Senior AWS DevOps Engineer​/Applied AI​/Hybrid in Chicago

$200000 - $220000

An innovative healthcare technology organization is seeking a Senior Dev Ops Engineer to help scale the infrastructure supporting cutting‑edge AI‑powered communication solutions. This full‑time opportunity offers the chance to work with modern cloud‑native technologies including AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Git Ops tools, and CI/CD automation while helping deliver highly reliable and secure healthcare applications.

This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys building systems from the ground up and wants to make a measurable impact. The company values ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement, giving engineers meaningful influence over infrastructure strategy, developer enablement, and platform reliability. This is a chance to work on mission‑driven technology while gaining exposure to AI, cloud architecture, and healthcare innovation.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Dev Ops, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or related disciplines

• Strong hands‑on AWS experience supporting production environments

• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes administration and containerized workloads

• Expertise with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

• Proficiency with Python or Go

• Strong understanding of networking, security, IAM, and cloud architecture

• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms

• Experience supporting highly available production systems

Desired Skills & Experience

• Healthcare, regulated industry, or compliance‑focused environment experience

• Git Ops experience utilizing ArgoCD

• Experience with Datadog, Grafana, or Prometheus

• Service mesh exposure

• Secrets management experience

• Previous startup or high‑growth company experience

• Mentorship and technical leadership experience

What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown

• 40% AWS Cloud Infrastructure

• 25% Kubernetes & Container Platforms

• 20% Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

• 15% CI/CD, Automation & Observability

Daily Responsibilities

• 70% Hands‑On Engineering

• 10% Mentorship & Technical Guidance

• 20% Team Collaboration & Strategic Planning

The Offer You will receive the following benefits:

• Competitive base salary

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• Vacation Time

• Equity / Stock Options

• Opportunity to work with cutting‑edge AI technologies

• Career growth within a rapidly scaling organization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full‑time basis now and in the future.

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