Senior DevOps Engineer - Remote, USA at SuccessKPI

Senior DevOps Engineer – Remote, USA

SuccessKPI is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our fully remote team in the USA. The role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure that supports our SaaS analytics platform.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure on cloud platforms (primarily AWS).
• Create new infrastructure or environments to meet evolving customer and product demands.
• Monitor infrastructure performance and availability, ensuring high uptime and efficiency.
• Apply infrastructure-as-code principles using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Serverless framework.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for application deployments using Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, or equivalent.
• Automate and standardize release processes to support frequent, reliable, and fast software delivery.
• Develop scripts and tooling (Python, Bash, Node.js) to automate infrastructure management, deployments, and operational tasks.
• Implement and manage robust monitoring and logging systems using AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, Dynatrace, or custom solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotations for critical production systems support.
• Apply security best practices across all infrastructure layers and conduct routine security audits and vulnerability assessments.
• Partner closely with development teams to support application architecture, deployments, and infrastructure decisions.
• Collaborate with QA, Product, and Customer Support teams to resolve customer-impacting issues and improve system reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), or Operations Engineer role in a cloud-first environment.
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure management.
• Proficiency in scripting and development (Python, Bash, Node.js).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS ECS.
• Deep familiarity with CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Bitbucket Pipelines, or similar.
• Proficient in infrastructure-as‑code: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Serverless framework, etc.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, Linux system administration, and cloud architecture patterns.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and troubleshooting abilities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Self‑starter with a proactive mindset and a passion for continuous improvement.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a distributed team.

Job Location

Remote work across the USA. Candidates must reside in one of the following states: CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, ID, IN, MA, MD, MO, MI, NE, NC, NJ, PA, TN, TX, VA.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SuccessKPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/ W / D/ V / GI / S O / A.