Senior DevOps engineer

Job Title:
Senior DevOps Engineer

Location:
Remote

Employment Type:
Full-time

Experience Level:
Senior Level

About The Role
We are looking for a
Senior DevOps Engineer
to lead our cloud infrastructure, automation, and deployment initiatives. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical expert with a deep understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native technologies. This role requires strong leadership, problem-solving skills, and a passion for building scalable, secure, and high-performing systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and secure CI/CD pipelines to support continuous integration and deployment.
• Lead automation efforts for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) for cost efficiency, availability, and performance.
• Build and maintain containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, or GKE).
• Implement and monitor system performance, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).
• Drive adoption of DevOps best practices across teams and mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate closely with development, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth releases and secure deployments.
• Support disaster recovery, incident management, and root cause analysis for system issues.
• Evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies to enhance infrastructure efficiency and developer productivity.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, etc.).
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes orchestration.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and Linux administration.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional, Azure DevOps Expert, or CKA/CKAD.
• Experience with microservices architecture and serverless computing.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, GitOps, and observability frameworks.
• Prior experience mentoring or leading a DevOps or SRE team.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Proven leadership ability and proactive approach to system improvements.
• Ability to work effectively in agile, fast-paced environments.

Compétences idéales

• AWS
• Ansible
• Azure
• Docker
• GCP
• Gitlab CI
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Terraform

• Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Expérience professionnelle

• Build/Release
• Site Reliability (SRE)

Compétences linguistiques

• English