Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud, Kubernetes & Automation

Aerospike, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Aerospike, Inc. in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and automation stacks.

This role powers real-time data workloads and developer experience. You will implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible, manage multi-cloud deployments, network services, CI/CD pipelines, and security practices, collaborating with Engineering, Security, and Operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, cloud infrastructure, or a related discipline.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and a strong understanding of cloud services and architecture.
• Strong networking knowledge: TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, VLANs, routing, and network architecture.
• Experience with firewall configurations and cloud security groups.
• Experience with modern CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or CircleCI.
• Experience with cloud security automation and security best practices.
• Strong proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or similar infrastructure automation technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong scripting in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; strong cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, and similar technologies to automate provisioning, configuration, security policies, and infrastructure management.
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and containerized environments, including automated deployment, scaling, reliability, and lifecycle management.
• Manage and evolve cloud infrastructure and networking across multiple environments to support engineering teams.
• Design and maintain shared networking services including DNS, API gateways, routing, and related infrastructure, while partnering with Security to implement and enforce network security controls.
• Build tools, automation, and internal platforms that improve the developer experience, reduce operational toil, and allow engineers to focus on building great products.
• Architect and manage multi-cloud deployment strategies designed for redundancy, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and geographic resilience.
• Balance multi-cloud resiliency with thoughtful cost optimization, including cross-cloud data transfer and infrastructure redundancy.
• Design and implement secure secrets management solutions for credentials, API keys, certificates, and other sensitive information.
• Continuously improve cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, security practices, scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Security, and Operations to establish scalable DevOps practices aligned with business and engineering objectives.
• Document architecture, design decisions, operational procedures, and cost optimization strategies to make systems easier to understand, operate, and scale.
• Take ownership of complex infrastructure challenges and proactively identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and improve the way engineering operates.

Skills

DevOps

SRE

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Networking

CI/CD

Security practices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

CircleCI

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Aerospike, Inc. in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and automation stacks.

This role powers real-time data workloads and developer experience. You will implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible, manage multi-cloud deployments, network services, CI/CD pipelines, and security practices, collaborating with Engineering, Security, and Operations.