DevOps Engineer

Buyers Edge Platform, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Buyers Edge Platform is seeking a DevOps Engineer to enhance reliability, cost efficiency, and operational excellence for hosted infrastructure and internal apps powering the business.

You will partner with development and QA teams to streamline workflows, containerize deployments, and implement infrastructure as code for scalable environments. Strong AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD experience are required.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Information Security or equivalent.
• 2 years’ experience in a DevOps position.
• 3 years’ experience in Software Engineering.
• 2 years’ experience with Amazon Web Services.
• Experience running Kubernetes / EKS in production environments.
• Competent at least one scripting language such as Bash, Python, or GoLang.
• Familiarity with CI tools like CircleCI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions and GitLab.
• Professional experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet and Chef.
• Strong knowledge with an orchestrator tool such as Terraform or Cloud Formation.
• GIT
• Experience with monitoring tools, APM, Logging and Infrastructure.
• Brief Experience working with MySQL, Amazon Aurora, and Redshift.

Responsibilities

• Support and improve CI/CD pipeline tools for development teams.
• Build relationships with development teams to progress toward goals.
• Monitor and maintain computer systems and networks.
• Implement infrastructure as code and deploy infrastructure for dev environments.
• Containerize applications to improve deployments and resilience.
• Collaborate with development and QA to streamline workflows.
• Ensure infrastructure can scale and recover from disasters.
• Respond promptly to service issues and requests.
• Understand security benchmarking practices.
• Manage development resources and access controls.
• Occasional after-hours work.
• Develop internal tooling to improve ops efficiency.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

GIT

Cloud platforms

Education

Four-year degree in CS/IS/Engineering/InfoSec

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes / EKS

Bash / Python / Golang

CircleCI / Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab

Ansible / Puppet / Chef

Terraform / CloudFormation

MySQL / Aurora / Redshift

Git

Monitoring / APM / Logging

Job description

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer who thrives on making development and operations teams more efficient. In this role, you'll design and build tooling that abstracts away complexity, empowering developers to spend more time focused on building great products. If you enjoy solving problems, streamlining workflows, and driving productivity across teams, this is an opportunity to make a big impact.

Who are we?

Buyers Edge Platform stands at the forefront of revolutionizing the foodservice industry through technology, purchasing power and partnerships. We are dedicated to empowering stakeholders across the entire foodservice ecosystem (operators, distributors, manufacturers) with efficiency and unprecedented visibility. With a diverse portfolio of over a dozen brands, our mission is clear: to reduce costs, streamline the foodservice supply chain, and propel the industry from manual to automated.

Today, we are one of the largest players in foodservice, with over 200K operator locations across North America and over $50 billion of aggregated spend volume. Our commitment to foodservice excellence is proven in four distinct areas of value: Digital Procurement Network, Fresh Solutions, Supply Chain Management, and Software. Buyers Edge Platform is not just a provider – we are a strategic partner on the journey towards a more efficient, connected, and automated future for the foodservice industry.

We are focused on performance, not presence. What matters is not that you are sitting in front of your computer from 9am to 5pm, but rather that you build highly effective and efficient software within agreed timelines. In practice, this might mean working extra hours some days to hit that while having other days that allow for more free time and recovery. Our goal is for Buyers Edge Platform to be a place where people are able to work in a way that is the most efficient and effective for them. This will enable us all to enjoy the solutions we build and the team we are on.

This position may require frequent in person work. We are unable to offer work sponsorship for this role.

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer who will be help improve the reliability, cost efficiency and operational efficiency of our hosted infrastructure and internally developed applications that power the business.

Your impact:

• Support and improve our CI/CD pipeline tools to support the development teams working on a variety of software products.
• Create relationships with the development teams to progress towards common goals.
• Monitoring and maintaining computer systems and networks.
• Infrastructure as code, develop tools to deploy infrastructure for development environments.
• Containerize applications to improve deployments and application resilience.
• Work closely with development and quality assurance teams to streamline and improve workflows.
• Ensure infrastructure can scale dynamically and recover from disaster scenarios.
• Responding in a timely manner to service issues and requests
• Good understanding of security benchmarking
• Managing development resources and access controls
• Occasional after-hours work
• Internal tooling development to improve operational efficiency and self-service solutions

About you:

• Four-year degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Information Security or equivalent
• 2 years’ experience in a DevOps position
• 3 years’ experience in Software Engineering.
• 2 years’ experience with Amazon Web Services
• Experience running Kubernetes / EKS in production environments.
• Competent at least one scripting language such as Bash, Python, or GOLang. GOLang is preferred.
• Familiarity with CI tools like CircleCI, Jenkins, Github Actions and GitLab
• Professional experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet and Chef.
• Strong knowledge with an orchestrator tool such as Terraform or Cloud Formation.
• GIT
• Experience with monitoring tools, APM, Logging and Infrastructure.
• Brief Experience working with MySQL, Amazon Aurora, and Redshift.

Not sure you meet every qualification? Studies show that diverse applicants often hesitate to apply unless they check every box. At Buyers Edge Platform, we value authenticity and inclusion—if you're excited about the role, we encourage you to apply. You might be exactly who we’re looking for!

What's in this for you?

• Great benefits from day one. We offer medical, dental, vision, FSA, company-paid life insurance, and more—plus a 401(k) with company match.
• Grow with us. Enjoy strong training, development, and competitive pay.
• Work-life balance. Our flexible PTO policy lets you take time when you need it—no accrual required.

We welcome all.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard toactual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy‑related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.