Senior DevOps Engineer

HireArt; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO + Holidays

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Healthcare benefits

FSA

Disability & Life Insurance

401k

Job summary

HireArt is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to provide follow-the-sun coverage for the ADAS line, ensuring platform stability and 24/7 SLA adherence during West Coast business hours.

You will work with Japan-based teams to maintain uptime across multi-tenant environments and partner with platform teams to achieve high reliability. A strong automation mindset and incident ownership are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE or related role.
• 5+ years with AWS.
• 5+ years deploying, scaling Kubernetes.
• 5+ years with Terraform for IaC.
• 5+ years building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Docker and containerized environments.
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, or ELK.
• Incident response, on-call rotations, and follow-the-sun support.

Responsibilities

• Provide SEV-1/SEV-2 coverage during PST/PDT hours and meet 2-hour initial response target.
• Deploy, manage, and scale AWS infrastructure using Terraform and IaC best practices.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support deployments across multiple environments.
• Monitor and support AWS and Kubernetes workloads to meet uptime targets.
• Track app and infra performance using Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, and related tools.
• Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Identify manual processes and automate to improve efficiency.
• Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and IaC standards.

Skills

DevOps

SRE

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Docker

Observability

Incident response

On-call

Education

High School Diploma

GED

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Sentry

ELK Stack

Job description

Expected compensation: 95.00 - 99.00 USD Per Hour

HireArt is helping our client find a Senior DevOps Engineer to provide follow-the-sun coverage for the ADAS line of business, ensuring platform stability, SLA compliance, and rapid incident response during West Coast business hours.

In this role, you’ll deliver critical coverage during Japan's off-hours, enabling 24/7 SLA adherence for ADAS production systems running on a multi-tenant ecosystem. You’ll partner closely with Japan-based DevOps teams, ADAS engineering (19+ engineers, scaling), and platform teams to maintain uptime, reliability, and operational excellence across multiple production environments.

The ideal candidate is an experienced DevOps/SRE professional who thrives in high-availability environments, is comfortable owning incidents end-to-end, and brings a strong automation-first mindset.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, You'll

• Provide SEV-1/SEV-2 incident coverage during PST/PDT hours, ensuring 24/7 SLA adherence and meeting the 2-hour initial response target.
• Deploy, manage, and scale AWS infrastructure (S3, Aurora/Postgres, IAM, Route 53, WAF, CloudFront) using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) to support consistent, reliable deployments across multiple environments (dev, stage, pre-production, production).
• Monitor and support AWS and Kubernetes-based workloads (Stargate platform) to meet a 99.5% uptime target.
• Track application and infrastructure performance using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, and related observability platforms.
• Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve system reliability.
• Identify manual processes and implement automation to improve efficiency, reduce deployment times, and minimize operational overhead.
• Integrate security best practices into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure, ensuring compliance with DevSecOps and IaC standards.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, documentation, and best practices to support knowledge sharing and seamless operations across global teams.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• 5+ years of recent, hands-on professional experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a related role
• 5+ years of recent, hands-on experience with AWS
• 5+ years of recent, hands-on experience deploying, scaling, and managing Kubernetes environments
• 5+ years of recent, hands-on experience using Terraform for infrastructure-as-code
• 5+ years of recent, hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Experience with Docker and containerized application environments
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, or the ELK stack
• Experience with incident response, on-call rotations, and follow-the-sun support models
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across global teams and JP/NA time zones

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)
• Understanding of DevSecOps practices, including secure deployments, vulnerability scanning, and incident response
• Familiarity with SDLC and agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Experience working in multi-tenant or enterprise-scale platforms
• Experience with backup/restore automation and disaster recovery processes
• Familiarity with Nx monorepo tooling and multi-tenant architectures

Benefits

• PTO and paid holidays!
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Employer (HireArt) Subsidized healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account for healthcare-related costs
• HireArt covers all costs for short and long term disability and life insurance
• 401k package

Commitment

This is a full-time, 3-month contract position (with the possibility of extension) staffed via HireArt. This role is hybrid, requiring three days per week onsite in the Palo Alto office.

HireArt values diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visas or employ corp-to-corp.