Senior DevOps Engineer Cloud-Native, Kubernetes & Automation

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Chelmsford (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in Chelmsford, MA is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join a growing team. This full-time role focuses on Linux, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation using cloud-native technologies.

You will own engineering environments and deployment platforms for both cloud-hosted and on-premises solutions, influencing standards and selecting new tools.

This hybrid role allows three days on site and offers strong technical growth and ownership of critical infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Eng.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting
• Kubernetes in production environments
• Docker support and legacy containerized environments
• CI/CD pipelines with TeamCity, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins
• Deployment automation and release pipelines
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or Go
• Azure cloud services
• Networking fundamentals (DNS, VPNs, TLS, Firewalls, LB)
• PostgreSQL or other relational databases
• Git-based source control
• Documentation and communication skills

Responsibilities

• 35% Linux infrastructure and systems administration
• 30% Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud infrastructure
• 20% CI/CD pipeline development and automation
• 15% Observability, performance, and deployment tooling
• 80% Hands-on engineering
• 5% Project planning and documentation
• 15% Team collaboration and cross-functional support

Skills

Linux administration

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting: Python/Bash/Go

Azure cloud

Networking fundamentals

PostgreSQL

Git-based source control

Documentation & communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Docker Swarm

Redis

Elasticsearch

RabbitMQ

NATS

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in Chelmsford, MA is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join a growing team. This full-time role focuses on Linux, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation using cloud-native technologies.

You will own engineering environments and deployment platforms for both cloud-hosted and on-premises solutions, influencing standards and selecting new tools.

This hybrid role allows three days on site and offers strong technical growth and ownership of critical infrastructure.