Senior DevOps Engineer

Role Overview 

The Senior DevOps Engineer is a key member of the Platform Engineering Analytics team, responsible for building and maintaining cloud infrastructure, automation frameworks, and continuous delivery pipelines that support scalable, high-quality SaaS products. This role combines hands-on AWS operations, DevOps automation, infrastructure management, and production support while driving improvements in deployment speed, reliability, and system performance. The Senior DevOps Engineer will also serve as a technical mentor and thought leader within the engineering organization. 

 

How Will You Make an Impact? 

• Partner with the Content Analytics team to develop and execute DevOps-related initiatives and user stories.  

• Design, build, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, RDS, Kinesis, and CloudFormation.  

• Manage Docker containers and containerized microservices environments.  

• Build, maintain, and optimize continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.  

• Manage daily DevOps operations, including build systems, release management, and artifact repositories.  

• Perform ongoing maintenance, upgrades, and support for production and non-production environments.  

• Design and implement automated quality gates and release validation processes.  

• Evaluate, prototype, and introduce new technologies that improve automation, scalability, and operational efficiency.  

• Troubleshoot production issues, performance bottlenecks, outages, and security incidents.  

• Collaborate closely with agile development teams to improve software delivery processes.  

• Mentor and train DevOps and Software Engineers on best practices and emerging technologies.  

• Participate in occasional after-hours or weekend support when required.  

 

Have You Got What It Takes? 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Business Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience).  

• 6+ years of experience working within software development organizations.  

• 3+ years of experience building and managing Docker containers and containerized microservices.  

• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting experience.  

• Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python, Shell, or Bash.  

• Hands-on AWS experience, including:  

• EC2  

• S3  

• CloudWatch  

• Lambda  

• Kinesis  

• CloudFormation  

• RDS  

• Experience building, maintaining, and operating CI/CD pipelines.  

• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as:  

• Chef  

• Puppet  

• CloudFormation  

• Strong understanding of DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and automation best practices.  

• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.  

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with global teams.  

Core Technical Skills 

• AWS Cloud Services  

• Docker  

• Microservices Architecture  

• Linux Administration  

• Python  

• Bash / Shell Scripting  

• CI/CD Pipelines  

• CloudFormation  

• Infrastructure Automation  

• DevOps Best Practices  

• Release Engineering  

• Production Operations  

• Troubleshooting & Incident Response