Senior DevOps Engineer (15:00 - 23:00 CET)

Nix; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote/office options

Competitive salary and compensation

Personalized career growth

Mentorship programs and tech talks

Education reimbursement

Corporate events and team building

Job summary

N-iX is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Cloud Product Operations team and lead sandbox environments for our customers on our signature platform services. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable solutions for sandbox policy enforcement, automatic resource management, and subscription tiering.

The role requires 4+ years in DevOps/Cloud, strong cloud platform experience (Azure/AWS/GCP), and expertise in infrastructure-as-code and automation tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience in DevOps/Cloud Engineering or Product Operations in SaaS environments.
• Experience managing sandboxes or ephemeral environments for external customers.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Python, Bash, Ansible).
• Familiarity with resource tagging, IAM policy design, and subscription/billing concepts.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated sandbox access policies and eviction/teardown mechanisms.
• Automate sandbox environment lifecycle from creation to destruction per policy and licensing.
• Develop sandbox tagging strategies to enable billing, auditing, and tracking.
• Implement dynamic tiering for customer subscriptions including feature access and sandbox size limits.
• Create dashboards and alerts to monitor sandbox usage and quota breaches; provide insights to customers and admins.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, support and engineering to improve processes and integrate new features.

Skills

Collaboration

English proficiency

Cloud mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python

Bash

Ansible

IAM policy design

Job description

N-iX is a global software development service company that helps businesses across the globe create next-generation software products. Founded in 2002, we unite 2,400+ tech-savvy professionals across 40+ countries, working on impactful projects for industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies. Our expertise spans cloud, data, AI/ML, embedded software, IoT, and more, driving digital transformation across finance, manufacturing, telecom, healthcare, and other industries. Join N-iX and become part of a team where your ideas make a real impact.

We are looking for a talented Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Cloud Product Operations team and lead the management of sandbox environments for our customers using our signature platform services. You will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable solutions for sandbox policy enforcement, automatic resource management, and subscription tiering.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated policies to manage user access to sandbox environments (including timed evictions and automatic sandbox teardown) to optimize resource usage and ensure security/compliance.
• Architect and automate the creation, assignment, and destruction of sandbox environments, ensuring that customer usage aligns with organizational policies and licensing agreements.
• Develop a robust tagging strategy for sandboxes and related resources to facilitate tracking, billing, and auditing.
  Implement logic and tooling that enable dynamic tiering up and down of customer subscriptions, including feature access and sandbox size limitations.
• Develop dashboards and alerts to monitor sandbox usage, automate notifications for resource quota breaches, and provide customers/admins with usage insights.
• Work cross-functionally with product, support, and engineering teams to resolve issues, improve existing processes, and integrate new product features into the DevOps workflow.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 4+ years of experience as a DevOps/Cloud Engineer or Product Operations in SaaS environments
• Experience managing sandboxes or ephemeral environments for external customers
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (one of: Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Proficient with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience with automation/orchestration (e.g., Python, Bash, Ansible)
• Experience with resource tagging, IAM policy design, and user access automation
• Strong understanding of subscription/billing/tiering concepts in SaaS
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills in English

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with cost optimization and environment security best practices
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

We offer*:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
• A competitive salary and good compensation package
• Personalized career growth
• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
• Education reimbursement
• Memorable anniversary presents
• Corporate events and team buildings
• Other location-specific benefits

*not applicable for freelancers