DevOps Developer Sr

Dayforce

22d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with deep experience in designing, building, and optimizing scalable infrastructure and deployment pipelines that support mission-critical enterprise applications.
The successful candidate will lead the automation of cloud environments, improve system reliability, and optimize deployment workflows across global distributed systems.
This role combines hands-on cloud engineering with technical leadership, working closely with software engineering, data, and security teams to deliver secure, performant, and resilient platforms for large enterprise customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 6+ years of progressive DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering experience, preferably in enterprise-scale SaaS environments.
• Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and supporting large cloud-based systems.
• Proven experience leading or coordinating DevOps initiatives or infrastructure projects.
• Strong proficiency with: Terraform, CDKTF, or other IaC tools Docker, container orchestration CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions) Cloud platforms (GCP and/or Azure)
• Strong understanding of: Networking, DNS, load balancing, VPC design Linux systems administration Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) Security best practices and automated compliance frameworks
• Experience with Node.js and Vue applications
• Experience optimizing distributed systems for scale and performance
• Familiarity with scripting and automation using Python and Bash
• Experience supporting complex enterprise environments with high availability and large user bases

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure.
• Analyze business and technical requirements to develop infrastructure specifications.
• Design IaC-based environments (Terraform, CDKTF) to ensure consistency and repeatability.
• Optimize system architectures for cost efficiency, performance, and resilience.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and scaling using modern DevOps tooling.
• Integrate distributed systems, data pipelines, and microservices into unified automated delivery processes.
• Implement blue/green, canary, and zero-downtime deployment strategies for enterprise-scale environments.
• Design and maintain observability frameworks (logging, metrics, tracing) using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent.
• Lead incident response and root-cause analysis for infrastructure or deployment issues.
• Implement resilience strategies including auto-recovery, load balancing, redundancy, and failover.
• Establish operating procedures for monitoring, on-call rotations, incident response, and continuous system maintenance.
• Support large enterprises with distributed workforces of hundreds of thousands of users.
• Implement DevSecOps best practices to secure cloud environments and CI/CD workflows.
• Integrate security scanning, vulnerability assessment, and automated compliance checks.
• Ensure infrastructure and deployment processes align with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and other regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with security teams to enforce least-privilege access, encryption standards, and secure data flow.
• Lead DevOps initiatives across cross-functional engineering, product, and data teams.
• Mentor junior DevOps engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and best practice recommendations.
• Partner with software engineers to ensure infrastructure aligns with application architecture and performance needs.
• Drive operational improvements, tooling modernization, and automation-first culture across the organization.

Benefits

• Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
• We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
• Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
• With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.

What This Job Offers

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