Senior DevOps Engineer

Smitharnold — United States · Posted ~3 hours ago

Senior Full-time

Skills

DevOps AWS cloud infrastructure platform engineering cloud

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A senior DevOps engineer is needed to lead platform improvements, modernize infrastructure, and support scalable cloud-based systems within an established technology organization.

Highlights

Senior technical leadership role with autonomy, modern infrastructure work, and opportunities to influence platform direction in a stable environment.

Description

Own the platform. Rebuild what matters. Drive the next phase. We’re looking for a true senior-level DevOps engineer to take the technical lead of a critical platform function inside a very successful, long-standing technology company that builds a cutting-edge SaaS platform used in public safety and government environments. Extremely stable company and industry. This organization has been profitable and growing for decades. Startup-style engineering inside an established company. You get modern tech, autonomy, and greenfield work — without the chaos or funding risk of an actual startup. Employee testimonial Competitive pay, communicative leaders, room for growtGreat benefits, great pay. Plenty of room for advancement if you apply yourselGreat environment to grow your careeFamily run company that cares about its people. Produces high quality product that serves an essential neSenior Management understands and supports creativity and innovatio Title: Senior AWS DevOps Engineer Location: Fully Remote Salary: $160,000 – $190,000 +Bonus This role is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to drive change, modernize pipelines, and set technical direction for how DevOps is done. You’ll be the go-to DevOps engineer supporting five SaaS engineering teams building AWS-native, serverless applications. You’ll own CI/CD, infrastructure automation, security, and reliability — and you’ll be trusted to fix what needs fixing without being told. You will drive the DevOps road map. Pipelines need improvement. Some need to be rebuilt from scratch. Legacy systems need modernization. Automation needs to be taken further. You’ll lead that transformation. The environment feels like a startup engineering team — small, fast-moving, and hands-on — but backed by a profitable, long-established company in a recession-proof industry. What makes this intere The DevOps function is evolving and expanding — not frozen in time.Pipelines need modernization (some will be rebuilt from scratch)Legacy systems are being migrated to cloudAutomation is a priority, not a buzzwordYou’ll support multiple SaaS teams building AWS-native, serverless applicationtYou’ll be trusted to make decisions and drive improvementsLong-term path into hands-on technical leadership If you like fixing systems, improving architectures, and making things run better without being micromanaged, you’ll fit here. Responsibilities Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines across multiple engineering teamsDesign and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform (or OpenTofu)Rebuild parts of the pipeline where neededPush automation deeper into everything — builds, deployments, security, monitoringMigrate older systems to modern cloud architecturesPartner directly with software engineersMake technical decisions and explain the “why” behind themImprove reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiencyStep in and solve problems instead of waiting for tickets This is a role for someone who sees what needs fixing and just fixes it. This role needs deep, hands-on AWS DevOps skill. You should bring: 6+ years building and operating AWS infrastructureStrong scripting (Bash required, Python a big plus)Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormationReal CI/CD experience (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, or similar)Deep understanding of AWS services in productionSaaS platform exerienceStrong automation mindsetSecurity awareness (IAM, WAF, KMS, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, etc.)Comfort working across multiple engineering teams Engineers from startups or mid-size product companies usually thrive here. People used to narrow enterprise silos sometimes don't.