Senior DevOps Engineer

monks; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

monks is seeking a senior DevOps professional to design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure and delivery systems. You will enhance automation, security, and production troubleshooting while collaborating closely with engineering teams.

The role emphasizes building reliable CI/CD pipelines, automating deployments, and improving observability. The ideal candidate brings 7+ years in DevOps or cloud engineering, strong AWS know-how, Docker/Kubernetes experience, and proficiency with IaC tools

Qualifications

• Seven+ years in DevOps, cloud engineering, or related roles.
• Hands-on knowledge of core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC).
• Strong experience with CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes, and IaC tools (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Scripting ability in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills for distributed environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure on AWS.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines across applications.
• Automate deployments, monitoring, and recurring operational tasks.
• Investigate and resolve complex production issues to improve reliability and performance.
• Work with development teams to support efficient software delivery and scalability.
• Apply security practices and ensure compliance in infra and operating processes.

Skills

DevOps experience

Cloud engineering

Troubleshooting

Communication

Tools

AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC)

CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform / CloudFormation

Python / Bash / Go scripting

Job description

Role overview

Design and maintain cloud infrastructure and delivery systems that help development teams release software reliably. The role combines automation and platform improvement with production troubleshooting, security practices, and close collaboration with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure on AWS.
• Build and improve continuous integration and delivery pipelines across applications.
• Automate deployments, monitoring, and recurring operational tasks.
• Investigate and resolve complex production issues, improving reliability and performance.
• Work with development teams to support efficient software delivery and application scalability.
• Apply security practices and help ensure infrastructure and operating processes meet compliance requirements.

Requirements

• At least seven years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or a related role.
• Hands‑on knowledge of core AWS services, such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and VPC.
• Strong experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Scripting ability in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills, with the independence to work in a fast-moving, distributed environment.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK Stack.
• Exposure to Azure or Google Cloud, or relevant cloud and DevOps certifications.

Benefits and work setup

• The listing identifies the role as remote.