Senior DevOps Engineer

Smith Arnold Partners; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Smith Arnold Partners is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to lead and modernize our AWS-based, serverless SaaS platform in a fully remote capacity. You will own CI/CD, automation, security, and reliability across multiple teams, guiding cloud modernization and pipeline improvements.

You will collaborate with software engineers to drive architectural decisions, contribute hands-on leadership, and push for scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient cloud solutions in a long-established,

Qualifications

• 6+ years building and operating AWS infrastructure.
• Bash scripting required; Python a big plus.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform / CloudFormation.
• Real CI/CD experience (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, or similar).
• Deep understanding of AWS services in production.
• SaaS platform experience.
• Strong automation mindset.
• Security awareness (IAM, WAF, KMS, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, etc.).
• Comfort working across multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines across multiple engineering teams.
• Design and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform (or OpenTofu).
• Rebuild parts of the pipeline where needed.
• Push automation deeper into everything — builds, deployments, security, monitoring.
• Migrate older systems to modern cloud architectures.
• Partner directly with software engineers.
• Make technical decisions and explain the 'why' behind them.
• Improve reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency.
• Step in and solve problems instead of waiting for tickets.

Skills

AWS infrastructure

Bash scripting

Python

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD pipelines

Serverless AWS

Security controls

SaaS experience

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

CodePipeline

CodeBuild

OpenTofu

Job description

Own the platform. Rebuild what matters. Drive the next phase.

We're looking for a true senior-level DevOps engineer to take the technical lead of a critical platform function inside a very successful, long-standing technology company that builds a cutting-edge SaaS platform used in public safety and government environments. Extremely stable company and industry. This organization has been profitable and growing for decades.

Startup-style engineering inside an established company. You get modern tech, autonomy, and greenfield work ---
without the chaos or funding risk of an actual startup.

Employee testimonial

• Competitive pay, communicative leaders, room for growt
• Great benefits, great pay. Plenty of room for advancement if you apply yoursel
• Great environment to grow your caree
• Family run company that cares about its people. Produces high quality product that serves an essential ne
• Senior Management understands and supports creativity and innovatio

Title: Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

Location: Fully Remote

Salary: $160,000 -- $190,000 +Bonus

This role is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to drive change, modernize pipelines, and set technical direction for how DevOps is done. You'll be the go-to DevOps engineer supporting five SaaS engineering teams building AWS-native, serverless applications. You'll own CI/CD, infrastructure automation, security, and reliability ---
and you'll be trusted to fix what needs fixing without being told. You will drive the DevOps road map. Pipelines need improvement. Some need to be rebuilt from scratch. Legacy systems need modernization. Automation needs to be taken further. You'll lead that transformation.

The environment feels like a startup engineering team ---
small, fast-moving, and hands-on ---
but backed by a profitable, long-established company in a recession-proof industry.

What makes this intere

• The DevOps function is evolving and expanding ---
  not frozen in time.
• Pipelines need modernization (some will be rebuilt from scratch)
• Legacy systems are being migrated to cloud
• Automation is a priority, not a buzzword
• You'll support multiple SaaS teams building AWS-native, serverless application
• tYou'll be trusted to make decisions and drive improvements
• Long-term path into hands-on technical leadership

If you like fixing systems, improving architectures, and making things run better without being micromanaged, you'll fit here.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines across multiple engineering teams
• Design and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform (or OpenTofu)
• Rebuild parts of the pipeline where needed
• Push automation deeper into everything ---
  builds, deployments, security, monitoring
• Migrate older systems to modern cloud architectures
• Partner directly with software engineers
• Make technical decisions and explain the "why" behind them
• Improve reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency
• Step in and solve problems instead of waiting for tickets

This is a role for someone who sees what needs fixing and just fixes it. This role needs deep, hands-on AWS DevOps skill.

You should bring:

• 6+ years building and operating AWS infrastructure
• Strong scripting (Bash required, Python a big plus)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation
• Real CI/CD experience (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, or similar)
• Deep understanding of AWS services in production
• SaaS platform exerience
• Strong automation mindset
• Security awareness (IAM, WAF, KMS, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, etc.)
• Comfort working across multiple engineering teams

Engineers from startups or mid-size product companies usually thrive here.

People used to narrow enterprise silos sometimes don't.