Senior DevOps Engineer

Penn Mutual

. Lead reliability, availability, scalability, and recovery design for critical systems.

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $128,000 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) with a focus on reliability, availability, and scalability of critical systems. Proficient in root cause analysis, incident response, and automation to enhance operational efficiency and compliance in complex environments.

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Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)Root Cause AnalysisAWS and Distributed SystemsCI/CD Pipelines and Deployment AutomationObservability Tools

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Hard Skills

Programming SkillsRoot Cause AnalysisReliability Engineering PrinciplesAutomation Design and ImplementationIncident Response ProcessesContainerization and OrchestrationInfrastructure as Code (IaC)Agile/Scrum MethodologiesDatabase Management (Relational and Non-Relational)Observability Metrics and Logging

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsTroubleshooting SkillsMentoring and Technical Guidance

Tools & Technologies

AWSCI/CD ToolsITSM ToolsChange Management ToolsApplication Frameworks

Industry Keywords

Compliance RequirementsReliability CultureEngineering StandardsChange and Release ProcessesSecurity Compliance Frameworks

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDistributed SystemsITSM

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead reliability, availability, scalability, and recovery design for critical systems.
Define and evolve SLOs, SLIs, and error budget practices across services.
Identify systemic reliability risks and drive cross-team remediation.
Influence application and platform architecture to improve operational outcomes.
Act as technical lead during major incidents and complex outages.
Drive root cause analysis and recommend corrective actions.
Improve incident response processes, tooling, and runbooks.
Design and implement automation to eliminate operational toil at scale.
Build and maintain shared SRE tooling and platforms.
Set engineering standards for reliability-focused code and operational practices.
Review and improve CI/CD, deployment, and rollback strategies.
Partner with Release and Change Management to automate release practices.
Lead risk assessments for high-impact changes and releases.
Ensure compliance requirements are met while maintaining engineering velocity.
Serve as reliability authority for release-readiness decisions.
Mentor junior SREs and engineers through technical guidance and review.
Influence reliability culture across engineering and product teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
6–10+ years of experience in SRE, software engineering, platform, or DevOps roles.
Professional experience in performing root cause analysis on incidents and documenting SRE systems and usage.
Strong programming skills with professional experience in multiple languages.
Deep experience with AWS and distributed systems.
Advanced knowledge of observability, ITSM, and reliability engineering principles.
Proven ability to operate effectively in complex, regulated environments.
Experience with observability tools for metrics, logs, and tracing.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
Experience with root cause analysis investigation and documentation.
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies.
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
Preferred: experience with IaC (CloudFormation), application frameworks, application servers/containers, relational and non-relational databases, ORM/drivers, Agile/Scrum, ITSM tools, ITIL-aligned change and release processes, and security compliance frameworks.