Senior DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +7 more states.

📋 Description

• Design, automate, and support AWS cloud infrastructure alongside a Kubernetes-based application platform.

• Construct and sustain AWS infrastructure utilizing OpenTofu.

• Manage Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS.

• Oversee GitOps deployments employing Argo CD and Helm.

• Create automation and operational tools using Python and other scripting languages.

• Provide support for AWS services, including EKS, Aurora PostgreSQL, ElastiCache Redis, Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ, load balancers, IAM, VPC networking, DNS, and security groups.

• Implement monitoring solutions, dashboards, alerts, logs, metrics, and tracing through Datadog.

• Diagnose production issues and assist with incident response and root cause analysis.

• Take part in an on-call rotation and offer support for after-hours maintenance or escalations when necessary.

• Enhance CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment reliability.

• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to elevate infrastructure standards, operational readiness, and cloud security.

• Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or a related field.

• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure.

• Production experience with Kubernetes, ideally Amazon EKS.

• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code utilizing OpenTofu, Terraform, or analogous tools.

• Familiarity with Argo CD, Helm, and GitOps-based deployment workflows.

• Strong scripting or development skills in Python.

• Production experience in supporting Aurora PostgreSQL, ElastiCache Redis, and Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ.

• Experience with Datadog or comparable observability platforms.

• Solid understanding of cloud networking, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, DNS, TLS, ingress, and load balancing.

• Comfortable being part of an on-call rotation and supporting production incident response.

• Experience in supporting high-availability SaaS or customer-facing platforms.

• Knowledge of Kubernetes autoscaling, ingress controllers, cluster upgrades, and resource optimization.

• Experience with backup, restore, disaster recovery, and capacity planning.

• Understanding of AWS Well-Architected principles and cloud security best practices.

• Familiarity with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools.

• Experience in supporting RabbitMQ or Amazon MQ message broker platforms.

• AWS or Kubernetes certifications are a plus.

• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, along with a willingness to mentor others.

• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. or Canada.

🏝️ Benefits

• Base salary range of $155K–$170K.

• Bonus eligibility.

• Additional compensation may include commission and/or equity, as applicable.

• Equal employment opportunities.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.