Senior Associate - DevOps Engineer / DevOps Engineer (Remote, any state, US)

Visa Hunt; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Life is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design and optimize secure CI/CD pipelines, build scalable cloud infrastructure with Terraform on AWS, and manage containerized platforms with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).

You will implement observability with New Relic, Prometheus, and Grafana, and automate operations with Python, Bash, and PowerShell while embedding DevSecOps practices across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or related cloud engineering role supporting enterprise apps.
• Strong AWS hands-on experience (EC2, S3, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD platforms (Harness, Jenkins, Git, SonarQube, JFrog).
• Automation with Python, Bash, PowerShell, Groovy or Java; self-service DevOps capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize secure CI/CD pipelines using Harness and related tools.
• Build, provision, and maintain AWS-based infrastructure with Terraform.
• Develop and support containerized platforms using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Implement observability with New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana for proactive ops.
• Automate operations with scripting while embedding security and DevSecOps.

Skills

DevOps

AWS

SRE

CI/CD

Python

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Harness

Jenkins

Git

SonarQube

JFrog Artifactory

Job description

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per quarter

Role Overview

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting secure, scalable, and highly automated cloud infrastructure and CI/CD solutions that enable efficient software delivery across the enterprise. This role partners closely with software engineers, infrastructure teams, security, and data science teams to improve application reliability, accelerate deployment pipelines, and enable AI/ML workloads in production. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in cloud technologies, Infrastructure as Code, container orchestration, and DevSecOps practices while driving operational excellence through automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do:

• Design, implement, and optimize secure CI/CD pipelines using Harness and related DevOps tooling to improve deployment speed, quality, and reliability across multiple development teams.

• Build, provision, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS services while implementing Infrastructure as Code best practices to support scalable, resilient, and repeatable environments.

• Develop and support containerized application platforms using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS), ensuring high availability, performance, and operational excellence across production environments.

• Implement enterprise observability solutions by integrating monitoring, logging, and tracing tools such as New Relic, Prometheus, and Grafana to proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues.

• Automate operational processes using Python, Bash, PowerShell, and other scripting languages while integrating security controls, AI-enabled DevOps capabilities, and DevSecOps practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a related cloud engineering role supporting enterprise applications.

• Strong hands-on experience designing and managing AWS cloud environments, including services such as EC2, S3, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Lambda, VPC, Security Groups, Route 53, ELB, EKS, ECR, Inspector, and AWS RDS.

• Demonstrated expertise with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, containerization using Docker, Kubernetes orchestration, and modern CI/CD platforms including Harness, Jenkins, Git, SonarQube, and JFrog Artifactory.

• Experience developing automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Groovy, or Java, with the ability to build self-service DevOps capabilities and automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment workflows.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, collaboration, and communication skills with experience working across development, operations, infrastructure, security, and data science teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting AI/ML operational workloads, including deployment of machine learning models and familiarity with Generative AI, LLMs, and AI-assisted DevOps tools such as Harness AI.

• Professional certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.

• Experience with enterprise database platforms including PostgreSQL, Oracle, and AWS RDS, as well as distributed systems observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and New Relic.

• Experience supporting legacy application modernization, including integration with Java, .NET, Angular, COBOL, and Mainframe technologies.

Pay Transparency

Salary Range: $90,000-$128,500

Overtime eligible: Exempt

Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes

Sales bonus eligible: No

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Company Overview

At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.

Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities—inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you’ll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.

As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what’s next, and your growth powers it.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities.

Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners.