Senior DevOps Architect: Cloud-Native CI/CD Leader

Ascensus; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascensus, a leading technology and service platform for savings plans, seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to provide architectural direction for DevOps, CI/CD, and platform engineering across multiple agile teams.

You will drive containerized, cloud-native architectures on Kubernetes, embed security into pipelines, and mentor engineers to elevate reliability and operational excellence. Strong collaboration and hands-on expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on DevOps, Platform Engineering, Build & Release, or Engineering Operations roles.
• Proven experience designing and supporting DevOps architecture in enterprise-scale production environments.
• Strong experience with Agile/Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery.
• Hands-on experience deploying and troubleshooting applications in Linux and Windows environments.
• Advanced automation and scripting experience using PowerShell, Python, or similar languages.
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins.
• Deep expertise in Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform).
• Proficiency with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Solid understanding of Microservices, cloud-native architectures, Networking, load balancing, caching, service discovery, Security, secrets management, and HA/DR.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and guide technical direction across teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural direction for DevOps, CI/CD, and platform engineering across multiple scrum teams.
• Lead automated CI/CD pipelines, including build, test, release, and deployment workflows.
• Design Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for provisioning and managing environments.
• Embed security and compliance controls directly into pipelines (DevSecOps).
• Drive adoption of containerized and cloud-native architectures using Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Support high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
• Mentor engineers on DevOps practices and promote automation and quality.
• Research emerging tools and practices to improve delivery lifecycle and efficiency.

Skills

DevOps leadership

CI/CD best practices

Automation scripting

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Cloud-native architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible/Puppet/Chef

PowerShell

Python

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

AWS

Job description

Ascensus, a leading technology and service platform for savings plans, seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to provide architectural direction for DevOps, CI/CD, and platform engineering across multiple agile teams.

You will drive containerized, cloud-native architectures on Kubernetes, embed security into pipelines, and mentor engineers to elevate reliability and operational excellence. Strong collaboration and hands-on expertise are essential.