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Senior DevOps Engineer

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60601, USA
Listing for: Modern Campus Inc
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-29
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, SRE/Site Reliability, Systems Engineer, IT Infrastructure
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 120000 - 180000 USD Yearly USD 120000.00 180000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Purpose

Modern Campus is looking for a Senior Dev Ops Engineer to build, operate, and improve the cloud infrastructure supporting our higher education products. Our environment is primarily AWS, with additional workloads in Microsoft Azure. You will bring strong production Kubernetes experience, infrastructure automation skills, and sound judgment when working with customer-facing systems.

You will own engineering work from design through production operation, partnering with Development and Information Security to modernize applications, improve reliability, and reduce manual work. You will also contribute to technical direction, mentor engineers, and participate in the on-call rotation.

For candidates with demonstrated technical leadership across teams, we are open to discussing a broader scope and level.

Responsibilities
  • Design, build, and operate AWS infrastructure, including production workloads on Amazon EKS and ECS/Fargate.
  • Own infrastructure projects through design, testing, deployment, rollback planning, documentation, and operational handoff.
  • Develop infrastructure as code, deployment automation, and reusable platform capabilities using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and Argo CD.
  • Build and maintain deployment pipelines and automation, partnering with Development on application modernization, scaling, validation, production readiness, and rollback procedures.
  • Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues across operating systems, networking, containers, application runtimes, and database dependencies.
  • Improve monitoring, performance, and cost efficiency; implement security controls in partnership with Information Security; maintain platform upgrades and patching, and test backup restoration and disaster recovery procedures.
  • Contribute to technical standards and design reviews, mentor engineers, and work with management to prioritize risks and improvements.
  • Participate in the on-call rotation, lead incident diagnosis, and carry out planned maintenance. Communicate clearly during incidents and use follow-up work, automation, and runbooks to reduce recurring issues.
Requirements
  • Substantial infrastructure and Dev Ops experience, typically eight or more years in infrastructure and five or more years in automation-focused roles, or equivalent demonstrated expertise.
  • Strong hands-on production Kubernetes experience, including upgrades, networking, access controls, scaling, and troubleshooting. Amazon EKS experience is strongly preferred.
  • Strong AWS experience across networking, IAM, compute, storage, load balancing, and managed databases.
  • Practical experience with Terraform, containers, Helm, and Git-based deployment workflows, including building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI/CD, or comparable tools.
  • Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, including DNS, HTTP/TLS, and system performance.
  • Strong practical networking and troubleshooting skills, including routing, firewalls, and secure connectivity such as site-to-site VPNs or SSH tunnels.
  • Ability to write maintainable automation in Python, Go, Power Shell, or another suitable language, alongside shell scripting.
  • Experience diagnosing application and database issues using metrics, logs, traces, and monitoring tools.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently deliver complex work, make safe production changes, and communicate technical decisions across teams.
  • A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Additional Experience We Value
  • Experience in one or more of the following areas is helpful but not required.
  • Technical leadership across teams, including architecture, standards, mentoring, and adoption of shared capabilities.
  • Modernizing established…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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