Senior DevOps Engineer

Aerospike•Mountain View, CA

58d•$145,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Aerospike is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to build and evolve the infrastructure supporting its engineering organization. This hands-on role has broad ownership across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, automation, security, and developer experience. The engineer will solve complex infrastructure challenges, reduce operational toil, and build reliable, secure, scalable, efficient systems that help engineering teams move faster.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, cloud infrastructure, or a related discipline.
Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and a strong understanding of cloud services and architecture.
Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, VLANs, subnetting, routing, and network architecture.
Experience with firewall configurations and cloud security groups.
Experience with modern CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or CircleCI.
Experience with cloud security automation and security best practices.
Strong proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or similar infrastructure automation technologies.
Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Strong scripting and programming skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and distributed systems.
Strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively across Engineering, Security, and Operations.
Demonstrated leadership, ownership, and initiative in establishing DevOps infrastructure, automation, and processes.
Desire to learn and stay current with evolving cloud, DevOps, infrastructure, and security technologies.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing and operating multi-cloud environments.
Strong experience with cloud networking and distributed infrastructure.
Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost.
Experience building internal developer platforms, tooling, or automation focused on developer productivity and experience.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification.
AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure certifications.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, and similar technologies to automate provisioning, configuration, security policies, and infrastructure management.
Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and containerized environments, including automated deployment, scaling, reliability, and lifecycle management.
Manage and evolve cloud infrastructure and networking across multiple environments.
Design and maintain shared networking services, including DNS, API gateways, and routing, and partner with Security to implement and enforce network security controls.
Build tools, automation, and internal platforms that improve developer experience and reduce operational toil.
Architect and manage multi-cloud deployment strategies for redundancy, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and geographic resilience.
Balance multi-cloud resiliency with cost optimization, including cross-cloud data transfer and infrastructure redundancy.
Design and implement secure secrets management solutions for credentials, API keys, certificates, and other sensitive information.
Continuously improve cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, security practices, scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
Partner with Engineering, Security, and Operations to establish scalable DevOps practices aligned with business and engineering objectives.
Document architecture, design decisions, operational procedures, and cost optimization strategies.
Take ownership of complex infrastructure challenges and proactively identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and improve engineering operations.