Senior Site Reliability/DevOps Engineer

Next Ventures; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Ventures is seeking a Senior Site Reliability/DevOps Engineer to enhance the reliability and security of financial platforms. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in automation, infrastructure, and compliance within regulated environments. This role involves leading infrastructure design, optimizing CI/CD processes, and ensuring system observability, offering a chance to mentor junior engineers and drive DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure roles required.
• Expert-level knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, and Linux systems.
• Strong experience with Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of scalable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.
• Proactively monitor and resolve system issues.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Linux

Docker

Terraform

Python

CI/CD

Bash

Observability tools

Job description

We are hiring a Senior Site Reliability/DevOps Engineer to drive the reliability, scalability, and security of our financial platforms. This role is ideal for a seasoned engineer with deep experience in automating infrastructure, optimizing deployments, and building fault-tolerant systems in a regulated, high-stakes environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of resilient, scalable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies
• Proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues to minimize downtime
• Develop and maintain comprehensive observability solutions—logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting—to ensure full visibility into system performance and reliability
• Support and optimize AWS EMR clusters for data processing workloads, ensuring stability, cost-efficiency, and integration with data pipelines
• Champion automation and DevOps best practices across teams
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to meet regulatory requirements
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions

Requirements:

• 8+ years in SRE, DevOps or infrastructure engineering roles
• Expert-level knowledge of AWS (including EMR), Kubernetes, and Linux systems
• Strong experience with Docker, Terraform, CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), and scripting (Python, Bash)
• Proven track record managing mission-critical systems in financial or similarly regulated industries
• Deep understanding of observability tools and practices (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry)
• Hands-on experience deploying, tuning, and managing AWS EMR clusters in production environments

Preferred:

• Experience with SOC2, PCI, or other compliance frameworks

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Financial Services and Technology, Information and Media

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