Senior DevOps Architect: CI/CD, IaC & Cloud Automation

Jobicy; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cision is seeking a Senior Staff DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain the infrastructure and automation that underpin software delivery.

You will own CI/CD pipelines and IaC implementations (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), collaborate with engineers, and improve reliability, security, and performance.

Required skills include Python/Bash/Go, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or a related technical field.
• University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Hands‑on experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, or Azure DevOps.
• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Python, Bash, or Go.
• Practical experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or AWS CloudFormation.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong understanding of Linux and/or Windows system administration and networking fundamentals.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Understanding of infrastructure security, system availability, scalability, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, collaborate effectively across teams, and manage competing technical priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable consistent, automated, and reliable software delivery.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools.
• Collaborate with software development and operations teams to improve build, testing, release, deployment, and monitoring processes.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions to support system reliability and performance.
• Maintain and optimize cloud-based and/or on-premises environments, ensuring availability, scalability, security, and operational stability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, deployment, and system issues across development, testing, and production environments.
• Apply DevOps best practices, including version control, automation, configuration management, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge-sharing resources.
• Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure efficiency, deployment reliability, system performance, and operational processes.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting: Python/Bash/Go

IaC tooling

Cloud platforms: AWS/Azure/GCP

Linux/Windows admin

Docker/Kubernetes

Analytical problem solving

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

CircleCI

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

AWS CloudFormation

Python

Bash

Go

Docker

Kubernetes

Networking basics

Job description

Cision is seeking a Senior Staff DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain the infrastructure and automation that underpin software delivery.

You will own CI/CD pipelines and IaC implementations (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), collaborate with engineers, and improve reliability, security, and performance.

Required skills include Python/Bash/Go, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.