Role overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and operate secure, scalable, and highly available cloud platforms on AWS. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, automation, CI/CD, observability, and production reliability.
This role requires close collaboration with engineering, architecture, security, and operations teams to build world-class cloud platforms that support AI-powered applications and services.
This position is based in Bellevue, Washington and is on-site. It is not available as a remote role.
Key responsibilities
- Build and operate scalable AWS infrastructure using EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation, with Ansible for configuration automation.
- Manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and dashboards for production environments.
- Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and improve availability, performance, and MTTR.
- Implement cloud security, networking, and operational best practices.
- Automate repetitive operational activities and improve platform scalability and reliability.
- Collaborate with development, architecture, security, and operations teams and mentor team members.
Required skills & qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Platform Engineering.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in Python and/or Bash scripting for automation and operational tasks.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS and Kubernetes/EKS, including deep expertise in AWS networking concepts such as VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, network ACLs, and load balancing.
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation), configuration automation (Ansible), and cloud infrastructure management on AWS.
- Proven track record of implementing CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and driving operational excellence through monitoring, observability, incident response, and production troubleshooting.
- Experience with observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, OpenSearch/ELK, or similar tools.
- Experience working with Kafka, OpenStack, Java, or Ruby environments is a plus.
- Experience in Telecom, IoT, Energy, Utilities, or other large-scale distributed systems environments is preferred.
- Knowledge of cloud security principles, IAM best practices, and infrastructure hardening.
- Knowledge of TR-069/TR-369 and device-management platforms is a plus.
- AWS certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, or equivalent are highly desirable.
Eligibility
- Candidates must have a valid U.S. work authorization and be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- This position does not offer employment visa sponsorship, H-1B sponsorship, or visa transfers, now or in the future.
- This position is based in Bellevue, Washington and requires on-site presence. Remote work is not available for this role.