</li><li>All other duties as assigned.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Qualifications &amp; Experience</strong>:&nbsp;</div><ul><li>Bachelor's degree or university program certificate in a related field, plus five (5) to seven (7) years of Cloud Engineering experience, or seven (7) or more years of related experience.</li><li>Proven SRE or DevOps experience with a focus on reliability, automation, and production operations.</li><li>Extensive experience with observability systems, building and maintaining production stacks such as Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog, or Dynatrace.</li><li>Extensive GitOps experience with tools like ArgoCD or Flux, including management of self-hosted Git platforms such as Gitea or GitLab.</li><li>Hands-on experience running Kubernetes in production, strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, and comfort with open-source, on-premise environments; OpenStack experience is a plus.</li><li>12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required); if not already completed, an opportunity to meet and complete the requirement is available upon hire.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><strong>Job Location:</strong> Remote</div><div><strong>Type:</strong> Full-Time</div><div><strong>Language Requirement:</strong> Fluency in English (required)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Benefits:</strong></div><ul><li>Medical, prescription, dental &amp; vision insurance</li><li>Flexible Spending Account (FSA)</li><li>Long-term and Short-term disability insurance</li><li>Paid Family Medical Leave&nbsp;</li><li>Term Life Insurance</li><li>401(k) retirement savings plan</li><li>10 paid holidays</li><li>12 vacation/personal days</li><li>10 sick days</li></ul>

Cloud Engineer (SRE)

