Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer, AI

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to build scalable cloud infrastructure, focusing on IaC, CI/CD, and AI-powered tooling. The role involves coordinating across security, reliability, and cost optimization while driving modernization across platforms.

You will mentor juniors, work with AWS/GCP and two or more clouds, and ensure robust observability and incident response. Strong English skills required.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/Engineering.
• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Expertise with cloud-based, containerized infrastructure.
• Deep expertise with GCP; multi-cloud (AWS) preferred.
• Experience with AI/ML platforms and AI-powered DevOps tools.
• Experience with MySQL/SQL Server in AWS/GCP.
• Strong English communication; US business exposure a plus.
• Unix scripting and CI/CD, IaC, secrets management familiarity.

Aufgaben

• Build infrastructure balancing operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, and cost.
• Improve observability via IaC, telemetry, CI/CD, and automation.
• Contribute to DevOps roadmaps, modernization, deployments, and system hardening.
• Integrate AI-powered tools for predictive monitoring and auto-remediation.
• Use AI insights to optimize CI/CD, deployment, performance, and cost.
• Build and maintain self-healing systems via AI observability.
• Support cloud modernization with cross-team collaboration.
• Design and enforce SDLC, InfoSec, and compliance.
• Assist with root cause analysis and incident remediation.
• Manage databases: SQL Server and MySQL in AWS/GCP; patching, monitoring.
• Implement IaC with Terraform; build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
• Manage GitHub Organizations, permissions, branch protection.
• Automate releases/deployments via GitHub Actions and IaC.
• Configure Cloudflare DNS/CDN/WAF/Zero Trust; monitor security.
• Provide 24x7x365 monitoring and on-call support.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive technical initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Cloud-Based Systems Expertise

Infrastructure As Code

CI/CD Pipeline Management

GitHub Actions

AI/ML Platform Integration

Database Operations

Kubernetes

Unix Scripting

Security & Compliance

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Cloudflare

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Jobbeschreibung

• Build infrastructure and systems balancing operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization
• Improve system observability using infrastructure as code, operational and health metrics, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation
• Contribute to DevOps roadmaps, infrastructure modernization, new projects, deployments, and system hardening
• Integrate AI-powered tools for predictive monitoring, anomaly detection, intelligent alerting, and auto-remediation
• Use AI/ML insights to optimize CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, infrastructure performance, and cost
• Build and maintain self-healing systems using AI-based observability platforms
• Support cloud modernization and centralization with business, analytics, software, InfoSec, and data science teams
• Design and enforce SDLC, InfoSec, and compliance requirements
• Assist with root cause analysis and incident remediation
• Support database operations for SQL Server and MySQL, including SQL scripts, database objects, and performance/connection troubleshooting
• Manage, patch, and monitor MySQL and SQL Server databases in AWS and GCP
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Design, build, and maintain GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines
• Manage GitHub Organization repository structure, branch protection, and access controls
• Automate releases and deployments using GitHub Actions and IaC
• Configure and manage Cloudflare DNS, CDN caching, rulesets, load balancing, Workers, WAF, and Zero Trust services
• Provide 24x7x365 monitoring, incident response, and on‑call support
• Mentor junior engineers, drive technical initiatives, collaborate across departments, and perform assigned IT projects

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software or Systems Engineering preferred, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Expertise with cloud-based systems and containerized infrastructure, including Linux/OS fundamentals, Kubernetes, database systems, and cloud networking
• Deep expertise with GCP required; significant expertise across two or more cloud platforms, including GCP and AWS, preferred
• Experience supporting AI/ML platforms and integrating AI-powered DevOps tools
• Experience with MySQL and SQL Server database infrastructure in AWS and GCP
• Familiarity with LLM-based systems, vector databases, or AI APIs
• Expertise building web/internet platform components such as proxies, caches, load balancers, firewalls, app/web server tiers, and database systems
• Unix scripting experience required
• Conceptual and practical knowledge of CI/CD, IaC, configuration management, and secrets/vault management
• Expertise troubleshooting systems, networks, and applications in distributed/microservice environments
• Hands-on experience with Cloudflare
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD
• Experience managing GitHub Organizations, repository permissions, and branch protection policies
• Experience in IT for a United States-based publicly owned company preferred
• Excellent written and communication skills in English
• Proven experience working with US-based business teams
• Ability to work core US business hours with Eastern Standard Time overlap
• Quiet, dedicated workspace and reliable internet connection with minimum speed of 50 Mbps

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in building and maintaining cloud-based systems, with a strong focus on infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and AI/ML integration. Proven ability to optimize performance, ensure security, and support operational excellence across diverse environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Cloud-Based Systems Expertise
• Infrastructure As Code Using Terraform
• CI/CD Pipeline Management With GitHub Actions
• Database Operations For SQL Server And MySQL
• AI/ML Platform Integration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Infrastructure As Code
• CI/CD
• Kubernetes
• Unix Scripting
• Database Management
• Cloud Networking
• AI/ML Integration
• Troubleshooting Systems
• Performance Optimization
• Security Compliance

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Mentoring Junior Engineers
• Collaboration Across Departments

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree In Computer Science
• Software Or Systems Engineering

Industry Keywords

• DevOps
• Infrastructure Modernization
• System Hardening
• Observability
• Incident Response

Tools & Technologies

• GitHub Actions
• Cloudflare
• AWS
• GCP
• AI-Powered Tools