Sr. DevOps Engineer - 174218

Piper Companies; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits: Health, Vision, Dental,

PTO and paid holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer for a Cloud and Technology company in a remote-capable role. The engineer will influence decisions across platform APIs, CI components, and delivery workflows, with responsibilities spanning architecture, automation, and platform readiness.

Strong emphasis on security, reliability, and scalable onboarding. The role requires 8+ years in platform engineering, hands-on programming, and expertise in Kubernetes, ArgoCD, CI/CD, and AWS.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Platform/DevOps engineering or related fields.
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• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on programming with Python, Go, Ruby, Java, or similar languages and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, strategy, and technical direction of Platform Services.
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• Design and enhance Kubernetes-based deployment systems, ArgoCD workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and promotion automation.
• Create scalable golden-path solutions to onboard, deploy, and operate apps securely.
• Drive automation of manual processes for reliability and auditability.
• Partner with engineering, security, and operations teams to lead architecture reviews.

Skills

OO programming

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

CI/CD pipelines

AWS

Job description

Piper Companies is hiring a Sr. DevOps Engineer for a Cloud and Technology company. The Sr. DevOps Engineer will influence technical decisions across centralized platform APIs, reusable CI components, continuous delivery workflows, service onboarding, federal promotion automation, and paved-road platform capabilities. The Sr. DevOps Engineer role is a remote position.

Responsibilities of the Sr. DevOps Engineer Include:

• Lead the architecture, strategy, and technical direction of Platform Services supporting FedRAMP High and IL5 environments.
• Design and enhance platform capabilities including Kubernetes-based deployment systems, ArgoCD workflows, platform APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and federal promotion automation.
• Create and maintain scalable "golden path" solutions that enable engineering teams to onboard, deploy, and operate applications efficiently and securely.
• Drive the automation of manual operational, deployment, and compliance processes to improve reliability, auditability, and deployment consistency.
• Partner with engineering, security, and operations teams to lead architecture reviews, resolve technical challenges, and ensure platform readiness and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers and represent Platform Services in planning, risk reviews, and technical discussions, promoting engineering best practices and high-quality system design.

Qualifications of the Sr. DevOps Engineer include:

• 8+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Operations, or Distributed Systems, including technical leadership across complex, multi-team initiatives.
• Excellent communication, architecture review, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Strong object-oriented programming background with hands‑on experience in Python, Go, Ruby, Java, or similar languages, along with infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes, ArgoCD, CI/CD pipelines, deployment orchestration, AWS, and operating highly available production environments.
• Proven ability to build platform tooling, deployment systems, and self‑service "golden path" solutions that improve developer experience and operational efficiency.
• Strong understanding of reliability, observability, security, incident response, and translating compliance requirements into scalable engineering solutions; FedRAMP High, IL5, GovCloud, or regulated environment experience preferred.
• Excellent communication, architecture review, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience preferred.

Compensation for the Sr. DevOps Engineer include:

• $150,000-$175,000
• Full Comprehensive Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, PTO, Paid Holiday and Sick Leave if Required by Law

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This job opens for applications on 9/10/26. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.