DevOps Engineer II

Yotta Energy•Austin, TX

6d•$135,000

About The Position

Yotta Energy is seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer II to own and optimize the software delivery lifecycle from code commit to production deployment. This role is responsible for maintaining CI/CD pipelines, managing release processes, monitoring production systems, and ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of our cloud-connected platforms. You will work closely with software, hardware, and product teams to build highly automated, observable, and resilient deployment environments supporting distributed solar and energy storage technologies. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on cloud infrastructure, release engineering, automation, and operational excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
3+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Operations, or Infrastructure Engineering
Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, GitLab CI/CD, or similar platforms
Strong proficiency with Git workflows and release management practices
Experience deploying and supporting cloud-native applications in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
Strong knowledge of AWS services, including Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, DynamoDB, EC2, RDS, S3, Route 53, Load Balancers, and IAM
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi, or Ansible
Proficiency in Python, Bash, or another scripting language
Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
Strong troubleshooting, incident response, and root-cause analysis skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments
Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, or Open Telemetry
Familiarity with Linux administration and package management
Experience with serverless frameworks, particularly SST
Experience with embedded systems, IoT devices, or hardware/software integration
Background in renewable energy, solar, energy storage, or industrial automation
Experience working in startup or high-growth technology environments
Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies
VPN configuration and secure network architecture
Key vault and secrets management
TLS/PKI certificate lifecycle management
Infrastructure security, vulnerability management, and patching
Zero-trust networking and access control models
Disaster recovery and business continuity planning

Responsibilities

Own and maintain CI/CD pipelines from development through production deployment
Manage software releases, including branching strategies, build promotion, deployment, and rollback procedures
Monitor and maintain production applications, cloud infrastructure, and supporting services
Configure and maintain observability platforms, including logging, metrics, monitoring, and alerting
Troubleshoot production incidents, performance bottlenecks, and system reliability issues
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi, or similar tools
Collaborate with software engineers to ensure applications are deployable, testable, and production ready
Support integration of cloud services, IoT devices, and embedded systems into deployment workflows
Maintain release documentation, operational runbooks, and incident response procedures
Implement security, scalability, reliability, and disaster recovery best practices
Continuously improving deployment automation, release velocity, and system observability