DevOps Engineer

Production Systems Group; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 56,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Job summary

Production Systems Group in Durham, NC is seeking a DevOps Engineer to own infrastructure and delivery pipelines. The role emphasizes Terraform-based front-end interfaces, Nginx configurations, and modern service-mesh patterns to ensure scalable, reliable deployments.

You will support cross-functional teams in a self-directed, deadline-driven setting, actively reducing technical debt and delivering improvements to the Durham platform. The salary ranges from $56,000 to $81,000 with full benefits.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a junior-capacity or similar role.
• Ability to thrive in a self-directed, deadline-driven setting.

Responsibilities

• Build responsive, accessible interfaces with Terraform.
• Monitor error budgets and manage risks to prevent outages.
• Apply Nginx and presentation skills to optimize engineering challenges.
• Guard Nginx codebase quality through reviews.
• Refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Ship incremental improvements to Durham platform on a regular cadence.

Skills

Attention to detail

Cross-functional support

Self-directed work style

Deadline-driven

Organizational skills

Tools

Terraform

Nginx

Service Mesh

Job description

You've debugged enough AWS Lambda to develop opinions, and Production Systems Group has a DevOps Engineer role in Durham where opinions are currency. What you're really weighing is $56,000 - $81,000 against 1 years, with technology ownership and Production Systems Group growth tipping the scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with Terraform
• Watch Presentation Skills error budgets and pump the brakes before Durham, NC burns through them
• Apply Presentation Skills and Nginx to solve ego-light engineering challenges
• Guard the Nginx codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Ship incremental improvements to Production Systems Group's Durham platform on a regular cadence

What You'll Bring

• An eye for the scrappy-but-steady detail that separates fine from finished
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a junior capacity
• Experience thriving in a self-directed, deadline-driven setting like Production Systems Group
• Sharp organizational skills and an ability to juggle multiple workstreams
• Hands-on familiarity with Service Mesh, sharpened by Nginx side projects

Equal parts laboratory and workshop, Production Systems Group builds gently-demanding technology products that hold up far beyond the borders of Durham, NC. Our Durham team treats every retro like a chance to quietly upgrade how we operate.

We provide a $56,000 - $81,000 salary, full benefits, and dedicated time each week to learn new Terraform and Nginx tools.

Re-dated this morning, Production Systems Group continues hiring for the DevOps Engineer role.