Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Description

**Key Responsibilities**
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### 1. **Multi-Cloud Infrastructure Architecture \& Support (AWS-first)**

* Design and maintain secure, resilient, and scalable infrastructure primarily on **AWS** , with optional support for **Azure** and **GCP**
* Architect multi-cloud deployments to support availability, compliance, and vendor flexibility
* Manage cloud resources such as EC2, S3, IAM, VPC (AWS); Compute Engine (GCP); VM Scale Sets and VNets (Azure)
* Integrate cloud-native tools like AWS CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, and Google Cloud Logging
* Oversee resource tagging, infrastructure naming conventions, and cost allocation across environments

### 2. **Infrastructure as Code (IaC) \& Automation**

* Build and manage infrastructure using **Terraform** (multi-cloud), **AWS CDK** , and/or **Pulumi**
* Standardize infrastructure provisioning across cloud platforms for repeatable and auditable deployments
* Automate the creation of environments (Dev, QA, Stage, Prod) across cloud accounts
* Leverage CI/CD pipelines for IaC validation, compliance checks, and testing

### 3. **CI/CD \& Release Engineering**

* Design and manage **CI/CD pipelines** for various deployment targets
* Automate builds, tests, container packaging, and deployments across hybrid and multi-cloud platforms
* Enforce release engineering best practices such as gated releases, canary deployments, and rollback strategies

### 4. **Monitoring, Observability \& Alerting**

* Implement centralized monitoring using tools like **Datadog** , **Prometheus** , **Grafana** , **CloudWatch** , **Azure Monitor** , and **GCP Operations Suite**
* Define and maintain service-level objectives (SLOs) and ensure systems meet performance benchmarks
* Manage incident detection and alerting pipelines to reduce MTTR and improve reliability

### 5. **Security, Compliance \& Governance**

* Apply security best practices across AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts (IAM policies, MFA, encryption, etc.)
* Conduct regular audits on access controls, logging, and cloud configuration compliance
* Align with frameworks such as **NIST 800-171** , **CMMC** , **48 CFR** , **DFARS 252.204-7012** , or **FedRAMP** (as applicable)
* Support implementation of cross-cloud security policies and disaster recovery plans

### 6. **Cloud Cost Optimization \& Usage Monitoring**

* Use cost analysis tools such as **AWS Cost Explorer** , **Azure Cost Management** , or **GCP Billing**
* Identify savings opportunities (e.g., reserved instances, autoscaling, workload shifting)
* Build dashboards to monitor cost trends across multiple cloud accounts

### 7. **Support, Troubleshooting \& Operations**

* Serve as escalation point for production and infrastructure incidents
* Troubleshoot issues across network, compute, and application layers
* Collaborate with cloud vendor support (AWS, Azure, GCP) to resolve escalated incidents

### 8. **Knowledge Transfer \& Team Enablement**

* Document designs, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and decision rationale
* Mentor junior DevOps engineers and developers on DevOps principles
* Lead internal workshops or onboarding sessions on CI/CD pipelines, cloud tools, and infrastructure workflows

**Qualifications**
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**Required**
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* 5 years of experience as a DevOps or Infrastructure Engineer in cloud-native or hybrid cloud environments
* Strong hands-on experience with **AWS** infrastructure and services
* Familiarity with Azure and/or GCP environments (even partial exposure is acceptable)
* Expertise in **infrastructure-as-code**, CI/CD, and container orchestration
* Strong scripting skills and Linux fundamentals
* Proven ability to manage incident response and postmortems

### **Preferred**

* AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer), Azure/GCP certifications a plus
* Experience in compliance-driven or regulated environments
* Familiarity with distributed systems, edge compute, and global infrastructure strategies
* Startup or high-growth team experience

### **Reporting**

This role reports to SynthBee's VP, IT \& Global Security.