<div><strong>$1,000 Sign-on Bonus<br><br>Summary<br></strong><br></div><div>To serve the members of Samaritan Ministries International (SMI) by designing, developing, and deploying cloud-based applications and solutions, following agile practices, using Amazon Web Services (AWS). This role involves leveraging AWS services to build scalable, secure, and cost-effective systems that meet business requirements. The AWS Software Engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams to implement cloud-native architectures, automate infrastructure, and optimize performance.<br><br></div><div><strong>Competencies</strong></div><ul><li>Creativity and Innovation</li><li>Fostering Communication</li><li>Attention to Detail</li><li>Acting with Integrity, Empathy, and Compassion</li><li>Collaborating with Others</li><li>Neighbor Focus</li><li>Pursuing Excellence</li><li>Problem Solving</li><li>Application Development and Maintenance</li><li>Quality Focus</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></div><ul><li>Build and maintain cloud-native applications using AWS services like Lambda, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, and API Gateway</li><li>Use AWS CloudFormation or Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and maintain version-controlled templates</li><li>Implement CI/CD pipelines for both legacy and cloud-native applications potentially using AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and existing deployment tools including GitLab</li><li>Ensure applications are scalable, secure, and cost-efficient through auto-scaling, load balancing, and caching strategies</li><li>Implement IAM roles and policies, encryption, and secure access following compliance standards</li><li>Connect applications with AWS services for storage, compute, messaging, and analytics using API integrations and microservices architecture</li><li>Mentor team members on AWS services and cloud-native development patterns; document practices and lead knowledge transfer sessions</li><li>Diagnose and resolve issues in both legacy systems and AWS environments using CloudWatch, X-Ray, Splunk and other monitoring tools</li><li>Collaborate with Developers, Data, Security and other IT teams to define SMI's AWS architecture standards</li><li>Communicate technical solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders</li><li>Maintain and enhance existing applications built on .NET Framework 4.8, .NET 9, React, CoffeeScript, and Backbone</li></ul><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Qualifications and Experience</strong></div><ul><li>Four-year degree from an accredited university or the equivalent combination of education and experience</li><li>2–5 years of professional software development experience with .NET (C#) and modern web frameworks</li><li>Demonstrated AWS experience (professional or significant personal projects) with services like Lambda, S3, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, and API Gateway</li><li>Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform</li><li>Programming proficiency in C#</li><li>Experience with React; willingness to work with legacy technologies including CoffeeScript and Backbone</li><li>Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines (GitLab), containerization, (Docker / Kubernetes) and monitoring tools</li><li>Knowledge of security best practices in both cloud and traditional environments</li><li>Preferred: AWS Certified Developer – Associate or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate</li><li>Professional level AWS Certification is a plus</li><li>Knowledge of AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, VPC, and IAM</li><li>Knowledge of Cloud architecture principles for scalability, high availability, and cost optimization</li><li>Knowledge of infrastructure as Code tools like CloudFormation or Terraform</li><li>Knowledge of security best practices and compliance standards for cloud environments</li><li>Knowledge of Networking fundamentals like DNS, Routing, and load balancing</li><li>Knowledge of CI/CD processes and DevOps tools including AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy.</li><li>Knowledge of Snowflake</li><li>Knowledge of .NET Framework 4.8, .NET 9, and C# object-oriented programming</li><li>Knowledge of React and willingness to maintain CoffeeScript and Backbone legacy code</li><li>Knowledge of SQL Server and relational database design</li><li>Proficiency in C#</li><li>Skill to develop and deploy cloud-native applications</li><li>Skill to automate infrastructure and deployment processes</li><li>Skill to mentor and transfer knowledge effectively to team members</li><li>Ability to work with containers and orchestration tools like Docker and ECS/EKS</li><li>Ability to optimize cost and resource usage in cloud environments</li><li>Ability to troubleshoot performance and connectivity issues across diverse technology stacks</li><li>Ability to use Source Code Control tooling such as Git</li><li>Ability to solve complex technical problems and adapt to new technologies quickly</li><li>Ability to balance priorities between maintaining legacy systems and building new cloud capabilities</li><li>Ability to apply clean code principles in delivering Software</li><li>Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional Teams</li><li>Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences</li><li>Ability to design solutions that meet both ministry and technical requirements</li></ul><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Additional Information</strong></div><ul><li>Staff may be required to travel and have a valid driver's license</li><li>Staff will observe safety principles while performing the duties of the position</li><li>Tasks are normally conducted in a regular office environment, requiring use of computer and mouse and other standard office equipment. Staff usually remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.</li><li>May need to lift and move items up to 35 lbs on occasion</li><li>This position requires an active commitment to the mission and values of SMI. In the course of performing job duties, the employee will act in a manner that is Christ-honoring as well as Christ-like, demonstrating a personal Christian faith and witness in all interpersonal interactions.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Pay Range: $87,900-$135,300 </strong><em>Starting pay usually falls within the lower half of the pay range and is determined by experience, skills, and education. </em>​</div><div><br><strong>Benefits Include:​</strong></div><ul><li>Performance-based incentive pay​</li><li>SMI Membership with monthly healthcare bonus​</li><li>Health Insurance: MEC plan with employer HSA contribution​</li><li>401K Retirement plan with employer contribution​</li><li>Life Insurance ​</li><li>Short-term disability​</li><li>Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account​</li><li>Time Off: 9 company paid holidays, 5 missions days accrued annually, maternity and paternity leave, FMLA, Bereavement, and weekly accrued PTO (40 hours to use after 30 days + 80 hours accrued for 48 weeks)​</li><li>Health club or home workout benefits for participating staff​</li><li>Formal staff development and leadership training​</li><li>Spiritual support and counseling through our staff support office​</li><li>Repeatedly certified as a Best Christian Workplace</li></ul><div><br><strong>About Company</strong></div><div><br></div><div>Samaritan Ministries is a Biblical solution to health care. It is not insurance. We deliver authentic, compassionate, and personal service in the name of Christ to enable and inspire members to provide for one another’s medical needs through prayer, encouragement, and financial support.<br><br></div><div>From demonstrating Christ-centered compassion to modeling best practices in health care sharing, Samaritan Ministries is committed to keeping Jesus at the center of everything we do. The way we interact with our colleagues and engage with our members is a testament that we are ultimately serving Christ and His Kingdom.</div>

