DevOps Engineer

Build the Foundation That Powers It All

Every great product runs on invisible infrastructure. At Credit Xpert, we're looking for the engineer who takes pride in making that invisible work, flawlessly.

We're a 25-year-old Fin Tech company; established, mission‑driven, and uniquely positioned at a transformational moment in the mortgage industry. Flat enough to move fast. Experienced enough to know how. As we scale our cloud‑based platform and accelerate product delivery for mortgage lenders across the country, we need a sharp, driven Dev Ops Engineer to help us build, optimize, and secure the infrastructure that makes it all possible.

• You’ll join an established Dev Ops team and bring real influence to how we build, scale, and operate — your expertise will shape decisions, not just execute them
• You’ll work across AWS, CI/CD, security, and observability
  , genuine full‑spectrum Dev Ops work
• You’ll partner closely with development, architecture, and QA teams in a flat, collaborative environment where your voice carries weight
• You’ll help drive SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 compliance
  , meaningful, high‑stakes work that matters
• You’ll join a company that has thrived for 25+ years with the agility and mission‑focus most organizations lose along the way

To design, implement, and optimize Dev Ops infrastructure and processes that enable faster product testing, deployment, and operational scalability, ensuring the reliable delivery of Credit Xpert's platform its customers through efficient, scalable and cost‑effective methodologies.

• Manage and Optimize CI/CD Pipelines: Build, maintain, and expand continuous integration and deployment pipelines to accelerate and improve product testing, development, and deployment.
• Monitor performance: Proactively build out monitoring and alerting to measure and analyze system performance, assist engineering teams in troubleshooting, and discover opportunities for improvement.
• Administer and Scale AWS Infrastructure: Maintain the existing AWS environment, provide expertise on multi‑environment AWS infrastructure, and evaluate cloud services to ensure scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Automate and Streamline Processes: Design and implement automated processes and testing workflows, system monitoring solutions, and developmental workflows, striving for continuous improvement in efficiency and performance.
• Manage 3rd Party Dev Ops Tools: Administer and maintain a suite of third‑party Dev Ops tools, including performance reporting, vulnerability scanning, and SIEM systems, ensuring reliable integrations, proper access controls, and up‑to‑date configurations and documentation.
• Champion Security and Compliance: Ensure infrastructure and systems align with SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001:2022 requirements by maintaining audit logging, access controls, and data encryption standards, while supporting annual compliance assessments and audits.

• 4+ years of experience as a Dev Ops Engineer, specifically using AWS
• Experience working in a secure environment
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar technical discipline
• Experience deploying developer code to AWS
• Experience with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) or equivalent tool (i.e., Terraform)
• Familiarity with integrated Dev Ops operations and the technical aspects of managing end‑to‑end pipelines and infrastructure
• Knowledge of automation tools and methods for process automation and automated testing
• Solid understanding of automation and implementing automation processes
• In-depth networking experience with a focus on security
• Familiarity with source control (Bitbucket, Git Lab, etc.) and Pipelines
• Experience with relational database technologies -- Ideally MySQL Aurora RDS
• Working knowledge of traditional client/server architecture
• Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems to diagnose the root cause and help with a solution for the underlying issue
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently with little assistance
• Ability to be collaborative and work with teammates to implement comprehensive tooling to create and maintain dev/product/local environments

Salary: $130,000 - $140,000 (commensurate with experience) base, plus performance-based annual bonus AND incentives.

Location: We're based just outside of Baltimore near Hampden
, and we operate on a hybrid schedule with a minimum 2 days in office per week.

• 100% company-paid healthcare (medical, dental, vision) for most plans
• Flexible PTO
• Company 401(k) contribution
• HSA and FSA options
• ST/LT disability and life insurance
• Professional development and tuition assistance