Senior Cloud Operations Architect

Visa Hunt; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Extreme Networks seeks a Senior CloudOps/DevOps Engineer to lead cloud architecture and operational excellence across large-scale production environments. You will work with AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, driving automation, security, and reliability in global deployments.

You will partner with engineering teams to optimize performance, implement deployment pipelines, and manage cross-region infrastructure with a focus on cost efficiency and resilience.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 8+ years in a CloudOps/DevOps role.
• Hands-on with AWS or any public cloud (Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of Linux, security and networking fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of container-based architecture and deployment (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Deployment automation experience (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD).
• Experience with Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Redis, Ignite, Flink, Kafka, RabbitMQ.
• Experience with monitoring tools (Nagios, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Cloud security and compliance experience a plus.
• Ability to work across multiple time zones in a distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in cloud architecture, operational excellence, reliability, and cost optimization across large-scale production environments.
• Stay current with industry trends and leverage AI and cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) to enhance efficiency, security, and resiliency.
• Design secure, reliable, and high-performance cross-region cloud communication.
• Configure and operate middleware services including databases, messaging and streaming platforms.
• Lead the adoption of CloudOps and DevOps tools and automation solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues with hands-on support.
• Drive RCA, implement corrective actions and preventive measures.
• Collaborate with cloud architects in system design and reviews.
• Partner with Dev, QA, SRE, and external providers to improve reliability.
• Design and evolve deployment automation for Kubernetes-based microservices.
• Improve availability and scalability through automation and capacity planning.
• Analyze performance and deliver actionable improvements.

Education

BS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

ArgoCD

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Redis

Ignite

Flink

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Nagios

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Extreme Networks seeks a Senior CloudOps/DevOps Engineer to lead cloud architecture and operational excellence across large-scale production environments. You will work with AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, driving automation, security, and reliability in global deployments.

You will partner with engineering teams to optimize performance, implement deployment pipelines, and manage cross-region infrastructure with a focus on cost efficiency and resilience.