Senior CI/CD Platform Engineer - AWS & GitOps

Ellkay, Llc; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ELLKAY, LLC seeks an experienced Staff CI/CD Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable software delivery platforms across AWS environments. You will lead implementation of automated pipelines, GitOps, and IaC, driving reliability, security, and efficiency for multiple engineering teams.

The role requires deep platform engineering expertise, strong Python development skills, and the ability to resolve complex production issues spanning applications, containers, and cloud services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years in software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering.
• 5+ years designing and operating enterprise CI/CD platforms.
• Extensive experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong Python programming and software development skills.
• Demonstrated experience building automation frameworks and developer tooling.
• Deep understanding of Linux operating systems and system internals.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging capabilities in complex distributed environments.
• Experience supporting production systems with high availability requirements.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evolve enterprise-scale CI/CD platforms supporting multiple engineering teams.
• Develop standardized build, test, security scanning, release, and deployment pipelines.
• Establish best practices for software delivery, release automation, and deployment governance.
• Build reusable pipeline templates, frameworks, and automation libraries.
• Implement GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices across environments.
• Define deployment strategies including blue-green, canary, rolling, and progressive delivery models.
• Drive platform reliability, scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Architect and manage cloud-native delivery platforms on AWS.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure utilization, cost efficiency, and operational resilience.
• Establish secure deployment patterns and environment isolation strategies.

Skills

Python programming

DevOps

Platform engineering

Linux internals

Troubleshooting

Communication & leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

ELLKAY, LLC seeks an experienced Staff CI/CD Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable software delivery platforms across AWS environments. You will lead implementation of automated pipelines, GitOps, and IaC, driving reliability, security, and efficiency for multiple engineering teams.

The role requires deep platform engineering expertise, strong Python development skills, and the ability to resolve complex production issues spanning applications, containers, and cloud services.