Senior DevOps Engineer

Salary: open + bonus

Location: Chicago, IL or Coppell, TX

Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years related experience
• 5+ years DevOps Engineer with a strong automation background
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD tools (eg, GitHub Actions, GitHub, Jenkins - Groovy, K8s, helm, etc.)
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform for cloud infrastructure provisioning
• Proficiency in Linux administration and Shell Scripting (Bash, Python, or similar)
• 3+ years of AWS services (eg, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and automate repetitive or manual tasks across infrastructure and deployments.
• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines to support agile development and rapid releases.
• Script solutions using Bash, Python, or similar tools to streamline DevOps processes.
• Advocate for and enforce DevOps and security best practices in infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with development teams to identify opportunities for automation and implement solutions to improve quality and efficiency.
• Act as a mentor and thought leader on DevOps culture, encouraging process ownership and continuous improvement across teams.
• Lead automation efforts in an Agile development environment, including planning, estimating, and reporting automation progress