Devops Engineer- Seattle WA

Job Title: Senior DevOps & SRE Engineer (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)

The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.

We are looking for a Senior DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer with 10-12 years of proven experience to join our Seattle-based client. This is a hybrid role (4 days onsite, 1 day remote) where you will work closely with application development teams to build automation, streamline deployments, and bring SRE best practices into effect.

This role is perfect for someone with a strong DevOps background and additional SRE expertise, ready to enhance application performance, reliability, and scalability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or other CI/CD tools.
• Manage and optimize containerization workflows with Docker (dockerfiles, builds, registries, docker compose, devcontainers, kaniko).
• Deploy, monitor, and scale applications on Kubernetes (CKAD preferred) with GitOps practices (ArgoCD / Flux).
• Implement observability solutions - monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding with Datadog, Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, ELK.
• Develop automation scripts and tools using Bash, Shell, Node.js, Go, or Python.
• Collaborate with developers to improve application performance, reliability, and release cycles.
• Apply SRE principles for incident management, error budgets, and system reliability improvements.
• Perform Linux administration tasks, including scripting and automation (Ansible preferred).
• Manage cloud infrastructure (Azure / AKS) with some exposure to Terraform.

Required Skills

• 10-12 years of experience in DevOps Engineering / SRE roles.
• Expert in Docker and Kubernetes (application-level expertise, CKAD a plus).
• Strong background in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bitbucket, etc.).
• Experience in application observability (Datadog or alternatives).
• Proficient in Linux administration and bash/shell scripting.
• Hands-on with GitOps tooling (ArgoCD / Flux).

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Development experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Go, or Python.
• Kubernetes Administration (CKA certified preferred).
• Advanced Linux administration with Ansible. xrczosw
• Basic knowledge of Terraform.
• Exposure to Azure / AKS.

Role Details

• Location: Seattle, Washington
• Work Model: Hybrid (4 days onsite, 1 day remote)
• Experience: 10-12 years
• Visa: Open to all
• Rate: Flexible for the right candidate