Senior DevOps Engineer (8:00 - 17:00 PST)

Nix; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working format

Competitive salary

Career growth

Education reimbursement

Professional development tools

Job summary

N-iX, a global software development service company, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Cloud Product Operations team in the United States. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable sandbox management solutions for customer environments, enforcing policies and enabling automated tiering.

Responsibilities include automating sandbox lifecycle, tagging, access controls, and quotas; building dashboards and alerts; and collaborating with product, support, and engineering to

Qualifications

• 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 episodic environments for external customers.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Proficient with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with automation/orchestration (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.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated policies to manage user access to sandbox environments (including timed evictions and automatic sandbox teardown).
• Architect and automate the creation, assignment, and destruction of sandbox environments with policy-aligned usage and licensing.
• Develop a robust tagging strategy for sandboxes and related resources to facilitate tracking, billing, and auditing; support dynamic tiering of subscriptions.
• Develop dashboards and alerts to monitor sandbox usage and notify on quota breaches for customers and admins.
• Collaborate with product, support, and engineering teams to resolve issues and integrate new features into the DevOps workflow.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud engineering

Automation scripting

IAM policy design

Sandbox management

Billing/tiering concepts

Collaboration

Monitoring & dashboards

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Python

Bash

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 episodic 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

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