DevOps Engineer

Relevance Ventures; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Relevance Ventures is seeking a DevOps Engineer to architect and operate scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS. You’ll automate deployment, monitoring, and security, enabling reliable, high-availability systems for millions of daily transactions.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines, manage IaC, and implement robust DR/HA strategies while improving performance and security across environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience building, deploying, and managing highly scalable infrastructure.
• Expertise using CI/CD pipelines in distributed environments (Bitbucket/Jenkins/Spinnaker).
• Expertise in Kubernetes for service orchestration and deployment (CKA preferred).
• Strong scripting or programming skills in Terraform, Python, Bash, or YAML.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services.
• Proficiency with source control tools like Bitbucket or GitHub and Jira/Confluence.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps and security integration in CI/CD.
• Ability to prioritize in high-pressure environments and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Automate and manage cloud environments, with a primary focus on AWS.
• Design, deploy, and maintain systems for metrics, logging, and monitoring
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and optimize release engineering workflows
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and system issues across environments
• Design and enforce DR and HA strategies using cloud-native services
• Implement system hardening and security configurations across services and OS
• Maintain and evolve infrastructure-as-code practices and automation
• Continuously assess and improve performance, scalability, and security
• Contribute to internal documentation and knowledge sharing

Skills

CI/CD expertise

Kubernetes expertise

AWS experience

Scripting

Security mindset

Monitoring & observability

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Python

Bash

YAML

Kubernetes

Bitbucket/Jenkins/Spinnaker

GitHub

Jira/Confluence

Prometheus/Grafana/ELK/Datadog

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to collaborate on the design, automation, and management of our cloud-based infrastructure on AWS. You will work closely with our engineering teams to streamline software compilation, delivery, and operational processes—ensuring a secure, scalable, and reliable environment that supports millions of transactions per day.

Key Responsibilities

• Automate and manage cloud environments, with a primary focus on AWS
• Design, deploy, and maintain systems for metrics, logging, and monitoring
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and optimize release engineering workflows
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and system issues across environments
• Design and enforce Disaster Recovery (DR) and High Availability (HA) strategies using cloud-native services
• Implement system hardening and security configurations across services and operating systems
• Maintain and evolve infrastructure-as-code practices, automating operational processes
• Continuously assess and improve systems performance, scalability, and security
• Contribute to internal documentation, knowledge sharing, and team development

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience building, deploying, and managing highly scalable infrastructure
• Expertise using CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Bitbucket pipeline, Jenkins, Spinnaker) in distributed environments
• Expertise in Kubernetes (preferably CKA certified) for service orchestration and deployment
• Strong scripting or programming skills in tools such as Terraform, Python, Bash, or YAML
• Hands-on experience with AWS services
• Proficiency with source control systems like Bitbucket or GitHub and tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience with monitoring and logging frameworks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps, including implementation of "shift-left security" and integration of security scanners into CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Team-oriented and skilled in working within a collaborative environment
• Able to work with different cultures and communicate with international teams

Hamsa is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a fair, inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives strengthen our mission. Hamsa welcomes applications from all qualified candidates and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.