Dev Ops Engineer →

Nextlex; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nextlex is seeking an Architect to build and manage the cloud infrastructure and DevOps systems powering our platform in San Francisco. You will ensure the stack is scalable, reliable, and capable of rapid, stable deployments across engineering teams.

In this role you will design and implement IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation, manage Kubernetes clusters and ECS, and drive CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI and Jenkins, while instrumenting monitoring, logging, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Expertise with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong skills in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Significant experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Manage and optimize container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, builds, and deployments.
• Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve performance issues.

Skills

DevOps

Site Reliability Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

Architect, build, and manage the cloud infrastructure and DevOps systems that power Nextlex. This role ensures the platform is scalable, reliable, and capable of rapid, stable deployments across all engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Manage and optimize container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.) to automate testing, builds, and deployments.
• Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve performance issues.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Expertise with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong skills in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Significant experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.

Preferred Experience

• Experience managing ML or data-pipeline infrastructure.
• Proven ability in performance tuning and capacity planning for distributed microservices.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization strategies.