Remote Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Cloud & Automation

Serco; Springfield (IL); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Serco is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable platform infrastructure in a 100% remote role. You will automate with IaC, develop CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with DevOps, security, and software teams to ensure reliability and security.

The ideal candidate has strong Azure expertise, scripting skills, and hands-on container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes, plus a track record in automation and observability.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain DoD Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 4 years in platform engineering, DevOps, CloudOps, or IaC roles.
• Strong experience with Azure.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation.
• Deep understanding of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with networking, security, and system administration best practices.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools (ArgoCD, Flux).
• Certifications such as CNPA, CKA or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure platform infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines to streamline application deployment and operations.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and capacity, and proactively address issues.
• Collaborate with software engineers to optimize application performance and deployment.
• Implement observability solutions including logging, metrics, and tracing.
• Ensure compliance with security and operational standards across environments.
• Drive automation of manual processes to improve efficiency and reduce risk.

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

Security clearance eligibility

Bachelor's degree

Platform engineering

Azure

Scripting & automation

Docker & Kubernetes

Networking & security basics

Travel up to 10%

Remote work experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

ArgoCD

Flux

Docker

Kubernetes

Istio

Linkerd

Job description

Serco is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable platform infrastructure in a 100% remote role. You will automate with IaC, develop CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with DevOps, security, and software teams to ensure reliability and security.

The ideal candidate has strong Azure expertise, scripting skills, and hands-on container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes, plus a track record in automation and observability.