Senior DevOps Engineer

Salary: Open + Bonus

Location: Chicago, IL

Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote

*We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role*

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or systems engineering.
• Strong proficiency with Azure services and IaC, specifically ARM, Bicep, and/or Terraform.
• Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps.
• Competence in Scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Operational experience supporting business needs on a 24x7 basis, including the use of ITSM tools, including ServiceNow

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to drive efficient, reliable releases.
• Build automated testing and monitoring into the deployment pipeline to ensure robust, resilient system performance.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities to streamline deployment and increase reliability through automation.
• Regularly assess and improve deployment processes, tooling, and infrastructure management strategies.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators to track team output, system stability, and improvement impact.
• Proactively explore emerging Azure services, IaC tools, and DevOps methodologies to evolve cloud practices.
• Work closely with Development, Infrastructure, and Security teams to align cloud solutions with broader organizational needs.
• Offer hands-on technical support and mentorship to other departments as needed, reinforcing DevOps best practices.
• Lead incident management and post-mortem processes, driving root-cause analysis and solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Lead by example in the deployment and configuration of Azure resources, demonstrating best practices in IaC with ARM, Bicep, and/or Terraform.