Own cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and cloud operations across GCP and/or AWS. Build Terraform-based platforms, Jenkins pipelines, Docker workflows, automation scripts, monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response processes. Improve cloud security, access control, cost efficiency, and reliability while partnering with engineering and QA teams. Mentor team members and streamline build, testing, and release processes.
Role Overview
We are seeking a senior DevOps Engineer to own our infrastructure, CI/CD, and cloud operations. You will build secure, automated, and repeatable platforms that let engineering teams ship quickly and safely.
Key Responsibilities
- Provision and manage cloud infrastructure on GCP and/or AWS using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
- Design, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins.
- Containerize applications with Docker and support container-based deployment workflows.
- Write and maintain automation scripts (Bash, Python, or similar) to reduce manual work.
- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response processes.
- Drive cloud security, access control, cost optimization, and reliability improvements.
- Partner with developers and QA to streamline build, test, and release processes; mentor team members.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering.
- Expert-level Terraform experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Jenkins pipelines.
- Production experience with GCP and/or AWS.
- Proficiency with Docker and strong scripting skills.
- Solid understanding of networking, security, and Linux administration.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Kubernetes and Helm.
- Familiarity with observability tools (for example Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
- Experience with GitOps and policy-as-code.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 68,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 168,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.
Photon New York, New York, USA Office
New York, United States
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