DevOps Engineer: Cloud, CI/CD & Security Expert

AlphaRoute; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaRoute, based in Waltham, MA, seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to manage deployment infrastructure, improve reliability, and coordinate with overseas teams. The role reports to the Lead Data Scientist and requires strong AWS, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD expertise.

You will drive secure, scalable infrastructure, implement automated testing, and ensure compliance across a range of software products in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years' hands-on professional experience in a DevOps role.
• Strong technical skills, including coding across multiple languages and technology architecting.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Bitbucket, GitLab).
• Strong experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, ECS/EKS, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform).
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience with both front- and back-end development.
• Solid understanding of software security practices and compliance requirements (SOC 2, GDPR, etc.).
• Demonstrated relationship-building and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven work environment, tactfully balancing priorities.
• Magnetic personality, instilling confidence in others.
• Keen attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage all software feature and version releases, alongside Lead Data Scientist and dev team leadership.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast, reliable delivery of features.
• Own the infrastructure strategy using IaC tools (Terraform).
• Monitor systems for availability, performance, and security; implement automated alerting and logging (CloudWatch, Datadog).
• Manage AWS environments, ensuring cost-effective, secure, and scalable configurations.
• Implement and maintain containerization (Docker) and coordinate orchestration (ECS, Kubernetes).
• Handle secrets and configuration management (AWS Secrets Manager).
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis.
• Manage conversion of all stage software files to production environment, ensuring testing and reliability.
• Coordinate overseas software development activities and timelines.
• Assist with ongoing software quality control, including automated testing.
• Oversee SOC2 compliance, security practices, access controls, and audit readiness.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

AWS services

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Scripting

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Bitbucket

GitLab

Datadog

CloudWatch

Job description

AlphaRoute, based in Waltham, MA, seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to manage deployment infrastructure, improve reliability, and coordinate with overseas teams. The role reports to the Lead Data Scientist and requires strong AWS, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD expertise.

You will drive secure, scalable infrastructure, implement automated testing, and ensure compliance across a range of software products in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.