Senior DevOps Engineer

Hope Media Group

About The Position

Join Hope Media Group as a Senior DevOps Engineer and help build the digital foundation for ministry at scale. Hope Media Group is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate reliable, secure, and scalable cloud infrastructure that supports our growing digital platforms—including streaming media, donor systems, analytics, and emerging products like Project Gideon. In this role, you will partner closely with Software Engineering, Data & Analytics, Product, and Security to enable fast, safe, and sustainable delivery of software. You will bring strong systems thinking, automation expertise, and a service-oriented mindset to help teams move quickly without sacrificing stability or stewardship. Hope Media Group—home to KSBJ, WayFM, Vida Unida, WAY LOUD, and NGEN Radio—offers a purpose-driven environment where technical excellence directly supports ministry impact.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
7+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering roles
Experience supporting production systems at scale in cloud environments
Proven experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native platforms
Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, etc.)
Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.)
Strong Linux systems and networking fundamentals
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes preferred)
Observability expertise (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting)
Ability to diagnose complex system issues and lead incident response calmly and clearly
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently while collaborating across cross-functional teams
Alignment with Hope Media Group’s mission and commitment to Christian ministry values
Active involvement in a Bible-believing local church

Nice To Haves

Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Kubernetes or DevOps-related certifications
Security or reliability-focused certifications a plus

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Build and operate CI/CD pipelines that enable safe, repeatable, and fast deployments.
Ensure high availability, performance, observability, and disaster recovery for critical systems.
Lead reliability practices including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and post-incident reviews.
Partner with engineering teams to improve system architecture, scalability, and operational maturity.
Implement and maintain security best practices across infrastructure, pipelines, and environments.
Support compliance, access controls, secrets management, and least-privilege policies.
Collaborate with leadership to balance cost optimization, performance, and long-term sustainability.
Advocate for responsible technology stewardship aligned with nonprofit ministry values.
Coach and enable development teams in DevOps best practices and operational ownership.
Promote automation, self-service tooling, and shared responsibility for reliability.
Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and internal platform standards.
Serve stakeholders with humility, excellence, and a Christ-centered mindset.
Participate in team prayer, ministry-wide Bible studies, and on-air fundraising events as needed.
Demonstrate flexibility to support broader ministry initiatives when required.