DevOps Engineer

Nxt Serve; Union City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Nxt Serve in Union City, NJ, seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on Cloud and DevOps leadership. You will design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure across Kubernetes, GitOps, Terraform, Azure, and Google Cloud, and drive CI/CD maturity.

Lead, mentor, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve software delivery, reliability, and security, while shaping architecture decisions and automation initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, or related fields.
• Hands-on Kubernetes and container orchestration experience.
• GitOps methodologies and deployment workflows experience.
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code proficiency.
• Azure and Google Cloud Platform cloud experience.
• Strong CI/CD pipeline design and implementation skills.
• Cloud infrastructure architecture, scalability, HA, and security knowledge.
• DevOps tooling, automation, source control, and release management expertise.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud, infrastructure, and deployment issues.
• Technical architecture and solution-design experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure DevOps and cloud infrastructure.
• Architect and manage Kubernetes environments for containerized apps.
• Implement and maintain GitOps for automated deployments.
• Develop and manage IaC using Terraform.
• Design and support cloud solutions on Azure and Google Cloud.
• Build robust CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, tests, deployments, and releases.
• Collaborate with Dev, QA, Security, and Architecture teams to improve delivery.
• Establish DevOps best practices for monitoring, logging, security, and disaster recovery.
• Lead and mentor DevOps engineers and drive automation initiatives.
• Ensure security, governance, and compliance across cloud environments.

Skills

Kubernetes

GitOps

Terraform

Azure

Google Cloud

CI/CD

IaC

Cloud Architecture

Leadership

Mentoring

Security

Tools

Docker

Jenkins

Job description

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of hands‑on experience in designing, implementing, and managing scalable cloud and DevOps solutions. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Kubernetes, GitOps, Terraform, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and CI/CD, along with solid architectural and technical leadership capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available DevOps and cloud infrastructure.
• Architect and manage Kubernetes environments for containerized applications.
• Implement and maintain GitOps practices for automated and controlled application and infrastructure deployments.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Design and support cloud solutions across Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
• Build, enhance, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to enable automated build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, Security, and Architecture teams to improve software delivery and operational efficiency.
• Establish DevOps best practices for monitoring, logging, security, scalability, reliability, and disaster recovery.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, deployment, and production issues.Participate in infrastructure and application architecture discussions and provide recommendations for scalable technical solutions.
• Lead and mentor DevOps engineers and provide technical guidance to team members.
• Drive DevOps automation initiatives and continuously improve engineering processes and platform reliability.
• Ensure adherence to security, governance, and compliance standards across cloud environments.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of overall experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or related areas.
• Strong hands‑on expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Proven experience implementing GitOps methodologies and deployment workflows.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Hands‑on experience with Azure and Google Cloud Platform cloud platforms.
• Strong knowledge of designing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure architecture, scalability, high availability, and security.
• Strong understanding of DevOps tools, automation, source control, and release management.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud, infrastructure, and deployment issues.
• Experience in technical architecture and solution design.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including mentoring engineers and driving technical initiatives.
• Excellent communication, problem‑solving, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Docker and containerized application deployments.
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices.
• Relevant Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, or Terraform certifications would be an added advantage.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a technically strong DevOps professional and leader who can take ownership of cloud infrastructure, drive automation, contribute to architecture decisions, and lead teams in delivering reliable, scalable, and efficient technology solutions.