Staff DevOps Engineer

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. Architect and continuously improve Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, including pipeline-as-code standards, templating strategies, and artifact promotion workflows .

Posted 9/21/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesLead💰 $190,000 - $235,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline architecture and management, alongside deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, particularly EKS. Proficient in Infrastructure-as-Code practices using Terraform and capable of driving platform reliability through observability tools like New Relic.

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Azure DevOps PipelinesKubernetes ExpertiseInfrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)CI/CD Systems DesignObservability Platforms (New Relic)

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Hard Skills

CI/CD Pipeline ArchitectureKubernetes OperationsTerraformPythonBashGoYAML Pipeline AuthoringMicroservice ArchitecturesFeature Flag PatternsSLO/SLI Definition

Soft Skills

Excellent Written CommunicationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

AWS EKSNew RelicDatadogPagerDutyConfluenceHelmDockerBackstage

Industry Keywords

DevOpsPlatform EngineeringFinOpsSREMicroservices

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureKubernetesNode.jsPythonTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect and continuously improve Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, including pipeline-as-code standards, templating strategies, and artifact promotion workflows
Own the health and evolution of AWS EKS clusters, including node lifecycle, autoscaling, networking, RBAC, and cluster upgrades
Design and enforce Infrastructure-as-Code practices using Terraform or equivalent tooling
Champion GitOps patterns across engineering teams
Drive platform reliability improvements using observability data from New Relic
Define and maintain golden-path templates for containerized workloads, including Dockerfile standards and Helm chart libraries
Partner with engineering teams to accelerate service onboarding and reduce toil through automation
Serve as an escalation point for complex infrastructure incidents coordinated through PagerDuty
Participate in on-call rotation and lead post-incident reviews for platform-layer failures
Identify recurring failure modes and drive systemic fixes to reduce page volume and MTTR
Maintain and improve runbooks and platform documentation in Confluence
Define and socialize DevOps standards across the engineering organization
Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance on infrastructure-impacting decisions
Mentor senior and mid-level engineers through pairing, code review, and knowledge sharing
Identify tooling gaps and build business cases for platform investments

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of DevOps or platform engineering experience
At least 2 years operating at a Staff or Principal level in an organization of 100+ engineers
Deep, hands-on Kubernetes expertise, with EKS specifically preferred
Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads, networking, storage, and cluster operations at scale
Strong command of Azure DevOps Pipelines, including YAML pipeline authoring, library management, service connections, and environment promotion gates
Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD systems for microservice architectures with multiple independent teams
Experience operating observability platforms such as New Relic, Datadog, or similar
Proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go
Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tooling such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK
Familiarity with feature flag patterns and progressive delivery; Unleash or equivalent is a plus
Excellent written communication skills
Experience with data engineering or ML infrastructure workloads on Kubernetes is preferred
Experience with internal developer portals such as Backstage is preferred
Familiarity with FinOps practices and AWS cost attribution and optimization tooling is preferred
Experience in SRE-adjacent roles and comfort with SLO/SLI definition and error budget policy is preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
401(k) match
Generous PTO
Paid parental leave
Health and wellness programs
Tuition reimbursement
Employee discounts