Senior DevOps Engineer

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

Job summary

Aerospike, Inc. in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and automation stacks.

This role powers real-time data workloads and developer experience. You will implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible, manage multi-cloud deployments, network services, CI/CD pipelines, and security practices, collaborating with Engineering, Security, and Operations.

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 networking knowledge: TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, VLANs, 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 in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; strong cross-team collaboration.

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.

Skills

DevOps

SRE

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Networking

CI/CD

Security practices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

CircleCI

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer

Aerospike, Inc. Mountain View, California, United States

About this position

Aerospike is a 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.

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.
• AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure certifications.

Salary Range

Salary Range : $145,000 – $170,000 (Actual compensation will be based on experience, location, and other relevant factors.)

Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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.