AWS Software Engineer

<div>As a<strong> Senior Platform Engineer</strong>, you will help build and maintain the systems churches rely on every day. You’ll contribute to cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, and platform reliability while supporting both existing systems and new platform initiatives. Working closely with the Platform Engineering Manager and engineering teams, you’ll help build secure, scalable infrastructure that empowers churches to stay connected, engaged, and supported in their ministry.</div><div><br>Primary Responsibilities of the Role</div><div><strong>Cloud Infrastructure &amp; Operations</strong></div><ul><li>Provision and manage cloud infrastructure across compute, networking, storage, and managed databases</li><li>Maintain consistency across development, staging, and production environments</li><li>Plan and execute workload migrations across cloud providers with minimal disruption</li><li>Identify and implement infrastructure cost optimization opportunities</li></ul><div><strong>CI/CD &amp; Automation</strong></div><ul><li>Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines across a multi-repository environment</li><li>Implement deployment strategies such as blue/green, canary, and rolling deployments</li><li>Develop automation tooling and scripts to reduce manual effort and improve delivery speed</li></ul><div><strong>Infrastructure as Code</strong></div><ul><li>Write and maintain Terraform infrastructure across multi-account, multi-environment systems</li><li>Establish IaC standards, module reuse patterns, and state management practices</li><li>Drive infrastructure changes through version-controlled, peer-reviewed workflows</li></ul><div><strong>Reliability &amp; Incident Response</strong></div><ul><li>Participate in on-call rotation and lead incident response efforts</li><li>Maintain observability through dashboards, alerting, logging, and SLO tracking</li><li>Conduct post-incident reviews and implement long-term remediations</li></ul><div><strong>Security &amp; Compliance</strong></div><ul><li>Manage secrets, certificates, and access controls using least-privilege principles</li><li>Apply security best practices across infrastructure, containers, and CI/CD pipelines</li><li>Support audit and compliance initiatives through documentation and access reviews</li></ul><div><strong>Collaboration &amp; Documentation</strong></div><ul><li>Partner with engineering teams on infrastructure guidance and service design</li><li>Create architecture documentation, runbooks, and operational guides</li><li>Help build self-service platform capabilities for engineering teams</li></ul><div><br><strong>Qualifications</strong></div><div>A Successful Candidate Will:</div><ul><li>Be <strong>Tech Savvy </strong>by anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.&nbsp;</li><li>Be a<strong> Nimble Learner </strong>by actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.</li><li><strong>Drive Results </strong>by persisting in accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacks</li><li><strong>Collaborate </strong>by building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.</li><li><strong>Communicates Effectively </strong>by developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.</li><li><strong>Manages Complexity </strong>by making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.</li></ul><div><strong>Required Technical Qualifications:</strong></div><ul><li>5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering</li><li>Strong AWS experience with EC2, EKS/ECS, VPC, Route 53, IAM, S3, EBS, and CloudWatch</li><li>Deep Terraform experience across multi-environment configurations</li><li>Experience with Kubernetes, ECS, Docker, ArgoCD, and Helm in production environments</li><li>Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions or similar tools</li><li>Strong observability and monitoring experience (Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, New Relic, etc.)</li><li>Solid networking fundamentals including DNS, TLS, VPNs, load balancing, and VPC design</li></ul><div><strong>Preferred Technical Qualifications:</strong></div><ul><li>Experience as a network engineer</li><li>Experience with postgres and mysql compatible database administration</li><li>Experience working with Google/Azure cloud&nbsp;</li><li>Kubernetes, AWS or Terraform certification</li></ul><div><strong>Office Requirements:</strong></div><ul><li>We are a fully distributed team (100% remote) with travel sometimes required 1-2 times per year.</li><li>A stable work environment with designated workspace and access to high-speed internet.</li><li>US-based and legally able to work full time in the US. Sponsorships are not available at this time.</li><li>Tithely is currently able to employ in the following states<strong>: </strong>AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV</li></ul><div><br><strong>Additional Information</strong></div><div>Health insurance, dental, vision for your family, 401K, paid time off, sick leave, parental leave, and more. We believe taking care of our team is important and want to be sure you have what you need.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Tithely is an Equal Opportunity Employer</strong></div><div>Yourgiving, Inc. DBA Tithe.ly (herein, “the Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race (including hairstyles), color, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, religious creed, physical disability or handicap, mental disability or handicap, age, medical condition (cancer), marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.</div>

