Senior DevOps Engineer

Overview

We’re seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to maintain and expand our multi-cloud infrastructure, provide on-call support, and collaborate closely with our engineering team through pair programming. You will be a key contributor to ensuring uptime, stability, and scalability for our clients’ systems.

This role is best suited for a senior engineer who is comfortable with fractional ownership and delivering high-impact support in a low-hour, on-call engagement.

Key Focus Areas

• Multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS primary; Azure and GCP)

• Container orchestration (Docker, Docker Swarm; familiarity with Podman or Kubernetes a plus)

• Networking for client connectivity (VPCs, VPNs, security groups, subnets)

• Rapid incident response and troubleshooting

• Collaborative pair programming and knowledge sharing

Key Responsibilities

• Provide on-call support for production incidents and infrastructure issues; troubleshoot and resolve rapidly

• Pair program with engineers to troubleshoot issues and share infrastructure best practices

• Maintain and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, including Docker containers and Docker Swarm orchestration

• Manage networking and client connectivity patterns

• Maintain Terraform/Terragrunt configurations and automate deployment processes

• Monitor system health and performance, and implement alerting improvements

• Implement security best practices, manage IAM roles, and configure secrets

• Document infrastructure architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures

• Collaborate on CI/CD workflows (primarily GitHub Actions) and support automation initiatives

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of production experience with AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch); familiarity with Azure or GCP

• Production experience with Docker and Docker Swarm, including container networking and service discovery

• Strong Terraform experience; Terragrunt preferred

• CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions and scripting (Bash, Python)

• Experience participating in on-call rotations and incident response

• Strong communication skills and comfort with collaborative pair programming

Preferred Skills

• Python and/or Bash for infrastructure automation

• Multi-cloud architecture patterns

• Data pipeline infrastructure experience

• Security best practices and cost optimization experience

• Strong technical documentation skills

Technical Stack

• Cloud: AWS (primary), Azure, GCP

• Containers: Docker, Docker Swarm, Podman, Kubernetes

• IaC: Terraform, Terragrunt

• CI/CD: GitHub Actions

• Scripting: Python, Bash

• Monitoring: CloudWatch, Azure Monitor

• Storage: S3, ADLS Gen2

• Secrets: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault

Engagement Details

• Approximately 5–15 hours per month

• Contractor/Consultant role, fully remote

• On-call availability required; flexible schedule

• Long-term engagement with opportunity for expanded scope and responsibility

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