DevOps Engineer

Filetwigbay; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Growth plan

Life benefits

Job summary

Lionsgate is hiring a mid-level DevOps Engineer in Ames, IA. The role emphasizes reliability, collaboration, and scalable service delivery.

You will work on cross-team initiatives, review code, and drive performance tuning to support an IA-wide rollout. The ideal candidate brings about 3+ years of hands-on tech experience, strong SRE instincts, and proficiency with RabbitMQ, with a willingness to learn AWS Solutions Architect concepts quickly.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on experience in a technology role.
• Proven aptitude for Site Reliability Engineering, ideally near Ames, IA.
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics.

Responsibilities

• Scale Lionsgate's services from Ames pilot to IA-wide rollout.
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early.
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team.
• Reduce collaboration time to accelerate wake-up times for IA users.
• Lead technical design reviews for mid-level technology initiatives.
• Tune Pulumi caching to handle Ames launch spike on the same hardware.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

Problem-solving

Adaptability

Decision making

Tools

RabbitMQ

Pulumi

AWS (concepts)

Job description

Step into a mid-level engineering role where ELK Stack and Collaboration drive everything we build at Lionsgate. This DevOps Engineer opening rewards 3 years with more than $77,000 - $119,000 — it offers a real grip on the technology direction at Lionsgate.

Key Responsibilities

• Scale Lionsgate's Multitasking services from Ames pilot to IA-wide rollout
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
• Cut Collaboration cold-start times so Lionsgate functions wake before IA users notice
• Lead technical design reviews for mid-level technology initiatives
• Tune Pulumi caching so Lionsgate survives the Ames launch spike on the same hardware

What You'll Bring

• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
• Comfort owning technology decisions in an IA market
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• Proven aptitude for Site Reliability Engineering, ideally near Ames, IA
• Real proficiency with RabbitMQ, plus willingness to learn AWS Solutions Architect fast
• Design-led problem-solving that doesn't wait for permission
• Around 3+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role

Operating out of Ames, Lionsgate designs the tools that power thousands of businesses in the technology sector. Decisions at Lionsgate come with a name attached, because ownership without accountability is just noise.

You will see $77,000 - $119,000 on the offer, plus a growth plan, a mentor, and benefits tuned for life beyond the Ames office.