Senior Software Engineer, DevOps

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. Build and operate Amazon EKS clusters and self-managed Kubernetes clusters on virtualized infrastructure .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • United StatesSenior💰 $135,557 - $203,335 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating AWS infrastructure, particularly with EKS and Kubernetes, while leveraging Python and AWS CDK for infrastructure as code. Proficient in CI/CD workflows, incident management, and automation to enhance production systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

AWS Infrastructure ManagementKubernetes OperationsPython ProgrammingCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentInfrastructure As Code

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Hard Skills

AWS EKSKubernetesPythonAWS CDKGitHub ActionsHelmPrometheusGrafanaLinux AdministrationTCP/IP

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingCollaborationCommunication

Tools & Technologies

AWSGitOpsCloudWatchRDSS3Route 53OpenTelemetryArgo CDFluxVPC Networking

Certifications & Qualifications

AWS Associate CertificationAWS Professional CertificationCKA Certification

Industry Keywords

DevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringInfrastructure EngineeringProduction SystemsIncident Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDNSEC2FluxGrafanaKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPythonTCP/IPTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and operate Amazon EKS clusters and self-managed Kubernetes clusters on virtualized infrastructure
Own cluster provisioning, add-ons, upgrades and day-two operations
Build AWS infrastructure in Python with AWS CDK across a multi-account organization
Manage networking, IAM, DNS, compute, containers, databases and storage infrastructure
Partner with Digital, Data Engineering and other teams to deliver environments, access and pipelines
Help teams resolve production issues
Build and maintain CI/CD workflows, reusable GitHub Actions, container build and release patterns, and GitOps deployments to Kubernetes
Participate in the on-call rotation and respond to incidents
Write postmortems and follow through on incident fixes
Build dashboards and alerts
Create self-service tooling and repeatable automation
Write runbooks, how-to guides and design notes
Report to the leader of the DevOps team

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years in DevOps, site reliability, platform or infrastructure engineering, with hands-on responsibility for production systems
Hands-on experience building and operating production workloads on AWS, including IAM, VPC networking, EC2, EKS or ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, Route 53 and CloudWatch
Production experience operating Kubernetes, ideally both EKS and self-managed clusters
Strong Python skills required
Experience with infrastructure as code required; AWS CDK preferred
Ability to read, understand and make targeted changes to TypeScript
Experience building pipelines with GitHub Actions or similar tools
Experience building and securing container images
Experience deploying with Helm and GitOps tooling such as Argo CD or Flux
Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry or CloudWatch
Experience participating in an on-call rotation for production systems
Solid Linux administration skills
Working understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, TLS certificates and VPN connectivity
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis
AWS Associate or Professional certification, Rancher experience, or CKA certification are a plus
Comfort in a fast-moving, resource-constrained startup environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Vacation
401k
Equity program eligibility
Discretionary annual incentive program eligibility