Sr Principal DevOps Engineer (10+ years exp)

The Judge Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Equity

Professional Development Budget

Job summary

The Judge Group is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, DevOps to architect and operate multi-region, multi-cloud infrastructure for a fintech leader. The role emphasizes DevOps-first culture, automated release pipelines, and capacity planning across engineering teams.

You will drive tooling and security-centric CI/CD strategies, support production readiness, and partner with product teams to ensure high availability and scale while enabling a hybrid work schedule with on-site collaboration in the

Qualifications

• 6+ years in DevOps/platform engineering on multi-region cloud environments.
• Strong software engineering foundation in Python, Go, or Java.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and enterprise AWS.
• Extensive IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Proven CI/CD pipelines with a security-focused approach and Agile distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and maintain multi-region, multi-cloud platforms for high uptime and scalability.
• Build declarative infrastructure and automated release pipelines to reduce friction.
• Lead discovery and adoption of next-gen developer tooling, monitoring, and capacity testing.
• Partner with product engineering to ensure security and performance of code and cloud environments.
• Advocate data-driven DevOps practices to streamline software delivery.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Security

Agile

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

To maintain strong team cohesion and operational continuity, candidates must currently be based in the Greater Chicago Area and commit to a hybrid schedule in the downtown/loop (2-3 days/week on-site). All applicants must possess unrestricted work authorization in the United States. Please ONLY apply if you meet these criteria.

At-a-Glance Snapshot

• Role: Staff Software Engineer, DevOps
• Location / Work Model: Hybrid (10+ days/month in-office flexibility)
• Compensation / Perks: Competitive Salary + Equity + Professional Development Budget

Why Join Our Client?

• Greenfield Innovation & Scale: Build and optimize high-throughput, multi-region platform infrastructure for a fast-paced fintech industry leader.
• DevOps-First Culture: Drive the discovery and adoption of next-generation tools, container orchestration, and automated release architectures.
• Empowered Growth & Collaboration: Enjoy dedicated learning budgets, team offsites, and an inclusive, highly collaborative engineering community.

What You\'ll Do

• Platform Architecture: Develop, deploy, and maintain multi-region, multi-cloud service platforms to ensure maximum uptime and global scalability.
• Automated CI/CD Pipelines: Build declarative infrastructure and automated release pipelines that reduce operational friction and eliminate manual touchpoints.
• Next-Gen Tooling: Lead the discovery and implementation of next-generation developer tooling, monitoring, and capacity-testing solutions across engineering teams.
• Production Readiness: Partner directly with product engineering teams to ensure code, services, and cloud environments meet strict security and performance standards.
• DevOps Advocacy: Champion data-driven engineering practices and DevOps-first principles to streamline the software delivery lifecycle.

What You Bring

• 6+ Years in DevOps/Platform Engineering: Proven expertise supporting extensive, high-scale, multi-region cloud environments.
• Strong Software Engineering Foundation: Proficient in Python, Go, or Java for developing automation tooling and custom infrastructure logic.
• Container Orchestration Mastery: Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container runtimes/schedulers in enterprise AWS environments.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Extensive experience using Terraform or CloudFormation to manage declarative cloud platforms.
• CI/CD & Security Focus: Track record of building robust deployment pipelines with a strong emphasis on security best practices and Agile distributed systems.

Ready to push the boundaries of automated cloud infrastructure and shape the future of global finance?