DevOps Engineer DevOps Engineer

Kurai; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kurai in Seattle is seeking a DevOps Engineer to own cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and site reliability. You’ll architect AWS environments, automate everything with Terraform and Ansible, and ensure our services maintain 99.99% uptime.

Our stack is highly automated: Terraform for IaC, GitHub Actions for CI/CD, Kubernetes for orchestration, and Datadog for observability. You’ll build scalable platforms that empower engineering teams to ship fast and confidently.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of DevOps/SRE experience in production environments.
• Strong Linux systems knowledge and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with container technologies: Docker and Kubernetes.
• Infrastructure as Code proficiency: Terraform (preferred) and CloudFormation.
• Scripting for automation: Python, Bash, or Go.
• Security mindset: IAM, VPC, WAF, and compliance awareness.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AWS infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS) with GitOps using ArgoCD or Flux.
• Build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or CircleCI for automated deployments.
• Implement observability: logging (ELK), metrics (Prometheus/CloudWatch), tracing (Jaeger/X-Ray).
• Automate provisioning, scaling, and disaster recovery across multi-region deployments.
• Configure service mesh (Istio/Linkerd) for traffic management, security, and observability.
• Manage secrets with HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager; implement security best practices.
• Conduct incident response, write postmortems, and drive reliability improvements.
• Optimize cloud costs through rightsizing, reserved instances, and spot instances.

Skills

DevOps/SRE experience

Linux systems

Security best practices

Networking fundamentals

Scripting (Python/Bash/Go)

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IT or equivalent

AWS/GCP certification

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Kubernetes (EKS)

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Flux

Ansible

Job description

We’re seeking a DevOps Engineer to own our cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and site reliability. You’ll architect AWS environments, automate everything with Terraform and Ansible, and ensure our services maintain 99.99% uptime. Our stack is heavily automated: Terraform for IaC, GitHub Actions for CI/CD, Kubernetes for orchestration, and extensive monitoring with Datadog. You’ll build the platform that enables our engineering teams to ship fast and confidently.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AWS infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK
• Manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS) with GitOps using ArgoCD or Flux
• Build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or CircleCI for automated deployments
• Implement observability: logging (ELK), metrics (Prometheus/CloudWatch), tracing (Jaeger/X-Ray)
• Automate provisioning, scaling, and disaster recovery across multi-region deployments
• Configure service mesh (Istio/Linkerd) for traffic management, security, and observability
• Manage secrets with HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager; implement security best practices
• Conduct incident response, write postmortems, and drive reliability improvements
• Optimize cloud costs through rightsizing, reserved instances, and spot instances

Qualifications

• 4+ years of DevOps/SRE experience with AWS or GCP in production environments
• Strong Linux systems knowledge; troubleshooting from kernel to application layer
• Expertise with container technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration patterns
• Infrastructure-as-Code proficiency: Terraform (preferred), CloudFormation, or Pulumi
• Scripting skills: Python, Bash, or Go for automation and tooling
• Experience with configuration management: Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
• Deep understanding of networking: VPC, load balancers, DNS, TLS, and service discovery
• Security mindset: IAM policies, VPC peering, WAF, and compliance (SOC2, HIPAA)
• Bachelor’s in CS/IT or equivalent; AWS/GCP professional certification is a plus