Senior Platform Engineer

<div><strong>The Role:</strong> Linux Systems Engineer&nbsp;<br>As a Linux Systems Engineer at Venus Aerospace, you will be part of the team building and scaling the enterprise infrastructure that powers our engineering, manufacturing, and mission-critical operations. In close collaboration with IT, security, and engineering partners, you will help design, deploy, secure, and maintain our on-premises and cloud environments to ensure reliability, resilience, and performance across the organization.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>This role is central to operational excellence. You will contribute to the architecture and support of secure systems across Windows and Linux platforms, virtualization environments, identity services, and core IT infrastructure. Success in this position requires strong technical depth, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to operate confidently in regulated environments where security and uptime are critical.&nbsp;</div><div><br>If you’re motivated by working alongside a high-performing team to build robust, scalable systems that enable real-world hardware development and mission execution, you’ll thrive in this role.  &nbsp;<br><br></div><h3>What You'll Get To Do</h3><ul><li>Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux servers and workstations in a production environment &nbsp;</li><li>Integrate Linux systems into Windows-based infrastructure (e.g., Active Directory, authentication, file services) &nbsp;</li><li>Design, implement, and maintain automated configuration management using Ansible &nbsp;</li><li>Build and manage Linux deployment pipelines using tools such as Kickstart, cloud-init, and Terraform &nbsp;</li><li>Support containerized workloads using Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes &nbsp;</li><li>Manage infrastructure across both virtualized environments (VMware) and physical bare-metal systems &nbsp;</li><li>Monitor system performance, ensure high availability, and implement security best practices &nbsp;</li><li>Collaborate with networking and systems teams to ensure reliable connectivity and performance &nbsp;</li><li>Troubleshoot complex system, networking, and deployment issues&nbsp;</li><li>Build monitoring and alerting systems to provide quick response to incidents. &nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>What You Have</h3><ul><li>3–5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, or similar) &nbsp;</li><li>Experience integrating Linux systems into Windows environments (Active Directory, LDAP, SSO) &nbsp;</li><li>Strong hands-on experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management &nbsp;</li><li>Experience with Linux provisioning and deployment tools (Kickstart, cloud-init, Terraform, or similar) &nbsp;</li><li>Working knowledge of container technologies (Docker, Podman) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes) &nbsp;</li><li>Experience with VMware or similar virtualization platforms &nbsp;</li><li>Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, firewalls) &nbsp;</li><li>Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills &nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>What Will Set You Apart</h3><ul><li>Experience with hybrid or cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) &nbsp;</li><li>Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices &nbsp;</li><li>Scripting experience (Bash, Python, or similar) &nbsp;</li><li>Exposure to monitoring/logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.) &nbsp;</li></ul><div><br><strong>Location:</strong>On-site in Houston, TX<br><br><strong>Benefits:</strong>Venus Aerospace employee benefits include a 401(k) plan, stock options, and medical benefits, including dental and vision. We have a flex-Friday flexible schedule, unlimited PTO, and receive professional development opportunities.</div><div><br><strong>Who We Are:<br></strong>Venus Aerospace is revolutionizing rocket engine propulsion. With the first generational leap in rocket engine technology since Apollo, our proprietary Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine and Venus Detonation Ramjets deliver historic efficiency and performance across aerospace applications. We are building the next generation of propulsion platforms that enable breakthrough capabilities in space, defense, and commercial high-speed flight. Our team thrives on solving the toughest engineering challenges and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in aerospace. At Venus, we’re looking for bold engineers and innovators who want to make history and redefine the future of propulsion</div>

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