Senior DevOps Engineer

Wespath Institutional Investments LLC; Glenview (IL); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

Retirement plan 8%+match

PTO 22 days

12 holidays

Hybrid work

Job summary

Wespath Institutional Investments LLC in Glenview, IL is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to optimize how code and configurations move from source control through environments into Production. You will own CI/CD pipelines, enforce security and release practices, and partner with multiple engineering teams to modernize delivery, improve reliability, and enable auditable deployments.

The role requires 7+ years of tech experience, 5+ years in DevOps, and hands-on AI-assisted automation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional technology experience.
• 5+ years in DevOps, release engineering, or related roles.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI-assisted capabilities into CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Git-based source control and release workflows.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automated delivery pipelines.
• Ability to automate build, test, packaging, deployment, and operations tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable deployment processes.
• Govern Azure DevOps and the DevSecOps toolchain including security scanning.
• Establish source code and configuration management standards across environments.
• Create reusable pipeline templates and guardrails for delivery teams.
• Implement modern deployment patterns (GitOps, blue/green, progressive deployment).
• Integrate IaC modules and platform services into pipelines for consistent environments.
• Embed testing, quality gates, and security checks in delivery workflows.
• Apply secure delivery practices including secrets management and least-privilege access.
• Provide traceable evidence of approvals, testing, and deployments.
• Collaborate with SRE to ensure health validation, monitoring, and logging in pipelines.
• Assist with AI-driven improvements to speed and safety of releases.
• Automate repeatable tasks to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
• Troubleshoot build, pipeline, packaging, deployment issues.
• Create and maintain documentation, runbooks, and reusable templates.
• Support production releases outside business hours.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Git-based workflows

Infrastructure as Code

DevOps tooling

Azure DevOps

AI in DevOps

Release management

Cloud/server environments

Technical communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

You bring the motivation, teamwork, and integrity and we will provide the collaborative culture, professional development, and opportunity to build a meaningful career at Wespath!

Location: 1901 Chestnut Ave Glenview, Illinois, 60025 United States Category: Information Technology Date Needed by: 12/31/2026

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

You bring the motivation, teamwork, and integrity and we will provide the collaborative culture, professional development, and opportunity to build a meaningful career at Wespath!

Wespath is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to a diverse and inclusive company culture and does not discriminate against applicants and employees because of disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status under the law.

Wespath has an opportunity for a Senior DevOps Engineer. The role is responsible for how code and configuration move from source control through environments into Production, including CI/CD pipelines, source and configuration management standards, release automation, and environment promotion. This position partners with application development, infrastructure, security, quality assurance, Platform Engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering to modernize delivery practices, reduce manual effort, and improve the speed, safety, reliability, and auditability of deployments.

More specifically, as a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will have the following key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support reliable application build, test, release, and deployment processes.
• Administer and govern Azure DevOps and the broader DevSecOps delivery toolchain, including repositories, branching policies, build agents, artifact repositories, service connections, and pipeline security scanning tools.
• Establish and maintain source code and configuration management standards as the authoritative owner of how code and configuration move between environments.
• Build reusable, self-service pipeline templates and paved-road standards that delivery teams can adopt within approved guardrails.
• Implement modern deployment patterns, including GitOps, blue/green, and progressive deployment approaches, with automated rollback and release gates where appropriate.
• Integrate Infrastructure as Code modules and platform services into delivery pipelines to provision and promote consistent environments.
• Integrate automated testing, quality gates, and security checks into delivery workflows in partnership with Quality Assurance, Security, and Platform Engineering.
• Apply secure delivery practices, including secrets management, least-privilege service connections, vulnerability awareness, and policy checks.
• Support change management and audit requirements by ensuring pipelines produce traceable evidence of approvals, testing, and deployments.
• Partner with Site Reliability Engineering to embed release-readiness criteria, monitoring, logging, alerting, and deployment of health validation into delivery pipelines.
• Use AI tools to improve efficiency and reliability within build and deployment pipelines. Identify opportunities to modernize legacy deployment processes, improve developer experience, and increase the frequency and safety of releases.
• Automate repeatable build, test, packaging, configuration, deployment, and operational tasks to reduce manual effort and improve consistency across environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve build, pipeline, packaging, deployment, configuration, and environment-related issues.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, standards, and reusable templates that improve delivery supportability and knowledge sharing.
• Support production releases outside of business hours.

Senior DevOps Engineer Benefits and Compensation

• Choose the medical, dental, vision, and well-being benefits that best fit your needs from day one.
• 8% employer contribution to retirement plan with an additional match up to 2% on day one.
• 22 days of PTO + 12 paid holidays.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• The compensation range for this position is $145,000 - $180,000 with a bonus opportunity and customary benefits. Final compensation will be set based on the hired applicant’s qualifications (education, training, and/or experience related to this role), and as such, may fall outside the range shown.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional technology experience, including 5+ years in DevOps, release engineering, CI/CD automation, infrastructure automation, or related delivery engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI-assisted capabilities into CI/CD pipelines or DevOps workflows to improve automation, troubleshooting, deployment reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Strong practical knowledge of Git-based source control, branching strategies, pull requests, and release workflow practices.
• Ability to independently automate build, test, packaging, configuration, infrastructure, deployment, and operational support tasks.
• Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code practices and their integration into automated delivery pipelines.
• Experience implementing controlled environment promotion and release management practices.
• Capability to support and troubleshoot cloud, server, application platform, or enterprise hosting environments.
• Effective technical communication, documentation, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving skills in complex technical environments.

Wespath is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in hiring.