Contract

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Posted on 22 July 26 by Eric Edelsberg

  • Palo Alto,, CA - Hybrid
  • $ - $
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Job Description

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will:

  • Provide extended U.S. coverage for SEV-1 and SEV-2 production incidents during standard business hours.
  • Identify manual processes and implement automation solutions that improve efficiency, reduce deployment times, and streamline operational workflows.
  • Deploy, manage, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to ensure scalability, security, and reliability.
  • Build and maintain monitoring and observability solutions that support application performance, infrastructure health, and production uptime goals.
  • Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to enable reliable and efficient software delivery.
  • Apply critical security patches and platform updates within established service level objectives while communicating security advisories to stakeholders.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, operational runbooks, and best practices to support knowledge sharing and operational continuity.

Ideal Candidate:

  • Nice to Have (WANT) Solid experience working with service mesh (e.g., Istio).
  • Security Knowledge: Understanding of DevSecOps principles, including secure deployment practices, vulnerability scanning, and incident response.
  • Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile delivery (Scrum / Kanban).
  • Prior experience in multi-tenant or enterprise-scale platforms.
  • Experience with backup/restore automation and disaster recovery procedures.
  • Familiarity with Nx monorepo tooling and multi-tenant architectures.

Daily Tasks:

  • The primary responsibility of this role is to drive operational efficiency, automation, and reliability of a framework designed to support the web development software lifecycle--from infrastructure provisioning to frontend and backend development, testing, deployment, security compliance, and observability.
  • This role focuses on automation, managing infrastructure, monitoring systems, and incident response for the ADAS group.
  • The ideal candidate will work closely with Japan-based DevOps team and Japan- and US-based ADAS engineering teams to ensure streamlined development and reliable deployment of ADAS team web applications.
  • Weft is an in-house development ecosystem designed to support the entire software lifecycle of web development - from infrastructure provisioning to frontend and backend development, testing, deployment, and observability. It empowers teams to build web applications, microservices, and desktop applications with speed, consistency, and confidence.

Required Skills:

  • Required (MUST) 3+ years of professional DevOps / SRE experience.
  • CI/CD Pipelines: Proficiency in setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions).
  • Containerization: Solid experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including deployment, scaling, and management.
  • Cloud Providers: Hands-on experience with AWS (strongly preferred).
  • Strong understanding of IaaS and PaaS offerings, IAM, and networking within cloud environments.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency with Terraform for managing cloud infrastructure.
  • Monitoring & Logging: Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, ELK stack) for performance tracking and troubleshooting.
  • Strong communication skills in cross-functional environments involving engineers, product owners, UX designers, and leadership.

Job Information

Rate / Salary

$ - $

Sector

Software Development

Category

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Skills / Experience

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Benefits

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Our Reference

JOB-6807

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