Infrastructure/DevOps Engineer

Veritas Automata; Smithfield (RI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Continuous education opportunities

Health and wellness programs

Job summary

A technology consulting firm located in Smithfield seeks a Senior Infrastructure Engineer - DevOps Engineer to optimize cloud and on-premises infrastructure. This role features responsibilities in designing Kubernetes clusters, implementing infrastructure as code, and ensuring scalable environments. Ideal candidates will have 5-8 years of experience, particularly with Kubernetes and cloud platforms, and exhibit a strong ownership mindset, guiding junior engineers and contributing to a culture of innovation and excellence.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in infrastructure engineering or DevOps.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms.
• Strong proficiency in infrastructure automation and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Kubernetes clusters in cloud environments.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or similar tools.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize performance and reliability.

Skills

Kubernetes administration

Infrastructure-as-code

Cloud provisioning

Scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell)

Observability stacks

Networking

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

GCP

Job description

Job Description

Veritas Automata is a technology consulting and software development company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that drive business success. We combine expertise in automation, AI, DevOps, and advanced distributed systems to enhance operational efficiency and streamline complex processes. Our teams build modern, intelligent, and scalable solutions that empower clients across regulated industries, enterprise platforms, and next-generation cloud-native ecosystems. We are committed to innovation, ownership, and measurable outcomes that elevate our clients and partners.

Job Description

The Infrastructure Engineer - DevOps Engineer (L5) is a senior technical engineer responsible for architecting, implementing, and optimizing cloud and on-premises infrastructure that supports distributed, Kubernetes-based, and high-availability systems. With 5–8 years of experience, this role provides deep technical leadership across infrastructure automation, observability, networking, platform reliability, and DevSecOps enablement.

This role partners closely with software engineering, platform engineering, SRE, security, and product teams to deliver stable, performant, and scalable infrastructure environments. The DevOps Engineer (L5) leads complex technical implementations, removes blockers, and ensures the organization’s infrastructure foundation can support growth, resilience, and innovation.

Core Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters (K3s, RKE2, AKS, EKS, GKE) across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, or equivalent automation tools.
• Engineer secure, scalable networking architectures including VPCs, subnets, VPNs, firewalls, service meshes, load balancers, and cross-region connectivity.
• Architect and maintain CI/CD pipelines, GitOps tooling, and automated delivery workflows using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Flux, or GitLab CI.
• Configure and operate observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, and Thanos for full-stack visibility.
• Collaborate with SRE and platform teams to improve reliability, reduce operational toil, and optimize performance and cost.
• Implement and maintain cloud security best practices including IAM, RBAC, secrets management, encryption, and compliance controls.
• Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, and root cause analysis for platform-related production issues.
• Develop and document runbooks, architecture diagrams, operational standards, and troubleshooting guides.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to capability-building around modern infrastructure practices.

Required Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or cloud operations.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes cluster administration, operators, workloads, storage, and networking.
• Strong proficiency with infrastructure-as-code, cloud provisioning, and automated configuration management.
• Deep understanding of at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) including compute, networking, IAM, and managed services.
• Experience deploying and managing observability stacks including metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerting.
• Familiarity with containers, networking, service meshes, ingress controllers, and distributed application architectures.
• Strong scripting abilities (Bash, Python, PowerShell) for automation and operational efficiency.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting regulated or high-compliance environments such as healthcare, life sciences, financial services, or critical infrastructure.
• Exposure to edge computing, multi-cluster orchestration, zero-trust networking, and global failover routing.
• Experience with storage platforms like Longhorn, Ceph, EBS, Azure Disk, or GCP Persistent Disks.
• Background in SRE practices including SLO/SLI design, error budgets, and resilience engineering.
• Certifications in cloud technologies, Kubernetes (CKA/CKS/CKAD), or DevOps methodologies.
• Kubevirt or OLVM (Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager)

Technical Skills

Infrastructure Engineers at this level are expected to demonstrate proficiency with one or more tools or platforms in each of the following categories:

• AWS (EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, RDS, CloudWatch)
• GCP (GKE, VPC, IAM, CloudOps)
• Container runtimes and image management

Automation & IaC

Observability & Reliability

• OpenTelemetry (metrics, logs, traces)

Networking & Security

• DNS, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, API gateways
• Zero-trust frameworks, RBAC/ABAC

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with ability to diagnose issues across complex, distributed systems.
• Clear communication with ability to translate infrastructure concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ownership mindset with focus on stability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities in fast-moving environments.
• Leadership presence and ability to mentor junior engineers.
• Remote Collaboration: Operates effectively across distributed teams with asynchronous rigor.
• Continuous Learning: Proactively explores emerging tools, patterns, and cloud-native innovations.
• Cultural Fit: Embodies Veritas Automata’s values of innovation, integrity, and ownership.
• Strategic Impact: Builds reusable infrastructure patterns that accelerate delivery and reduce operational overhead.

Workplace Conditions and Physical Expectations

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.
• Must access and navigate each department at the organization's facilities.

Additional Information

Onsite Requirement: Candidates must be able to work onsite one week per month at the designated office location.