Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Jobtailor; Arizona; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Platform/DevOps Engineer to build and scale high-availability AWS infrastructure, with a focus on GitOps, CI/CD, and IaC.

You will configure telemetry tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry), drive incident response, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product, security, and core engineering teams to improve platform adoption and performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience contributing to complex, large-scale distributed systems in mission-critical environments.
• Hands-on proficiency in AWS ecosystems and Terraform for reproducible environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, and GitOps workflows (Flux, Argo, GitHub Actions).
• Proficient coding/scripting in Python, Go, or Bash for automation.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
• Knowledge of cloud security, API Gateways, load balancing, and network isolation.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimize high-availability AWS infrastructure.
• Contribute to a standardized, globally scalable fleet managed entirely through code.
• Implement automated infrastructure solutions using GitOps, modern CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code.
• Configure and maintain Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry telemetry tooling.
• Monitor performance and identify bottlenecks.
• Participate in incident-response on-call rotations and lead blameless post-mortems.
• Partner with Product, Security, and Core Engineering teams to support adoption of Golden Paths.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and foster strong technical practices.
• Maintain and support high-performance, low-latency private connectivity for external customer traffic.
• Partner with internal engineering teams to support platform adoption.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

GitOps

Python

Go

Bash

Prometheus

Grafana

Tools

GitHub Actions

OpenTelemetry

Job description

• Build, maintain, and optimize high-availability AWS infrastructure
• Contribute to a standardized, globally scalable fleet managed entirely through code
• Implement automated infrastructure solutions using GitOps, modern CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code
• Configure and maintain Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry telemetry tooling
• Monitor performance and identify bottlenecks
• Participate in incident-response on-call rotations and lead blameless post-mortems
• Partner with Product, Security, and Core Engineering teams to support adoption of Golden Paths
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and foster strong technical practices
• Maintain and support high-performance, low-latency private connectivity for external customer traffic
• Partner with internal engineering teams to support platform adoption

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience contributing to complex, large-scale distributed systems within mission-critical environments
• Solid hands-on proficiency in AWS ecosystems and Terraform for building reproducible environments
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, and GitOps workflows (Flux, Argo, GitHub Actions)
• Proficient coding/scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash for infrastructure automation and operational tooling
• Hands-on experience working with Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry
• Good understanding of cloud security, API Gateways, load balancing, and network isolation principles

Demonstrates expertise in building and optimizing AWS infrastructure, implementing automated solutions with GitOps, and maintaining telemetry tools like Prometheus and Grafana. Proven ability to mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance platform adoption and performance.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AWS Infrastructure Management
• Terraform Proficiency
• Kubernetes (EKS) Experience
• Infrastructure Automation with Python, Go, or Bash
• Prometheus and Grafana Configuration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• AWS
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• GitOps
• Python
• Go
• Bash
• Prometheus
• Grafana

Soft Skills

• Mentoring
• Collaboration
• Incident Response

Industry Keywords

• Distributed Systems
• Cloud Security
• API Gateways
• Load Balancing
• Network Isolation

Tools & Technologies

• GitHub Actions
• OpenTelemetry