Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer

About the Role

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 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

As a Senior Dev Ops/Cloud Engineer, you will design and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP, providing technical leadership for automation and reliability initiatives. You will manage VMware and container platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes to support stable deployments across Windows and Linux environments. Leveraging scripting languages (Python, Power Shell, Bash, or Go) and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or Cloud Formation, you will drive standardized, automated provisioning and delivery.

Experience with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, Git Lab CI, and Git is essential for building efficient deployment pipelines. Strong operational knowledge of SQL Server, IIS, and monitoring platforms such as ELK, Prometheus, or Grafana will support production performance and troubleshooting in fast-paced, agile environments.

• 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 Circle
  
  CI.
• Cloud cost optimization and Fin Ops experience (rightsizing, RI/Savings Plans, tagging, budgets).
• Ability to establish Dev Ops and cloud governance standards.