Senior DevOps Engineer

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Job Summary

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Dev Ops Engineer to design, build, and maintain the infrastructure that powers XSELL’s AI-driven platform. You’ll own the reliability, scalability, and automation of our cloud environments, helping our teams deploy code quickly and confidently. This role bridges development and operations—ensuring stability, performance, and efficiency across our production systems.

This position is hybrid, requiring in-office presence Tuesday through Thursday each week at our Chicago HQ. It’s a hands‑on role for someone who thrives on solving complex challenges, building resilient systems, and enabling others through thoughtful automation.

What sets this role apart

At XSELL, Platform Engineering is more than uptime—it’s about empowering innovation. You’ll architect cloud‑native systems that support real‑time AI experiences in healthcare, partner closely with engineering to streamline deployments, and mature our Dev Ops and Git Ops practices. You’ll have ownership over infrastructure decisions, monitoring frameworks, and automation pipelines that directly impact the success of our platform and our customers.

• Design, deploy, and manage highly available AWS EKS clusters optimized for cost, security, and scalability.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to automate AWS environments and configurations.
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Workflows, Jenkins, ArgoCD) to support fast and reliable delivery.
• Champion Git Ops principles to improve consistency and traceability of infrastructure and application changes.

• Implement robust monitoring anding using Grafana
  , Prometheus
  , and Datadog (or similar).
• Define and track SLOs/SLIs to measure reliability and reduce operational toil through automation.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for platform‑related issues, driving continuous improvement.
• Apply security best practices across Kubernetes workloads, networks, and secrets management.
• Partner with development teams to simplify deployments and increase platform reliability.
• Build internal tools and documentation that promote self‑service and operational efficiency.
• Conduct code reviews for infrastructure and configuration changes.
• Mentor engineers and foster strong cross‑functional collaboration.

• 5+ years of experience in SRE, Platform, or Dev Ops roles.
• Proven success managing AWS infrastructure and production EKS clusters.

• Advanced proficiency with Terraform
  , plus scripting in Python or Go
  .
• Experience with Git Hub Workflows
  , ArgoCD
  , Jenkins
  , and observability tools.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes networking
  , AWS VPCs
  , and service mesh concepts.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and cloud compliance best practices.

• Strong ownership mentality and a proactive, solution‑oriented approach.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Collaborative mindset—comfortable working across multiple teams and domains.

Hybrid: 3 days/week in our West Loop office (Tue–Thu onsite for this role).

Small, collaborative teams with a bias toward action and clear ownership.

High autonomy, candid feedback, and a focus on outcomes over process.

Base salary
:$150K–$180K base + bonus

Equity

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.

401(k) with company match.

Flexible PTO and company holidays.

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