[Remote] Senior DevOps Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Level Data provides software services for the K-12 Education market. The Senior DevOps Engineer will develop and maintain infrastructure across cloud and datacenter environments, lead CI/CD and automation initiatives, and support reliable, secure customer-facing and internal systems. The role also provides technical leadership for architecture, observability, security, compliance, and cloud cost optimization.
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and lead the implementation of scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient infrastructure across production, QA, and development environments. Own infrastructure strategy across the full software lifecycle and influence platform standards
- Design, optimize, and govern enterprise-grade CI/CD platforms using tools such as Flux CD, GitLab, and Azure DevOps. Establish pipeline standards, security controls, and release strategies while mentoring others on best practices
- Lead development of reusable automation frameworks and internal platforms using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages. Drive reduction of manual effort and enable self-service for development teams
- Define and evolve monitoring, logging, telemetry, and alerting strategies. Lead root-cause analysis for complex incidents, improve system reliability, and establish SLOs/SLIs and operational runbooks
- Act as a technical authority and trusted advisor to engineering, security, and operations teams. Drive architectural decisions, review designs, and mentor junior and mid-level DevOps engineers
- Embed security and compliance controls into infrastructure and pipelines (DevSecOps). Partner with security teams to implement guardrails, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and audit readiness
- Lead cloud architecture decisions across AWS, Azure, or GCP, including networking, identity, scalability, and cost optimization (FinOps)
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps or a related field
- Experience in managing and troubleshooting complex Linux and Windows environments
- Proficiency with version control systems (e.g. git)
- Advanced, hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container management and orchestration
- Strong architectural experience with cloud services like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Extensive experience using IaC tools like Terraform
- Certifications in relevant cloud technologies (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Solutions Expert, CKAD, CKA) are a plus
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