Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer

Overview

The Senior Dev Ops / Cloud Engineer will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of scalable, secure, and highly available cloud and on-prem infrastructure. This role partners closely with application development, security, and infrastructure teams to drive automation, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency across the organization. As a senior-level contributor, you will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and own complex cloud and Dev Ops initiatives from design through production.

The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise in cloud platforms, virtualization, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and cloud cost optimization (Fin Ops) in hybrid environments. We are seeking a Mid-Senior Dev Ops Engineer with 8+ years of relevant experience who is eager to grow their skills and contribute to our dynamic team. This is a hybrid position
, and we expect the candidate to work 2-3 days a week on-site at our office.

• Lead collaboration with application development teams to design and implement reliable, automated CI/CD pipelines
• Architect, implement, and maintain cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code best practices
• Drive automation initiatives across provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and recovery processes
• Design, implement, and maintain observability platforms, with a strong focus on Datadog for metrics, logs, traces, and alerting
• Establish monitoring, SLOs, and alerting strategies to improve system reliability and reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR)
• Own and optimize cloud cost efficiency, identifying savings opportunities and implementing cost controls without compromising performance
• Implement and maintain configuration management using tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Own and optimize VMware environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance
• Serve as a senior escalation point for production incidents, performing root cause analysis and driving long-term remediation
• Partner with security teams to enforce infrastructure security, compliance, and best practices
• Lead disaster recovery planning, testing, and continuous improvement efforts
• Perform regular system performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost analysis
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and contribute to technical standards and documentation
• Create and maintain detailed architecture diagrams and operational documentation

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred
• 7-8+ years of experience in Dev Ops, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
• 5+ years designing, operating, and optimizing complex enterprise environments across Windows, Linux, and SQL-based systems
• Strong expertise in enterprise data center technologies, including Storage platforms, Network switching and Security infrastructure
• Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred; Azure or GCP acceptable)
• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloud Formation)
• Advanced knowledge of virtualization and container platforms: VMware (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter) and Docker/Kubernetes in production environments
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Power Shell, Bash, and/or Go
• Experience implementing observability and monitoring solutions, including Datadog
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to manage priorities, influence stakeholders, and lead technical initiatives

• Experience leading large-scale cloud migrations to AWS
• Strong SQL Server administration experience
• CI/CD expertise with Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Git, Jira, or CircleCI
• Cloud cost optimization and Fin Ops experience (rightsizing, RI/Savings Plans, tagging, budgets)
• Ability to establish Dev Ops and cloud governance standards