Cloud Services Devops Engineer

Gordon Food Service • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

Gordon Food Service is hiring a Cloud Services Devops Engineer at either the intermediate or senior level. The role builds, manages, and scales cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code, and creates and optimizes automated pipelines for software builds, testing, and continuous deployment. It maintains platform health and security across network, storage, and compute services, promotes “Shift Left” security, and partners with application teams to design cloud-ready architectures and solve infrastructure challenges. At the senior level, the role also leads architectural vision and long-term roadmaps, capacity planning, and cross-functional technology projects.

The position works in a standard office environment, participates in an on-call rotation, and may require occasional weekend work for support and occasional light travel. Gordon Food Service is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the application and hiring process. All locations are tobacco-free, and the company conducts pre-employment drug tests.

Requirements

• For the intermediate level: 5 or more years of experience in IT, software engineering, DevOps, or system administration.
• For the senior level: 7 or more years of experience in IT, software engineering, DevOps, or system engineering.
• Hands-on experience with a major public cloud provider: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proficiency with automation and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or SaltStack.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, OpenStack, or software-defined networking such as VLANs, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Strong scripting abilities in Python, Go, Shell, Ruby, or Perl.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Nexus, and with Git version control.
• For the intermediate level, a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is required.

Nice To Haves

• For the senior level, a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.
• Senior-level experience driving cloud architecture strategy, capacity planning, and guiding cross-functional teams through complex engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Use Infrastructure as Code tools to provision, manage, and scale performant cloud environments.
• Write and optimize automated pipelines for software builds, testing, and continuous deployment.
• Maintain system health and monitor network, storage, and compute services.
• Promote “Shift Left” security across platform layers.
• Collaborate with application teams to design cloud-ready architectures and resolve complex infrastructure challenges.
• At the senior level, lead architectural vision, design long-term roadmaps, manage capacity planning, and lead cross-functional technology projects.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide support, including occasional weekend work as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level