Senior DevOps Engineer

NewtonX

. Own significant pieces of NewtonX’s infrastructure platform end-to-end, from design through deployment and operation .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing and optimizing GCP-native platforms, with a strong focus on infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and observability practices. Proficient in implementing security measures and CI/CD workflows to enhance system reliability and performance.

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GCPKubernetesTerraformObservabilitySecurity Knowledge

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Hard Skills

Infrastructure-As-CodeScripting ProficiencyDatabase ManagementCI/CD PipelinesEvent-Driven Autoscaling

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

GitHub ActionsDatadogPrometheusCloudflareArgoCD

Certifications & Qualifications

SOC2 Compliance Familiarity

Industry Keywords

DevOpsPlatform EngineeringSite Reliability EngineeringIAM Least PrivilegeIdentity Federation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

BigQueryCloudFluxGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesNGINXPostgresPrometheusSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own significant pieces of NewtonX’s infrastructure platform end-to-end, from design through deployment and operation
Improve reliability of GKE workloads, Cloud Run services, and the shared platform layer
Identify and eliminate single points of failure before incidents occur
Maintain and harden shared GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows used by all engineering teams
Address supply-chain security, end-of-life runtime upgrades, and reusable composites
Build and operationalize observability using Datadog and Prometheus, including metrics, logs, alerting, dashboards, on-call workflows, and incident runbooks
Write, review, and refactor Terraform across all environments and establish infrastructure-as-code standards
Advance KEDA event-driven autoscaling using application-aware custom metrics
Harden security through IAM least privilege, Workload Identity Federation, SOC2 evidence, Cloudflare Zero Trust, and CI/CD supply-chain controls
Implement and scale data anonymization tooling across development and staging environments
Conduct architecture reviews and partner directly with engineering teams on infrastructure decisions
Support a GCP-native platform spanning GKE, Cloud Run, Dataflow, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Cloudflare

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 5 years in relevant technology roles (DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE)
At least 1 year in a Senior DevOps position, or 2+ years as a mid-level engineer with demonstrated ownership of production systems
Strong hands-on experience with GCP and production Kubernetes environments
Solid infrastructure-as-code knowledge with Terraform, including writing, reviewing, and refactoring independently
Strong observability knowledge covering metrics, tracing, logging, and alerting in production
Experience designing on-call workflows and incident runbooks
Strong security knowledge: IAM least-privilege, identity federation, secret management, and network controls
Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC2 is a plus
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and reusable deployment workflows
Scripting proficiency for tooling and automation
GitOps experience with ArgoCD or Flux is nice to have
Auth0 or similar IdP experience with SAML, M2M, and JWT is nice to have
Database management experience, such as PostgreSQL, is nice to have
Experience with ingress controllers or API gateways such as Kong, NGINX, or Istio is nice to have
U.S. work authorization required by application form

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation and equity
Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance
401k match with immediate vesting
Generous paid time off, holidays, and parental leave
Flexible work environment
Happy hours, team projects, and retreats
Technical and career advancement opportunities
Diverse, collaborative, and positive culture