Senior DevOps Engineer

Aerospike; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Aerospike in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our engineering infra, spanning cloud platforms, Kubernetes, networking, automation, and security.

You will design IaC pipelines, build scalable CI/CD, improve reliability, and partner with Security and Engineering to optimize cost and developer experience. This hands-on role requires strong scripting and cloud expertise to reduce toil and enable rapid, safe growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, cloud infrastructure, or related
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and cloud services
• Strong understanding of networking concepts including DNS, VPNs, VLANs, routing
• Experience with firewall configurations and cloud security groups
• Experience with modern CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI)
• Experience with cloud security automation and security best practices
• Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation tools
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong scripting in Python or Bash
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams
• Demonstrated leadership and initiative in DevOps infra
• Desire to learn and stay current with cloud, DevOps, infra, and security technologies

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain IaC to automate provisioning, configuration, security policies, and infra management
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and containerized environments, with automated deployment and scaling
• Manage and evolve cloud infrastructure and networking across environments
• Design and maintain shared networking services (DNS, API gateways, routing) with Security collaboration
• Build tools and platforms to improve developer experience and reduce toil
• Architect multi-cloud deployment strategies for redundancy and cost optimization
• Design secure secrets management for credentials and keys
• Improve cloud infra, CI/CD, security, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Partner with Engineering, Security, and Ops to align DevOps practices with goals
• Document architecture, decisions, and cost optimization strategies
• Take ownership of complex infra challenges and automate improvements

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Networking concepts

Python scripting

CI/CD

Security best practices

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to help build and evolve the infrastructure that powers our engineering organization. This is a hands‑on role with broad ownership across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, automation, security, and developer experience.

You’ll have the opportunity to solve complex infrastructure challenges, automate away operational toil, and build systems that enable engineering teams to move faster and scale with confidence. We’re looking for someone who doesn’t just maintain infrastructure, but thinks strategically about how to make it more reliable, secure, scalable, efficient, and easier for developers to use.

Our philosophy is simple: let the system work for you instead of fighting the system.

Job Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, and similar technologies to automate provisioning, configuration, security policies, and infrastructure management.
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and containerized environments, including automated deployment, scaling, reliability, and lifecycle management.
• Manage and evolve cloud infrastructure and networking across multiple environments to support engineering teams.
• Design and maintain shared networking services including DNS, API gateways, routing, and related infrastructure, while partnering with Security to implement and enforce network security controls.
• Build tools, automation, and internal platforms that improve the developer experience, reduce operational toil, and allow engineers to focus on building great products.
• Architect and manage multi‑cloud deployment strategies designed for redundancy, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and geographic resilience.
• Balance multi‑cloud resiliency with thoughtful cost optimization, including cross‑cloud data transfer and infrastructure redundancy.
• Design and implement secure secrets management solutions for credentials, API keys, certificates, and other sensitive information.
• Continuously improve cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, security practices, scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Security, and Operations to establish scalable DevOps practices aligned with business and engineering objectives.
• Document architecture, design decisions, operational procedures, and cost optimization strategies to make systems easier to understand, operate, and scale.
• Take ownership of complex infrastructure challenges and proactively identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and improve the way engineering operates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, cloud infrastructure, or a related discipline.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and a strong understanding of cloud services and architecture.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, VLANs, subnetting, routing, and network architecture.
• Experience with firewall configurations and cloud security groups.
• Experience with modern CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or CircleCI.
• Experience with cloud security automation and security best practices.
• Strong proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or similar infrastructure automation technologies.
• Hands‑on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong scripting and programming skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across Engineering, Security, and Operations.
• Demonstrated leadership, ownership, and initiative in establishing DevOps infrastructure, automation, and processes.
• A strong desire to learn and stay current with evolving cloud, DevOps, infrastructure, and security technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating multi‑cloud environments.
• Strong experience with cloud networking and distributed infrastructure.
• Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost.
• Experience building internal developer platforms, tooling, or automation focused on improving developer productivity and experience.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification.
• AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure certifications.

Salary Range

$145,000 – $170,000

(Actual compensation will be based on experience, location, and other relevant factors.)

Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to an environment free from discrimination based on race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

To keep our recruitment pipeline as high‑performance as our database, Aerospike uses AI‑driven tools to streamline resume reviews, scheduling, and communication. While we love smart tech, we value human connection even more. AI helps us optimize the process, but real people make 100% of the actual hiring decisions.

Aerospike is the real‑time database for mission‑critical use cases and workloads, including machine learning, generative, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases.

Global leaders, including Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair, rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real‑time bidding, profile stores, recommendation engines, and other use cases.

At Aerospike, we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is unleash the power of the world’s real‑time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability.

If you’re ready to shape the future of data, join us.