DevOps Engineer

Wolfe • Pittsburgh, PA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Wolfe Recognized among Pittsburgh's 2024 Top Workplaces and Fastest-Growing Companies, Wolfe has been a leader in the Gift Card and FinTech sectors for over 25 years. We partner with national brands such as Pizza Hut, KFC, Pandora Jewelry, Kendra Scott, Wawa, Journeys and others to manage their gift card programs. Our flagship consumer brand, PerfectGift.com, enables customers to create customized gift cards. We are a fast-paced environment, like kayaking down a white-water river, not canoeing on a lake. About The Role The Wolfe Companies are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join a growing engineering team in Pittsburgh, PA. This position will participate and/or lead the design, maintenance, support, and reliability of mission-critical server infrastructure, including systems that will enable an upcoming robotic manufacturing facility. The role emphasizes cloud-native (AWS) and hybrid-cloud architecture, requiring strong experience supporting both cloud and on-premises environments. This role plays a critical part in designing and implementing best-in-class DevOps solutions that drive operational excellence across the organization. The DevOps Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Product, Development, QA, Security, AI, and IT—to ensure reliable, automated, secure, and scalable infrastructure. This is a 5-day onsite position in Pittsburgh, PA.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with 5+ years of DevOps/Cloud Engineering, including deep hands‑on expertise in AWS and hybrid (cloud + on‑prem) environments.
• Strong infrastructure engineering fundamentals spanning Linux systems, networking, security, storage, and enterprise application operations.
• Advanced Linux administration and experience operating 3‑tier application architectures, virtualized platforms, and shared storage (e.g., VMware/Proxmox, TrueNAS; HCI a plus).
• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, Swarm) and running container workloads in AWS.
• Strong automation and delivery skills, including Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform), configuration management/scripting (Ansible, Bash, Python), CI/CD pipelines, and observability/incident response tooling.
• Demonstrated cloud security and compliance experience (IAM, encryption, network controls, PCI/SOC2), with working knowledge of core AWS services and platforms (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront); experience with MySQL, RabbitMQ, and AI‑assisted DevOps preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed systems, including root cause analysis for performance, availability, and networking issues.
• Ability to evaluate, adopt, and standardize AI‑assisted DevOps tools to improve operational efficiency, code quality, and security posture.

Nice To Haves

• experience with MySQL, RabbitMQ, and AI‑assisted DevOps preferred
• HCI a plus

Responsibilities

• Participate and/or lead day‑to‑day operations with a focus on availability, resiliency, SRE practices, performance tuning, and capacity/cost optimization.
• Establish strong observability, incident response, and business continuity capabilities, including monitoring, alerting, backups, disaster recovery, and routine testing.
• Drive automation‑first operations using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Ai, and configuration management (Terraform, Ansible/Puppet/Chef), scripting (Bash/Python), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement secure, compliant infrastructure and operational standards (IAM, encryption, network controls, PCI/SOC2), while contributing runbooks, on‑call support, and productivity‑enhancing tooling.

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Profit Share and/or Incentive Bonus
• Medical, Prescription, Vision, and Dental insurance for employees and dependents (Wolfe pays 80% of premium)
• Short-Term Disability Insurance (Wolfe pays 100% of premium)
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity coverage
• PTO (vacation and sick time)
• Corporate Holidays and Floating Holidays
• 401(k)
• Employee recognition program
• Charitable Donation to a charity of your choice yearly
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Internal Training and Information sessions
• Family Picnic, Holiday Party, and other outings
• Internal Culture Club

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree