DevOps Engineer, LifeMD, NY, US

About us:

LifeMD is a leading digital healthcare company committed to expanding access to virtual care, pharmacy services, and diagnostics by making them more affordable and convenient for all. Focused on both treatment and prevention, our unique care model is designed to optimize the patient experience and improve outcomes across more than 200 health concerns. 

To support our expanding patient base, LifeMD leverages a vertically-integrated, proprietary digital care platform, a 50-state affiliated medical group, a 22,500-square-foot affiliated pharmacy, and a U.S.-based patient care center. Our company — with offices in New York City; Greenville, SC; and Huntington Beach, CA — is powered by a dynamic team of passionate professionals. From clinicians and technologists to creatives and analysts, we're united by a shared mission to revolutionize healthcare. Employees enjoy a collaborative and inclusive work environment, hybrid work culture, and numerous opportunities for growth. Want your work to matter? Join us in building a future of accessible, innovative, and compassionate care.

About the role:

LifeMD is seeking a highly motivated and experienced DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic Technology team. This individual will serve as a critical link between software development and IT operations, playing a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and maintaining automated processes for software delivery, infrastructure management, and system monitoring. The primary objective is to accelerate our release cycles, enhance system stability, and improve overall operational efficiency across our diverse cloud infrastructure, all while strictly adhering to stringent healthcare industry compliance standards, including HIPAA and SOX.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS using Terraform
• Develop and version control Terraform modules for automated provisioning, updating, and de-provisioning of cloud resources (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Lambda in AWS)
• Design, build, and optimize automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for various applications and microservices
• Integrate automated testing, static code analysis, security scanning, and deployment steps into CI/CD workflows for high quality and secure releases
• Implement, configure, and maintain comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., AWS CloudWatch, Datadog) for all environments
• Develop custom dashboards, metrics, and alerts for real-time visibility into system health, performance, and security events
• Proactively analyze logs and metrics to identify potential bottlenecks and issues
• Participate in on-call rotations to swiftly respond to and resolve critical incidents, ensuring high service availability
• Automate repetitive operational tasks, system configurations, and deployment processes using Python and Bash to enhance efficiency