Senior DevOps Engineer

Kelly Services; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401K Retirement Savings Plan

Life and Disability Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own Kubernetes clusters across on‑prem and cloud, build CI/CD pipelines, and implement observability and security tooling for a regulated financial platform.

You will design secure identity workflows with Keycloak and AWS IAM, lead incident response, and collaborate with network, security, and application teams to ensure reliability and compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles.
• 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes app manifests (Kustomize/ Helm), networking, and GitOps for Kubernetes.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS (EKS, Load Balancers, S3, VPC, RDS, ECS, CloudWatch) and on-prem.
• Proficiency in scripting languages: Shell, Bash, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Kubernetes application onboarding across EKS and on-prem clusters.
• Implement secure access patterns using Keycloak and AWS IAM.
• Build and maintain CI/CD automation with Jenkins pipelines for container image builds.
• Develop observability and infrastructure tooling for monitoring, storage, and networking.
• Handle incident response and SRE practices including root cause analysis and alerting improvements.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Kubernetes (Kustomize/Helm)

GitOps

Scripting (Shell/Bash/Python)

Incident response / SRE basics

Tools

Jenkins

Keycloak

AWS IAM

Job description

$150000 - $180000

This company operates specialized electronic trading platforms that support fast, reliable, and regulated financial transactions. They design and run the technology that powers these markets, including the infrastructure, software systems, and connectivity that enable participants to trade efficiently and securely.

They are searching for a Senior DevOps Engineer to take ownership of their administering Kubernetes clusters and onboarding applications across both on-prem and cloud environments. You will build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, implement secure identity and access workflows, and establish observability, networking, and storage tooling for the platform. The position also involves automating operational processes, troubleshooting complex incidents, and contributing to SRE practices while collaborating closely with network, security, and application teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles.
• 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes app manifests (Kustomize/ Helm), networking, and GitOps for Kubernetes.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS (EKS, Load Balancers, S3, VPC, RDS, ECS, CloudWatch) and on-prem.
• Proficiency in scripting languages: Shell, Bash, and Python.
• Bonus points for experience in financial services or trading environments, but not required.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead end-to-end Kubernetes application onboarding, including environment preparation, production-readiness assessments, and ongoing operational support across EKS and on-prem clusters.
• Implement secure access patterns, designing and managing authentication and authorization workflows using Keycloak and AWS IAM.
• Build and maintain CI/CD automation, creating Jenkins pipelines for container image builds and integrating with multiple image registries.
• Develop and support platform observability and infrastructure tooling, covering monitoring, container storage, and networking components.
• Handle incident response and SRE practices, including root cause analysis, documentation, SLIs, error budgets, alerting improvements, and participation in on?call rotations.

The Offer

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Life and Disability Benefits
• Paid Parental Leave

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.