DevOps Engineer

Openforce•Scottsdale, AZ

2h•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a DevOps / SRE Engineer with a strong background in DevOps practices, monitoring solutions, AWS cloud environments, and the Microsoft technology stack. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem solver who ensures reliability, scalability, and performance across systems. In this role, you will play a key part in building and maintaining monitoring solutions, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation, while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Proven experience as an SRE, DevOps Engineer, or related role, including 3+ years of application support experience.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, including EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, IAM, and CloudWatch.
Advanced expertise in monitoring and observability, particularly with Datadog.
Proficiency in scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash, Ruby, etc.), with experience optimizing and modernizing backend systems.
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI).
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
Solid background in application performance monitoring, analysis, and tuning.
Strong troubleshooting, communication, collaboration, and time-management skills.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent technical experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar (preferred).

Responsibilities

Build and maintain monitoring and observability solutions using Datadog; own and continuously improve system health and performance metrics.
Design, implement, and optimize automation scripts (PowerShell, Python, Bash, Ruby, etc.) to improve reliability and modernize legacy applications.
Implement and manage container orchestration platforms (Docker, ECS, EKS) and support CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployments.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive long-term solutions.
Collaborate with engineering teams and third-party infrastructure partners to address escalations, ensure reliability, and improve system performance.
Participate in on-call rotations and contribute across the full software development lifecycle, including planning, development, testing, automation, and QA.