DevOps Specialist

Creative Realities Inc•Louisville, KY

About The Position

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, build, and scale our infrastructure and deployment systems. You will play a critical role in automating processes, improving system reliability, and enabling rapid, secure delivery of our backend services. This role requires a strong foundation in cloud infrastructure, containerization, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices, along with a proactive mindset toward system reliability, observability, and security.

Requirements

Strong experience with JavaScript and TypeScript in backend or tooling environments
Proven experience with Node.js in production systems
Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized application deployment
Experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS and Azure
Experience with Ansible or similar configuration management tools
Solid understanding of backend server infrastructure and distributed systems
Experience deploying and maintaining production-grade systems
Knowledge of networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls)
Familiarity with Linux-based systems and command-line environments
Understanding of version control systems (e.g., Git) and branching strategies

Nice To Haves

Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
Familiarity with container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, ECS)
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
Strong understanding of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog)
Experience with secrets management and secure configuration (e.g., Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
Experience with autoscaling, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies
Familiarity with API gateways, reverse proxies, and load balancers (e.g., NGINX, HAProxy)
Experience with artifact repositories and package management
Experience working with IoT devices (e.g., System on Chip, BrightSign players, Android-based devices)
Familiarity with edge computing and remote device management
Experience supporting distributed device fleets at scale
Knowledge of both Linux and Windows operating systems in production environments
Experience with message queues or streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available backend infrastructure
Build and manage CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable software delivery
Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
Deploy, manage, and monitor containerized applications using Docker (and orchestration tools if applicable)
Manage multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments
Implement and maintain configuration management using Ansible
Improve system observability through logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions
Ensure high system uptime, performance, and scalability through proactive optimization
Collaborate with development teams to improve build, test, and deployment workflows
Enforce and implement security best practices across infrastructure and application layers
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems
Maintain documentation for infrastructure, processes, and runbooks