Senior DevOps Architect & Platform Lead

Ascensus; Florida; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Ascensus seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to provide architectural leadership across DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native platforms. You will partner with architects, engineers, and security to build scalable, automated, and secure delivery platforms.

This hands-on leader will shape standards, guide teams, and drive DevSecOps practices to improve reliability and speed. You will mentor engineers, establish repeatable patterns, and advance platform resilience, observability, and cost efficiency while

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in 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, security, and disaster recovery.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural oversight and technical direction for DevOps, CI/CD, and platform engineering practices across multiple teams.
• Define and evolve standards for build, deployment, infrastructure, and environment management.
• Design reusable reference architectures, templates, and patterns for consistent adoption across teams.
• Lead the design and implementation of automated CI/CD pipelines and release workflows.
• Embed security and compliance controls directly into pipelines (DevSecOps).
• Drive adoption of containerized and cloud-native architectures using Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Ensure platforms meet standards for scalability, resiliency, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Mentor engineers and promote automation, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Skills

DevOps leadership

CI/CD design

Cloud architecture

Automation

SRE concepts

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Security & DevSecOps

Infrastructure as code

Architecture guidance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Ascensus seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to provide architectural leadership across DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native platforms. You will partner with architects, engineers, and security to build scalable, automated, and secure delivery platforms.

This hands-on leader will shape standards, guide teams, and drive DevSecOps practices to improve reliability and speed. You will mentor engineers, establish repeatable patterns, and advance platform resilience, observability, and cost efficiency while